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The World’s Most Popular Painter Sent His Followers After Me Because He Didn’t Like a Review of His Work. Here’s What I Learned
A little more than a week ago, I wrote a review of an art show by the artist and TikTok sensation Devon Rodriguez, best known for live drawing subway riders. He is, by some measures, the most famous artist in the world, with many millions of social media followers. He did not like the review. …
Four Lessons I Learned (About Leadership) While Teaching Myself to Code
When I was 25 years old, 3 years into my professional career in sales and project management, I decided to learn how to code. That decision has completely changed the trajectory of my life, and my growth as a leader. In December of 2020, I landed my first front-end developer job at Sway Medical, a …
What we learned from a massive survey on America’s mental health
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — The vast majority of Americans of all ages, races, generations and backgrounds say the US has a mental health crisis. Nine in 10 Americans in a new survey from CNN and …
I Tested My Brain Health On My 27th Birthday — What I Learned
The nuanced nature of brain longevity used to overwhelm me, but after testing my brain health, I know which areas I’m doing well in and which could use some improvement. I found that while my medical health, social interactions, and mental fitness activities are helping my brain stay healthy, I could use some improvement in …
What we learned from the Spurs win over the Trail Blazers
Mini-series — or consecutive games against the same opponent — are tricky for a variety of reasons. Teams are used to playing one game before moving on to studying the next team, so repetitiveness and complacency can become an issue. Similarly, repeated games give each opponent the chance to make adjustments, and the other side …
What We Learned From Meghan and Harry’s Interview
Prince William was barely mentioned in the interview, but when he did come up, Harry said that their “relationship is space, at the moment.” More than once, both Harry and Meghan drew distinctions between the queen and the rest of the royal family. They told stories of interacting with her during their time in London …
NFL Week 12: What We Learned
With the coronavirus sweeping through the N.F.L. at a greater extent than it had all season, Week 12 had an uneasy edge to it, and several teams had to cobble together solutions to problems brought by player absences resulting from positive tests and close contacts. The league soldiered on, however, getting all 12 of Sunday’s …
NBA restart: What we learned from the league’s 113-page health and safety document
The first step for the NBA in resuming the 2019-20 season was figuring out a schedule and format. They settled on inviting 22 teams to Orlando and having all of them play eight “seeding” games before beginning the playoffs. If necessary, there will be a mini play-in tournament for the eighth seed in each conference, …
The World Health Organization said lessons could be learned from Sweden — now its daily deaths are soaring
Sweden’s policy of keeping schools, restaurants and businesses open while practicing social distancing to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from spreading was seen as bold, but now it has the highest deaths per capita in Europe from COVID-19. Sweden’s daily death toll per 100,000 people is now 8.71, compared with 4.59 in the U.S., and is …
What I learned traveling to countries with universal health care
Everywhere I went last fall, I would often hear the same twang of pity when I told someone I’d come to their country from America to learn how their health care works. There were three moments I will always remember, one from each of my trips to Taiwan, Australia, and the Netherlands. In Taiwan, I …
