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For the tens of million of Americans receiving unemployment benefits, the extra $600 boost will run out sooner than expected.

Within a week, Scudamore had put his entire life-savings — about $1,000 — into starting his own junk-hauling service, which he initially called The Rubbish Boys (even though the business was then a one-man operation — "I wanted it to sound bigger," he says.) "I spent $700 on an old Ford F-100 and the rest on fliers and business cards," Scudamore says.  Within the first "couple of weeks," Scudamore says he was able to break even. And in his first year in business, Scudamore says he made a...

While navigating her fathers fame hasnt always been easy — "It has definitely taught me to just allow people to have their opinions and to be okay with that," she says — her father, and his rise from congressman to governor of Indiana to vice president of the United States, has taught her a lot about success and following her dreams.  Ever since Pence-Bond and her siblings, Audrey, now 24, and Michael, 28, were kids, their dad would always tell them the "first step to following your dreams...

"When you make a grilled cheese sandwich, the best part is the cheese that melts off into the pan and gets crunchy," Scharfman said during the episode. "Most people look at that and say, Man, I wish I could eat just the cheese. "Since were a family of cheese-makers, we looked at it and think, How can we turn that into a snack bar?" Just the Cheese bars are made in Scharfmans family-owned cheese factory in Reeseville, Wisconsin, according to the company website. His dad Paul is a Wisconsin che...

I cant get enough of Brené Brown, so I was thrilled when the author and speaker announced her new podcast in March. (If you havent seen her TEDx talk "The Power of Vulnerability," one of the most popular in TED history, I highly recommend watching.) In "Unlocking Us," Brown interviews a mix of interesting individuals, from musician Alicia Keys to grief expert David Kessler. I love this podcast because it emphasizes topics I often discuss with my patients: Giving ourselves permission to fall ...

The internet Musk believed the internet, nascent in the 90s, would "fundamentally change humanity," he said on the podcast. "I would not regard this as a profound insight but rather an obvious one," Musk said. He compared the internet to the human nervous system: "If you didnt have a nervous system, you wouldnt know whats going on. Your fingers wouldnt know whats going on. Your toes wouldnt know whats going on. Youd have to do it by diffusion," he said. "The way information used to work was by ...

Understanding your privilege as a white person is critical to understanding how race and racism can impact the trajectory of one persons life. Frances Kendall, author of "Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race," describes white privilege as "having greater access to power and resources than people of color [in the same situation] do." As a result of this unequal access to power and resources, black Americans can expect to earn up to $1 million le...

As Warren Buffett reflected on the previous financial crashes in America during the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting on Saturday, the legendary investor...

Education strongly correlates with future happiness "Education is probably more strongly correlated with future happiness throughout adulthood than any other variable," according to Jeffrey Arnett, developmental psychologist and professor of psychology at Clark University. Happiness, in this case, is defined as satisfaction with the way ones life is going. Research suggests that the more education you have, the happier you tend to be.  In a survey that utilized data from the U.S. General Socia...

"Fred wasnt a reader, but it was impossible not to know about Peales wildly popular bestseller," Mary writes in "Too Much and Never Enough," which is set to be released on July 14. "The title alone was enough for Fred, and he decided to join Marble Collegiate although he and his family rarely attended." Mary, 55, who holds a Ph.D. from Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies and has taught graduate courses in trauma and developmental psychology, writes that Fred was attracted to P...