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Absolutely. At Basecamp they only work 40 hours a week, and in the summer they take Fridays off and work for 32 hours and enjoy their long weekends. This is the choice they made as the company, and as a result the people are happier and healthier, living better lives. This allows both a happy career and a happy life. Work-life-balance can absolutely happen if you make it a priority.

Flexibility and moving fast are key in the new media world. Geekwire has the benefit of being an online platform that is not dependent on overhead like a traditional newspaper would. There is no printing press, no trucks delivering physical papers. The platform that they have chosen allows Geekwire to tell stories in various creative ways.

Michael notes that it's ok to want to be somewhere else. While painting, he is often asking himself "Is this where I want to be?" and at other times he isn't thinking at all.

Having a big family was one key motivator on making more money to support them. He balances the two by learning how to deal with the certain amount of stress that is acceptable. Having kids, stress is unavoidable and unrealistic. He believes it’s important to trust that things will work out for the better, and to do the things that feel right.

Jonathan figured out that other kids were just insecure, and if he could get good at various activities, like sports and music, and could become a popular kid, and put himself in a position where he was admired, not bullied.

For Christina Wallace, she says that the message should be written in complete sentences and good grammar, had to reference something in her online dating profile, and it had to avoid all sexual content.

Sarcasm has to be foiled as it can be poison in a classroom. When disciplining or redirecting a class clown, a teacher must make it their mission to develop a relationship with that student.

It focuses more on the non-traditional path to success for college students. There are interviews with social media influencers, startup CEOs who have raised millions of dollars, professional video game writers, etc.

Because there aren't long-term interactions between people. If people don’t get the quick results they’re wanting, then they’ll think the community isn't working.

After leaving a penitentiary after two decades of being locked up, Shaka started by selling his own books out of the trunk of his car. He knocked on doors and share shared his vision. Lots of hustle and some luck later, he is now a New York Times best selling author.

It is difficult to put one's work out there for people to judge. Artists must keep perspective that they are not always going to have successes. There will be hits and there will be flops.