Attend Women at Work Live May 16
We've planned a half-day of learning, guidance, and inspiration—all virtual. Here's the agenda: Executive coach Dorie Clark on working with the ambition you've got right now, whether you're making every effort to get promoted or are taking a break from striving. She'll help you recognize when it's best to slow down or ramp up.
Organizational psychologist Ruchi Sinha's latest research findings on trust: how to measure the amount felt between team members, and what to do if it's imbalanced. Plus, she'll explain the upsides of switching between different kinds of leadership styles, and she'll illustrate how to do that DEI strategist Lily Zheng on the power of data to correct discrimination, design fair processes, and demonstrate a company's progress toward diversity, equity, and inclusion. They'll also describe the positive and negative moves companies are making and how to have influence within yours.
The Amys on whatever guidance you and other attendees need to lead a team, deal with conflict, negotiate, or something else. Email your question ahead of time to womenatwork@hbr. org, or drop it into the chat during the session.
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Once there was a little boy, George Harper, who was living with his uncle, Johnny, and his aunt, Nancy after his parents went missing. George's parents were geologists and never returned from an adventurous expedition trip and were believed to be dead. Little Harper was loved a lot by his uncle Johnny as he and Nancy had no child, so Johnny always took good care of George as his own son but yet his aunt Nancy never liked him.
George was very shy and barely used to talking with anybody. But he had a friend from his neighborhood, Grace Green, the daughter of a distinguished and weird physics professor.
Mr. Green was a weird man and wanted to build a time machine. After doing his day job as a head lecturer at the famous city university, he spent his whole night doing weird experiments in his home laboratory.
The neighborhood of Mr. Green was fed up with watching every night colored-flashy lights an d smoke coming from his house. His weird experiments were the main reason that let Mr. Green's wife leave him and started living with her parents, but Grace decided to live with her dad.
But George was very fond of watching the colored lights coming from Mr. Green's house. He was the only person whom Mr. Green had allowed to enter his house and even his laboratory as George never doubted Mr. Green's ambitions.
He used to ask many questions related to the experiments. Very happily, Mr. Green used to answer every question curious George raised and told George about his secret time machine project on which he was working for many years. Mr. Green had also promised little George that one day soon he would take him to his parents in his time machine.
Then one day the whole neighborhood gathered around Mr. Green's house. Everyone was shocked to see the house of Mr. Green disappear along with Mr. Green, Grace, and little George.
A smiley face is not always just a smiley face. Behind the yellow, wide-eyed emoji's smile is an intergenerational minefield. For many teenagers and 20-somethings, a smiley face popping up in a text or email is seen as something different.
HafeezatBishi, 21, started an internship (实习)at a Brooklyn digital media firm. She was surprised to be greeted by her co-workers with a bright smiley face. For Bishi, the welcome seemed dismissive and she sees the emoji as conveying a kind of side-eye smile.
The rise of the use of emojis at work, especially between remote teams during the pandemic, has created more misunderstandings than ever. People over 30 tend to use emojis to express what the images always did, but younger digital natives may use them to convey ironic meanings, or use them as shorthand for an entirely different thought. For instance, the skull and crossbones means death or danger to many adults, while many younger people say that to them it signifies laughing extremely hard-as in "I'm laughing so hard that I'm dying. "
Charlie Nelson Keever, a 31-year-old lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area, spends a lot of time analyzing social media accounts to piece together legal cases. It was while researching narratives and timelines on a case that it dawned on her that young people don't use smiley faces to mean they are smiling.
She quizzed a Gen Z friend and was confused by the undertones which some emojis carry for that generation. On its face, the cowboy, a grinning emoji wearing a hat, can signify a special brand of quirky, giggly happiness. But for many in Gen Z, it means the sender is putting on a front, smiling on the outside while dying on the inside.
Keever feels she should have her finger on the pulse of how people communicate on the Internet. "There's nothing that makes you feel older than googling what an emoji means, "she said.
It's in the dirt on the ground, the debris (碎片)on your roof, and the dust that tickles your nose --tiny pieces of "cosmic dust", everywhere. These microscopic particles from outer space are micrometeorites(微陨石)--mostly the debris from comets and asteroids(小行星) --and they have settled all over our planet.
Once the particles settle to the ground, they can be found anywhere; they could be sitting on your clothes right now. But despite their widespread presence, finding cosmic dust isn't easy. One place that the particles show up more easily is Antarctica. Around a decade ago, Mattew Genge at Imperial College London spent seven weeks searching for and collecting dust there.
The downside to collecting dust from Antarctica is the cost and complications of travelling there. That's why Penny Wozniakiewicz of the University of Kent in the UK has focused her research closer to home. The key is to collect materials from a fairly undisturbed spot. For instance, she samples on the rooftops of old cathedrals in the UK.
She focuses on these roofs because they are old and more untouched than modern buildings. What's more, historic buildings like cathedrals usually have well-kept records that indicate when maintenance and cleaning have been done. That makes it easier to determine how long cosmic dust has been collecting and gives researchers insight into what other particles might be present in the dust they collect. This allows them to more efficiently remove the Earth stuff, and focus on the space stuff.
Each year, approximately 100 billion particles of space dust land on Earth, carrying secrets from asteroids and offering glimpses into the formation of galaxies. These micrometeorites not only contain water but also organic molecules (分子);they potentially serve as the building blocks for life on Earth. Cosmic dust could, therefore, tell scientists about the intricate(错综复 杂的)relationship between these celestial bodies and Earth. It acts as a bridge, connecting us to the wider universe.
How to Protect Your Eyes When Using a Computer
Experts agree that spending time in front of a computer may cause eye strain. While eye strain typically isn't harmful, it can cause bothersome symptoms like dry, watery eyes, sensitivity to light and neck or shoulder pain. Research suggests that making simple changes may help prevent eye strain.
Reposition reference materials.
If they are too low or too high, your eyes will have to refocus every time you glance at them, leading to eye fatigue. Actually, reference materials should be located above the keyboard and below the computer's monitor. To help do this, use a document holder or a book to prop up materials a few inches and help rest your eyes.
Blink every so often.
We naturally blink about 20 times every minute, but when focusing on a screen this can drop by as much as half. This means your eyes are at much greater risk of drying out when working on the computer. You'll have to be conscious of this and force yourself to blink. Deliberately blink every five seconds or so. Every 20 minutes, look away from the screen for 20 seconds.
Adjust your screen lighting.
Your screen should be illuminated in relation to your environment. If you're working in a brightly lit room, you can increase your brightness settings; if the room is dim, lower the settings. If your eyes are feeling strained, try adjusting your brightness settings in relation to your work environment. .
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Eye doctors use this term to describe the adverse effects of prolonged computer use. These symptoms are not permanent and should subside when you step away from the computer for a few hours. They can cause significant discomfort, however, and if ignored can lead to permanent eye problems.
A. Fortunately, there is still a way out.
B. Pause with computer vision syndrome.
C. Have a break when eye strain happens.
D. Improper position of materials can cause discomfort.
E. If you find this too distracting, try taking breaks.
F. During this time, you should blink or close your eyes.
G. Anyway, your eyes often tell you what you should do.
When White met the pit bull puppy in 2018, Darby was young, playful, strong as an ox. Then, in the summer of 2019, came Darby's date with destiny.
White was 1 in Northern Caledonia's Bodega Bay. He left Darby, then a year old and 100 pounds, in the parked car with windows 2 , while he cast his line a few yards away. The fish weren't biting, White recalled, until, 3 , they were.
At first, White thought he had hooked a stingray. But as he reeled (绕线)it in, he 4 it was a seven gill shark, about 6 feet long. Not uncommon but still 5 . He brought it close and carefully unhooked it, expecting it to 6 . It didn't. The shark bit his ankle.
"All of a sudden there was 7 everywhere, "says White. He yelled for help, hoping the fishermen down the 8 could hear. But they didn't seem to know what was going on. Fortunately, Darby did. He jumped out of the car and ran toward the water. He ran right up to the shark and 9 his teeth into its gills(鱼鳃).
"That just made the shark bite down harder, "White says. Darby 10 , then regrouped and attacked the shark's tail. The shark 11 its grip (紧抓), and White managed to push it into shallow water, 12 it swam off. "The whole thing took less than a minute, "White says, "but it left plenty of 13 . "White was able to stop the bleeding and get to a hospital, where he learned that the wound was very severe.
That would have been the end of it, had Darby's story not gone viral (走红). White was 14 by NBC News and CNN. That's when the countless cash offers started to come in. But the big dog was not for15 .
The more water people splash on you, the (lucky)your life will be. That's the positive message from the water sprinkling festival in Xishuangbanna, in Southwest China's Yunnan province. The festival is one of the most important festivals for the Dai people —an ethnic group mostly (live)in Xishuangbanna Dai, who recognize the festival the new year and organize activities like splashing water and dragon boat races.
"Water" is unique way of sending blessings to the Dai people on New Year's Day. The more you (soak), the more blessings you get. This is people express their feelings and wishes for the future. A visitor from the United States said two elderly women (dress)in Dai ethnic clothes splashed water on him and he splashed back. Laughter and water twisted to make them feel like they were best friends, as if they (meet)before.
Xishuangbanna is home to 12 ethnic (minority)and boasts a border extending over 966. 3 kilometers. Neighboring countries such as Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos also celebrate the festival, taking place in the mid-sixth month of the Dai calendar, (rough) ten days before or after China's Qingming Festival.
The years have left many childhood memories almost dreamlike. However, one memory is seared into my brain. It will never be forgotten, as it changed the track of my entire life. After weeks of lying in a hospital bed, I woke up from a faint, with both of my legs amputated ( 截 肢). I was four years old.
That double amputation helped shape and mold me. It gave me the drive to persevere when everyone quits, and the determination to prove to the world and myself that any obstacles can be overcome.
Running was a relatively new pursuit for me. I started training seriously as a runner in August 2016. From the start, it seemed to be a sport tailored to me. It required long hours of training. It did not matter if it was hot or cold, raining or snowing. There was always training to be done and new golds to achieve.
The 2018 Chicago Marathon was my fifth attempt at the distance. The starting gun cracked, and a grin spread across my face as a chill raced up my arms and down my back. Accompanied by my pacer(配速员), I dashed forward, powerful and confident in my ability to run the exact race plan I had made with my coach.
The race dragged on, and with less than 10 miles to go, my body started to feel the effects of running at a fast pace for a long time. "Dad, I know you will win the race, "I thought of what my three-year-old son said before the race. It gave me the motivation.
Shortly after mile 22, I was making a right turn when disaster struck. I stepped in a hole, caught the edge, and felt an artificial leg coming off. I panicked and grabbed it with my right hand while frantically ( 手 忙 脚 乱 地 )reaching out to grab the shoulder of the pacer. Unfortunately, I missed and came down hard on my side. As my head hit the pavement, my whole world went dark.
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I didn't know if it was seconds or minutes before I came to myself.
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The final 2. 2 miles was short but long for me.
