John Mattone
JULY 19, 2025
You’ve likely heard the metaphor: if you put one crab in an open bucket, it will climb out. But put a group of crabs together, and none will escape. Why? Because every time a crab tries, the other crabs will actively pull it back down. This isn’t just a story; this behavior is seen with live crabs. This is the crab bucket effect , a powerful illustration of crab mentality.
Work Life
JULY 19, 2025
You dream of quitting a toxic job , pivoting to a new career, or starting your own business. But there’s a financial reality to such a move: can you afford to earn less? In 2021, I quit a job as an executive at a tech company. I pivoted into content marketing and journalism, and, initially, I was earning about one-third of my previous salary. But I had spent months looking at our household budget, and was prepared to earn even less.
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Mad in America
JULY 19, 2025
A group of British researchers have just published a paper questioning whether withdrawal from antidepressants is ‘clinically meaningful’ and whether lengthy tapering is necessary when withdrawing. I’d like to provide some context and explain why these claims are false and dangerous. There is no clearer example of the dominance of the drug companies’ simplistic, pessimistic and unevidenced ‘medical model’ than the millions upon millions of us around the world now taking antidepressants in an att
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Life Resets At 65. They’re not cheap, but you might look into a satellite communicator (main brand I think of is Garmin, but there are probably other brands out there) or a personal locator beacon if you’re going to be in less-traveled areas. Those work when cell phones don’t have service (nothing is 100%, but satellites can certainly be picked up from a lot of places).
Speaker: Chester Santos
Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform
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JULY 19, 2025
Stephen Nedoroscik never expected to become a global celebrity. But, while competing for Team USA during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, the American gymnast went viral—and his life changed forever. Over the course of a few hours, Nedoroscik went from being an unknown, glasses-wearing, Rubik’s Cube-solving self-described nerd to a household name—with an endearing nickname to boot, the “pommel horse guy.
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JULY 19, 2025
I’m in a reading group that focuses on books about religion. It’s an interfaith group where we’re all on the liberal side but serious about our faiths. I’d love to get recommendations for books that would be interesting and in some way challenging and might lead to vigorous discussion. So far we’ve read books that focus on the 3 monotheisms but we’re very much open to reading about other world religions — not books that just explain their beliefs and pra
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to looking for a very particular kind of book. There is a national book club called Daughters of Abraham. Their website has lots of suggestions.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Life Resets At 65. I also think it’s fine to solo hike. One addition—tell someone where you’re going so if anything does go down someone is aware you should be checking in. Even just a text to a friend who’s cool being your check in!
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to SolarPowered. My new Lyme doc just told me about the Cost Plus Drugs company. The prices are amazing! It felt weird to hand over a bunch of personal medical info on the website — but my two prescriptions were $40 total, instead of over $400. Wow. Supposed to receive prescriptions by mail 10 days after your order is placed, so I’m hoping that part also goes smoothly.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Hyaline. This is such helpful framing, counter to the go-go-go culture that seems so prevalent. Thank you for sharing your perspective! I do have the app downloaded. I’m probably leaning toward Magic Kingdom and Epcot. (And Disney Springs.
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
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JULY 19, 2025
Is anyone as devastated as I am about Stephen Colbert being cancelled?
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Super. Mid 30s and she involves us. She reaches to our group asking for activities and phone calls to “keep her busy” and told us about the apps. We’re not intruding on her life without her permission; we’re all very close and she’s sharing these details with us willingly.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Hyaline. I was thinking the same thing except that I might also leave a note on the vehicle dash that makes your path and ETA obvious. I don’t know if this would be a good or bad idea in some locations but I’d do it near me if I didn’t tell a friend.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to goddessoftransitory. Update: I passed along your comments to David, who said to thank you – he’s delighted to hear from folks who enjoyed his work! Alas, he did not win his category at the award ceremony, but it was really cool to be there anyway – so many great stories/novellas/novels… And all the nominees received an official Shirley Jackson Award rock (in honor of Jackson’s iconic story “The Lottery” – some dark literary-reference hu
Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Richard Hershberger. A friend started a zoom “classics you couldn’t get through on your own.” We take a year to read a classic book and have “life and times” discussions as well as talk about the book itself. So far, we have read War and Peace, Bleak House, and we are halfway through Moby Dick. It’s the only book club I have ever been in, and it is wonderful!
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to But Of Course. I’d mind it a bit less if the artists got more of it, and not the execs.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to MidiCareer. When I was in person at an office, I could actually get coffee with folks. If you’re actually meeting someone somewhere specifically to meet with them, it’s a meal – lunch or dinner. Once I met someone for breakfast.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to E. Chauvelin. I actually don’t pay attention to wait times when I’m there on my own, for the most part. I use my line time for catching up on my reading, haha.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Red Reader the Adulting Fairy. We had an hour of thunderstorm this afternoon and that was it! No issues!
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to hummingbird. This is an interesting idea. Thanks for the tips!
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to The Prettiest Curse. It was when I was sitting in the hire car company office in Stratford upon Avon, having pulled my suitcase and backpack apart, that I realised I’d left my driver’s licence at home. And the photocopy of said licence that I usually have. Hertz don’t give out hire cars to people who can’t produce a driver’s licence.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Squirrel Nutkin (the teach, not the admin). There’s wild bunnies all over the backyards and parks of the city where I live! I went for a walk the other evening and saw at least 12 or 13 bunnies!
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to The Prettiest Curse. There was one vacation where I forgot to pack T-shirts, so I wound up buying a T-shirt everywhere I went, including rest stops! To this day, I have two Maryland T-shirts, even though the bulk of the vacation was in Virginia.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to looking for a very particular kind of book.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Come On Eileen. They have a newish Cirque du Soleil show in residence at Disney Springs too, if you and your partner are interested in such a thing. It’s neat.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to The Prettiest Curse. Not travel per se. We went to a music festival on July 5th that was about an hour from home. We knew we needed lawn chairs so we put the chairs in the garage where we would be sure to see them when we left. You know where this is going… we were only about 20 minutes from home when we realized we’d forgotten them but it would have added over an hour to the trip to go back because there are not many exits on that particular interstate.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Llama Llama. Do you have a Costco near you? They have been wonderful to deal with for us, even when certain meds are hard to get. And their prices are dirt cheap.
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JULY 19, 2025
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Life Resets At 65. I’m in my 20s, but I have a serious disease that can cause medical crises, so I probably have some similar concerns to you. I love to go on solo hikes and do it frequently, but there are some precautions I take. The main one is that I only hike alone on well populated trails. In my area, these trails are usually in parks that have cell service.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to The Prettiest Curse. We should know better because we lived in the Bay Area for about ten years in the 80s and 90s. We should. We now live on the East Coast and went to Santa Barbara last weekend for an event. Apparently we’ve forgotten what weather is like on the Pacific Coast in July, so we now own Target sweatshirts.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Irish Teacher. I’ve been thinking about this and there’s just too many ideas floating around in my head!
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Irish Teacher. I love that song.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Generic Name. I lived in Santa Cruz for a while, and every night that fog would roll in and I’d have to break out my jacket. Gaw, you know what? I really miss it. It was not feasible to go back, though.
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JULY 19, 2025
In reply to Come On Eileen. Yes, I think I will try out Disney Springs! It seems to be more my speed.
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