Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory that helps us see the big picture and get creative.

“Not only do we need to remember to sleep, but most certainly we sleep to remember,” is how Dr. William Fishbein, a cognitive neuroscientist at the City University of New York, put it at a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience last week.

Good sleep is a casualty of our 24/7 world. Surveys suggest few adults attain the recommended seven to eight hours a night.

Way too little clearly is dangerous: Sleep deprivation causes not just car crashes but all sorts of other accidents. Over time, a chronic lack of sleep can erode the body in ways that leave us more vulnerable to heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses.

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by Jullien Gordon

It’s simple. Change your mindset from working FOR your company to working WITH your company. Employment is a partnership, not an obligation, no matter how bad the economy is.

The first thing any non-stock holding employee has to accept is that no matter where you work and how much you make, you’re being undervalued…at least financially. No company in the world (except ones that get 700 billion dollar tax payer bail outs from the government) can pay you more than the value you are creating for them. Even if you were earning $250,000 a year, you have to be making at least twice that for the company in revenue for it to stay in business.

Most people say that they “work for” a company. Though the difference between working FOR a company and working WITH a company is verbally minute, the mindset shift is huge. Check out the mental differences between someone who works WITH versus someone who works FOR and see where you are on the spectrum. People who work FOR companies in times like these are vulnerable whereas people who work WITH them have a stronger position.

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Can you believe that the unemployment rate jumped from 6.1 to 6.5 percent in October alone?! When the economy busted it’s back right tire, veered off the side of the highway, and crashed into a tree, I wasn’t affected. I remember having conversations with my friends and asking them, “Am I an idiot to go on a shopping spree when people are getting laid off and jumping off of buildings?” At the time, I was rolling in the dough and brand new shoes were more important than anything. My job situation was on lock and I had not a care in the world. Little did I know that as of November 26th, I would be… dun dun dun dun DUNNNNNN…UNEMPLOYED. So much for that dirty, old, rusty lock…

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When you think of losing weight and getting healthy, you think about lacing up your running shoes and heading to the gym. But the next time you think about getting healthy, try a new vision that includes whispering sounds of the rainforest, rejuvenating smells of eucalyptus, the relieving heat of water soaking through your skin and the relaxing pressure of experienced hands releasing knots under your neck and back. In other words, treat yourself to a session at the spa.

The No. 1 contributor to many degenerative diseases is stress, and taking a regular session at the spa, once a week or even once or twice a month, can help you de-stress and improve your health. Chronic stress can lead to ulcers, chest pain, weight loss, weight gain, loss of appetite, digestive problems, canker sores, cold sores, acne, rashes, eczema, high blood pressure, miscarriage, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, heartburn, headaches, back aches, stiff muscles, constipation and diarrhea. 

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The economic agendas of hopefuls and woeful market conditions have many of us consulting our financial sources, like Forbes Magazine, more than ever. 

Globally, we are tailoring our portfolios and lifestyle silhouettes to ensure our security during the looming “recession.” In the midst of the of the shuffle and high on aspiration, I was introduced to the “Forbes Life”, a lifestyle section supplement to Forbes Magazine. 

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Lifestyle beverages, like grey goose, are synonymous with a a way of life, a time, and a culture. 

What better way to convey the character of the Grey Goose Vodka brand than by profiling the ‘tastemakers’ that transform culture as we know it today?! In The Sundance Channel’s “Iconoclasts” Grey Goose Entertainment has taken brand marketing to original network programming and created it’s own custom channel.

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