I’d still argue that offices can and do produce spontaneous, productive encounters.

If anything, remote work forced me to be more organized and more intentional in reaching out to people

Almost immediately, I noticed how social policies, schools and health care systems all make it difficult for dads to be highly involved and engaged at home. Contradictory expectations about work and family life abound.

“White people go around, it seems to me, with a very carefully suppressed terror of Black people—a tremendous uneasiness,” Baldwin said. “They don’t know what the Black face hides. They’re sure it’s hiding something. What it’s hiding is American history. What it’s hiding is what white people know they have done, and what they like doing. White people know very well one thing; it’s the only thing they have to know. They know this; everything else, they’ll say, is a lie. They know they would not like to be Black here. They know that, and they’re telling me lies. They’re telling me and my children nothing but lies.”

Environmental: Care for Your Space

Spiritual: Cultivate Purpose, Be Open to Awe

Cognitive: Follow Your Interests, Do Deep-Focused Work

Social: It’s Not All About Productivity; Relationships Matter, Too

Emotional: Don’t Hide Your Feelings, Get Help When You Need It

Physical: Move Your Body and Don’t Eat Crap—but Don’t Diet Either

The eight-hour working day is a relatively new concept, widely accepted to have been cemented by Ford Motor Company a century ago as a means of keeping production going 24 hours a day without putting undue demands on individual members of staff.

Before we get into reasons these differences exist, it’s worth noting there are a number of things that are true across the fitness world. You can rely on these, and when you get confused, come back to them

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