Your December 1st Weekend Lift
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Good Vibes Only: The Best News This Week
- Kraft’s newest Mac & Cheese ditches the cheese.
- NFL star talks trash with sign language, avoids fines.
- Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "authentic."
- Meet this year's Forbes 30 under 30.
- Sheet music discovered at Auschwitz played publicly for the first time.
- See how well you can haggle with AI to purchase real products.
- Russian prison plays Bon Jovi and Moby on repeat.
- "Home Alone" tops poll of most rewatched Christmas movies.
100% fewer cat videos
One-minute reads that pack a [coaching] punch
Get your way with better communications 🕺🗣️
How to Communicate Like a Boss and Get What You Want
Leadership Profile - Lisa Plant Ph. D.
Lisa is a force of nature, a team player and an excellent coach with a big heart.

24 Hours in Matsumoto
We enjoyed Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki, ate Japanese western cuisine and marvelled at that medieval masterpiece-of-a-castle.

Where will your confusion lead you?
The role of confusion in the learning process.
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