5minuteswithherb

22/11/2023

Generative AI has overtaken the business world at breathtaking speed, and it can be overwhelming to know how to start integrating it into your work. These experts have answers.

20/11/2023

Claudia Goldin became the third woman to receive the Nobel Prize in economics as the US professor was awarded for her research into the factors that explain pay gaps between men and women.

16/11/2023

JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon says “AI is a living, breathing thing,” as he offers his view of its present-day impact on finance and what it may mean to future generations. He speaks with Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Markets."

15/11/2023

Keep reinventing yourself and you’ll enjoy life

The number of over-65s working is rising as older people take an active role in the world. So if it's not retirement, what is it?

13/11/2023

Or just pay to play 😉

Here are seven tips that actually work.

09/11/2023

Paralysis by analysis 🧐

Life doesn't always demand immediate decisions. Constantly making decisions is mentally and emotionally draining, leading to decision fatigue.

08/11/2023

We created this process back in the 90’s when I was on the Shuttle design team.

United Airlines is re-introducing its window-to-aisle boarding process, which the airline says saves an average of two minutes per flight. But is it the most efficient?

06/11/2023

I blame the iphone 📱designed to take money from your wallet

Almost half of social media users (48%) made an impulse purchase of something they saw online, according to new survey from financial information site Bankrate. And 68% of them say they regret one of those buys later.

02/11/2023

Indie films are an affordable entertainment alternative

Prices for concert tickets and amusement-park entries have ballooned.

01/11/2023

Does an hour really make that much of a difference?

When daylight saving time ends, the adjustment can bring about changes in your physical and mental health. Entrepreneurs can take steps to adjust their routine and stay thriving even after the time change.

30/10/2023

It’s Taylor’s world and we are all just living in it.

Taylor’s version of doing things is different. Swift has built a colossal fortune with innovative takes on everything from record deals to touring, streaming negotiations, and even her property portfolio. Bloomberg did the math to come up with the most definitive account yet of Taylor Swift’s fo...

20/10/2023

We don’t usually draw lots to allocate duties or privileges, but what if we did?

18/10/2023

"In meetings, he's known for long, uncomfortable pauses, when all you hear is the sound of his tearing the wrapper of the energy bars he constantly eats,"

Apple CEO Tim Cook's day starts at 3:45 a.m. and is full of hourslong meetings. Cook is an intensely private person but has given some insights into his daily routine. He's said he reads hundreds of emails a day and is the last one to leave the office.

16/10/2023

“I wondered about Joe Biden’s health, why fish-and-chip shops stop serving so early and how on earth rosé has become fashionable again”

What he learnt from 90 minutes with almost no distractions.

02/10/2023

Content owners are wising up to their work being freely used by Big Tech to build new AI tools. Bots like Common Crawl are scraping and storing billions of pages of content for AI training. With less incentive to share online freely, the web could become a series of paywalled gardens.

29/09/2023

Truth and illusion are woven together as we tell ourselves into being.

20/09/2023

“Audiences are looking for the briefest nuggets of information, provided to them by ‘finfluencers’ (financial influencers). Telling them how to save their money – and how to spend it.”

All with a big smile and a low monthly fee 🧐

Some of the biggest social media stars earn megabucks for their hints and tips. While this new avenue brings benefits, such as giving a wider audience a financial education, it also comes with risks.

18/09/2023

“Twitter is for arguing with strangers. Instagram is for showing off the best of your 500 selfies. Facebook is for learning too much about an acquaintance from college”

Where’s the lie?

The professional network is benefiting from upheavals elsewhere in the social media landscape.

13/09/2023

Here we go!!! Whitney Wegman-Wood

Arizona-based airline pilot turned actor, Herb Jackson Jr’s latest work will preview at the 16th Arizona Underground Film Festival, September 15th – 23rd.

13/09/2023

your social influence is capital 🤑

Athletes who become influencers rake in the bucks when they're on top and still cash in when they're not.

11/09/2023

How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation?”

“Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation?”

07/09/2023

From concert tickets to hotel reservations, everything you want to do now requires an app

06/09/2023

“Don’t believe everything you think.”

Don't believe everything you think, especially when it comes to purchases. The stories you tell yourself may be dead wrong and trigger choices or behaviors you could regret.

05/09/2023

Men in Sardinia make it past 100 years old with stunning regularity. Traditional work, shepherding goats and sheep on the mountainside, may be a key to their longevity. Sardinian men also prioritize happy hour and naps, and avoid chronic stress.

31/08/2023

Billionaires know they are. Low-wage workers are very well aware that they aren’t. But vast swaths of America’s “regular rich” don’t feel that way, and it’s keeping everybody down.

30/08/2023

“ The resume? It's now like an extra in a movie—forgettable and barely making an impact” ouch 😣

Your LinkedIn profile is the digital version of your career calling card. You need to know how to craft the perfect LinkedIn About.

29/08/2023

I’m reminded on occasion when i receive a notification or comment from an old post.

This post could flop. You might not even get past the first paragraph. That's just a fact of life for anyone who writes anything. But it's not a reason to stop.

03/08/2023

Swifties have been filling hotels, packing restaurants and crowding bars during the singer’s 20-city Eras Tour in the U.S. Even the Fed has taken notice.

11/07/2023

We’re all expected to be fluent in countless softwares, even if we were born before email existed. These tips and tricks for everything from Chrome to Microsoft Teams will help you power through tasks faster—and actually enjoy your summer.

13/06/2023

People often say to me now, “of course I’d never say this in public”, before giving their view on a particular issue.

08/06/2023

Roman was living in denial until reality hit 😭

07/06/2023

This is for the "do your own research" crowd who have fallen down more rabbit holes than rabbits themselves 🤦🏾‍♂️

06/06/2023

30/05/2023

If your child plays video games they are probably engaging in gambling behavior that can lead to future addictive behaviors.

18/05/2023

Tom Wambsgans says the unsayable when it comes to wealth and relationships, revealing a complicated but very real dynamic.

11/05/2023

HBO Max’s “House of the Dragon” and Netflix’s “Wednesday” came out on top, but took different paths to success.

04/05/2023

She spent her adult life pushing away her sense of enchantment. Illness taught her how much she needed it.

01/05/2023

“Insights are also what enable novelists, TV producers, speech writers and comedians to move people.”

The Age of Information is booming, perhaps even bulging. So when you find yourself stuck, overwhelmed with too much data and too many ideas, here's how to know which idea holds the most value.

29/04/2023

Trusty Blue 📱

We use our phones to communicate almost everything but pay little heed to what their pigment broadcasts about us. Here, a psychologist weighs in on our choices.