Simplify Life. Weekend Reads: Can You Be a Minimalist While Being a Mum of Two?

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Can You Be a Minimalist While Being a Mum of Two? - While the definition of minimalism is living intentionally with as few things as possible – for Nandhini it is synonymous with having clarity in knowing who you are. She says, “Minimalism to me began by segregating stuff I love from those that didn’t spark joy. It started with just a thought; and before I knew it, I was acting upon it with gusto.”

Answer 6 Questions to Reveal Your Life Purpose - As a reader, you probably earn a good living but also define success as something more than money and the things it can buy. To you it’s a holistic concept—not just financial success, but also happiness, good relationships, and the ability to give back and contribute to society. “You need a higher purpose than just survival,” says Tina Tessina, Ph.D., a Long Beach, Calif., psychotherapist and author of The Ten Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make after Forty

If you want to live longer and healthier, this is why you should run - Study, published today in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, suggests running can significantly improve your health and reduce the risk of death at a given point in time.

And you don’t have to run fast or far to reap the benefits.

Past research has found running reduces the risk of obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, disability, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

It also improves aerobic endurance, heart function, balance and metabolism.

These are important components of your overall health status. So, it would be reasonable to assume participation in running increases longevity.

How to Get People to Accept a Tough Decision - Every leader has to make tough decisions that have consequences for their organizations, their reputation, and their career. The first step to making these decisions is understanding what makes them so hard. Alexander George, who studied presidential decision-making, pointed to two features:

Uncertainty: Presidents never have the time or resources to fully understand all of the implications their decisions will have.

“Value Complexity”: This is George’s term to explain that even the “best” decisions will harm some people and undermine values leaders would prefer to support.