<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12075230" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="dog-whisperer" source="Orion">Dog Whisperer</keyword>" <keyword id="12075229" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cesar-millan" source="Orion">Cesar Millan</keyword> is in the middle of a lawsuit alleging his dog attacked and killed <keyword id="12075231" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="queen-latifah" source="Orion">Queen Latifah</keyword>'s dog.</li><li>Millan asked his staff to cover up the attack and were told to tell Latifah her dog got struck by a car and killed, TMZ reported.</li><li>The lawsuit claims Millan's dog also attacked Lidia Matiss in 2017, a young gymnast, who can no longer compete in the sport because of her injuries.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dog-whisperer-cesar-millan-illegally-crossed-us-border-2018-7">Caesar Millan</a>, also known as the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dog-whisperer-cesar-millan-success-2014-12">"Dog Whisperer,"</a> is in the middle of a lawsuit claiming his dog attacked one of <a href="https://money.yahoo.com/queen-latifah-gets-lifetime-achievement-051940716.html">Queen Latifah</a>'s <keyword id="11918126" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="dogs" source="Orion">dogs</keyword> and injured several others, TMZ reported.</p><p>The lawsuit was filed by Lidia Matiss, a young gymnast who claims Millan's dog Junior attacked and severely injured her legs in 2017 after the dog had been walking around Millan's office unsupervised. According to Matiss' lawsuit, which was obtained by <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/10/cesar-milan-queen-latifah-pit-bull-dog-junior-coverup-lawsuit/">TMZ</a>, Matiss says Junior has a history of attacking other people and pets, including one of Latifah's dogs.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Queen Latifah  (@IAMQUEENLATIFAH) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/952665070038745088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2018</a></blockquote><p>After Latifah brought two of her dogs to Millan's center in Santa Clarita, California, one was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-seal-explains-tips-attacked-by-dog-2017-6">attacked</a> and killed by Junior, the lawsuit says. Staff at the center were allegedly asked by Millan to cover up the attack and were told to tell Latifah her dog got struck by a car and killed.</p><p>Matiss, whose mother works for Millan, claims that Millan was aware that Junior has a history of violence. </p><p>Before the attack, Matiss was an excellent gymnast at the highest level of the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympics Programs, TMZ reported. She was actively being recruited by the University of Pennsylvania and claims she had to leave the sport because of her injuries from the attack.</p><p>According to TMZ, Millan answered the lawsuit and claims Matiss knew of the danger related to the dog. He also claims negligence on the part of Matiss but does not specify how, TMZ reported.</p>

'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan sued for allegedly covering up his pitbull's deadly attack on Queen Latifah's dog, report says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Elon Musk said he once owned a "nasty, brutish" dog for 15 years that bit people on the ankle. </li><li>The father of nine has occasionally posted about his pets on social media, including dogs and a cat.</li></ul><p>Billionaire Elon Musk may be <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-family-maye-musk-kimbal-musk-grimes-talulah-riley-2020-5?r=US&amp;IR=T">the father of nine children</a> and the boss of five major companies, but he still has time for a handful of four-legged friends. </p><p>The Twitter CEO has often publicly mentioned his pets on social media. Last year, for instance, he <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1554154670096015361" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted a video</a> of his son X Æ A-12 or "X" playing with the family dogs in 2022. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Elon Musk  (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1554162151073501188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2022</a></blockquote><p>And this week, he talked for the first time about a Yorkshire Terrier he owned in the past.</p><p dir="ltr">Although not comprehensive, Insider compiled a list of known pets that have made it into Musk's family over the years. </p><h2 dir="ltr">Hobbes the Yorkshire Terrier</h2><p dir="ltr">Musk first mentioned his Yorkshire Terrier in a <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1637582438074286084" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter post on Sunday</a> saying he was well-known for biting people's legs.</p><p dir="ltr">He wrote: "Had an awesome Yorkie for 15 years who I named Hobbes, because he was nasty, brutish &amp; short," he wrote. The dog's name appears to be a play on 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes' famous work "Leviathan," in which he described human existence as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."</p><p dir="ltr">"I'd tell people 'watch out for the dog!', then they'd see him &amp; laugh, then he would bite them on the ankle," Musk wrote.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Elon Musk  (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1637582438074286084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2023</a></blockquote><h2 dir="ltr">Floki the Shiba Inu</h2><p dir="ltr">Floki is Musk's most famed pet and is a Shiba Inu — a type of hunting dog from Japan. He was first mentioned in a tweet by Musk in 2021 when the billionaire <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1408380216653844480" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced his name</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1437179881260032016" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first picture of Floki</a> made it to Musk's Twitter in September 2021 captioned: "Floki has arrived." </p><p dir="ltr">Shiba Inu is also a decentralized cryptocurrency founded in 2020 and is a fork of the popular Dogecoin, which itself is named after a popular meme of a Shiba Inu. The "Floki Inu" is also meme coin that takes its <a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/au/investing/cryptocurrency/what-is-floki-inu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">name from Musk's pup</a>. </p><p dir="ltr">Dogecoin saw a $10 billion surge in market value when Elon Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1625695877326340102" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted a picture </a>of Floki joking that he's the "new CEO of Twitter" and is <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1625697431299190784" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"perfect for the job."</a></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Elon Musk  (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1625695877326340102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2023</a></blockquote><h2 dir="ltr">Gatsby, Marvin the Martian, and Schrödinger</h2><p dir="ltr">Musk has tweeted about a string of other pets he owns on Twitter, including two dogs and a cat. </p><p dir="ltr">In 2018, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1122660604953542658?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he tweeted</a>: "We have a big dog called Gatsby, a little dog called Marvin the Martian &amp; a cat named Schrödinger." 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A brief history of Elon Musk's pets, including a 'nasty, brutish' Yorkshire Terrier named after a 17th century philosopher, and a cat called Schrödinger

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Will Smith teased a return to social media Friday following his infamous slap at the 2022 Oscars.</li><li>Smith shared a meme with the caption "Me trying to get back on social media" on Instagram.</li></ul><p>Will Smith teased a possible return to social media on Instagram Friday — with a meme of a gorilla.</p><p>Smith, who has been mostly silent on social media since March, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Chdc4G6KF2K/">shared a video</a> of a baby gorilla poking an adult gorilla in the back before being chased away. The Oscar-winning actor captioned the video, "Me trying to get back on social media."</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Chdc4G6KF2K" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>The video is the first non-apology post on Smith's Instagram since <a href="https://www.insider.com/oscars-2022-will-smith-hits-chris-rock-after-jada-joke-2022-3">he slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars</a> over a joke the comedian made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.</p><p>The day after the Oscars, Smith <a href="https://www.insider.com/will-smith-apologizes-chris-rock-out-of-line-oscars-slap-2022-3">shared a written apology</a> to Rock, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the event's producers, as well as attendees and viewers. "Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive," Smith <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbqmaY1p7Pz/"> wrote</a>, adding that his behavior was "unacceptable and inexcusable."</p><p>On July 29, the actor <a href="https://www.insider.com/will-smith-breaks-silence-oscars-slap-chris-rock-video-2022-7">shared a video of himself</a> answering questions about the Oscars incident on YouTube and Instagram apologizing to Rock, Rock's family, and Pinkett Smith. In a message prior to the start of the video, Smith wrote that he spent the last few months "doing a lot of thinking and personal work."</p><p>"Disappointing people is my central trauma. I hate when I let people down," he said.</p><p>"It hurts me psychologically and emotionally to know I didn't live up to people's image and impression of me," he added. "I'm trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself."</p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jXrxDKwlA_s" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Big names like Justin Bieber, Michelle Pfeiffer, Cesar Millan, and celebrity stylist Zerina Akers commented on Smith's latest Instagram, laughing at the humorous video and welcoming Smith back to Instagram.</p><p>Bieber wrote "We miss u," while Millan wrote, "Animal kingdom is with you." </p>

Will Smith shares a cheeky response about returning to social media in first non-apology post following Oscars slap

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5c37d041d4beaf5afb58f445-2400/tsa.jpg" border="0" alt="tsa" data-mce-source="Seth Wenig/AP"><p class="source"><span>Seth Wenig/AP</span></p><p class="caption">TSA agents have gone unpaid for weeks.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>The sixth-busiest airport in the world is taking on an unusual vibe.</li><li>As TSA agents go unpaid, Travis Scott and Kanye West songs are blasting through JFK's loudspeakers, some passengers report on Twitter.</li><li>"We're living in a simulation," one passenger tweeted.</li></ul><p>The US is currently facing the second-longest government shutdown ever.</p><p>Most of the effects have been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-how-the-partial-closure-affects-average-americans-2019-1#tens-of-thousands-of-employees-working-without-pay-are-in-law-enforcement-departments-including-the-fbi-customs-and-border-protection-and-the-secret-service-1">unsavory</a>. Some 800,000 federal workers are currently furloughed or working without pay until the shutdown ends. The Food and Drug Administration has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-more-food-poisoning-outbreaks-fda-usda-effects-2019-1">ceased</a> food inspections. And the 40 million Americans who receive SNAP benefits won't be able to use their food assistance <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-how-the-partial-closure-affects-average-americans-2019-1#the-approximately-40-million-people-who-receive-snap-benefits-also-known-as-food-stamps-will-only-be-able-to-get-the-benefit-through-february-if-the-shutdown-continues-6">by February</a>, if the shutdown continues.</p><p>Lines at airports nationwide have also become incredibly long as <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="transportation">Transportation</keyword> Security Administration (TSA) employees call in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/unpaid-tsa-workers-cant-afford-to-get-to-work-2019-1">sick at work</a> and go unpaid. Air-traffic controllers have also gone unpaid <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/unpaid-air-traffic-controllers-zero-dollar-pay-stub-government-shutdown-2019-1">since Dec. 22</a>.</p><section><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-turns-airport-tsa-lines-into-mad-house-2019-1">The government shutdown is being blamed for turning TSA lines in a New York airport into a 'mad house'</a></em></p><p>There's one little-known effect of the shutdown that has turned things up at New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport. Loudspeakers have been blasting music that's not the typical, milquetoast offerings at the nation's <a href="https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/preliminary-cy2017-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf">sixth-busiest airport</a>.</p><p>Multiple passengers flying out of JFK have shared on Twitter that they've heard the uncensored versions of "SICKO MODE" by Travis Scott featuring Drake. Such sentiments weren't shared before the government shutdown began on Dec. 22.</p><p>Other unusual song choices have been reported on Twitter at JFK's eight terminals, which host of more than 29 million departures <a href="https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/preliminary-cy2017-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf">a year</a>.</p><p>Because these reports didn't start before the government shut down, it seems that these abnormal choices were made by TSA employees, who have gone unpaid for weeks.</p><p>A spokesperson from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates JFK Airport, told Business Insider that TSA employees have discretion over the music at some terminals, while airline employees choose songs at other terminals.</p><p>The American Federation of Government Employees did not immediately respond to Business Insider's inquiry.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>JFK is playing sicko mode we're living in a simulation</p>- cesar millan (the dog whisperer)  (@postmetaboi) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1082350050578178048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>TSA has officially stopped giving a fuck. SICKO MODE (dirty version) is playing on the speakers at JFK lmfaooo</p>- Mezzo Rigatoni  (@LSDiPalma) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1083072904705835008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>they are currently blasting an uncensored sicko mode at jfk</p>- Rayyan  (@RayyanRKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1079821635086139393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I was in JFK at 6:30am the other day and they were playing that poopty scoop Kanye song and I felt like I was in the twilight zone</p>- Tracee Ellis Ross Jr  (@virghoe_) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1083077279650144256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>JFK airport carousel blasting "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" at 10:30 PM is kinda alright with me.</p>- RL Barnes, Ph.D.  (@DigitalHistory_) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1082115998747119621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>the extremely weird feeling when the airport PA is blasting Paramore's "Misery Business" like it's a super hot 2007 Friday night at old JFK</p>- Molly Templeton  (@mollytempleton) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1081362273493573633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>JFK Airport blasting Ludacris at 5:45 am is a vibe</p>- Caroline Kenny  (@carolinerkenny) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1078604770821189632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></section>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-kim-jong-un-scariest-dictators-2016-1">North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is 35 - here's how he became one of the world's scariest dictators</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/nyjbDyJ4-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

As TSA agents go unpaid, Travis Scott and Kanye West songs are blasting through JFK's loud speakers

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55412b8369bedd1075e17bdc-480-377/screen%20shot%202015-04-29%20at%203.04.44%20pm.png?maxX=581&amp;maxY=456" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2015 04 29 at 3.04.44 PM" width="581" height="456"><p class="source"><span>Ifitweremyhome.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div>Royal Oak Interactive's <a href="http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/">IfItWereMyHome.com</a> is based around a simple question: What if you weren't you?</p><p><span>The lottery of birth is responsible for much of who we are," the site says. "If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person?"</span></p><p>Using statistics from the <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/">CIA World Factbook</a>, the <a href="http://www.who.int/en/">World Health Organization</a>, and the <a href="http://www.oecd.org/">Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development</a>, the site compares several different aspects of life in more than 200 countries and territories.</p><p>Stats including life expectancy, infant mortality, birth rates, spending on health care, energy, and risk of HIV/AIDs are considered when comparing countries head to head.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55412b326bb3f79722e17be2-840-1057/ccchina.png" border="0" alt="ccchina"><p class="source"><span>Ifitweremyhome.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Another interesting facet of the website is the interactive map, which allows you to accurately compare the relative size of different countries (you're in for a shock, mercator map users). <br><br><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55413a79ecad041516e17be0-832-1057/iraqaqaq.png" border="0" alt="iraqaqAQ"><p class="source"><span>Ifitweremyhome.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></br></br></p><p>Originally established in 2010 to give perspective to the massive BP oil spill, the site also features a Disasters tab where you can view the area affected by the oil spill or the massive flood that hit Pakistan that same year. </p><p>Here's the BP disaster:</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55412d3d6bb3f77f2ce17be5-910-520/screen shot 2015-04-29 at 3.12.29 pm.png" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2015 04 29 at 3.12.29 PM"><p class="source"><span>Ifitweremyhome.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p><p> And here's Pakistan flooding:</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55412a2169bedd416de17be0-908-518/screen shot 2015-04-29 at 2.59.14 pm.png" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2015 04 29 at 2.59.14 PM"><p class="source"><span>Ifitwerehome.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dog-whisperer-cesar-millan-success-failures2015-4">'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan: How I lost everything and got it all back in three years </a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="VuZXRjcjoCM_pS3nLTPSF02f90y82w9R" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'VuZXRjcjoCM_pS3nLTPSF02f90y82w9R',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

This website lets you compare what your life would be like somewhere else

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/565f3be984307668008b6d16-3006-2255/1deepak side view high res_3197.300dpi.jpg" alt="deepak chopra" data-mce-source="Fifteen Minutes" /><p class="source"><span>Fifteen Minutes</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>Some people don't realize they are biological robots, Deepak Chopra says, but they are.</p><p>"<span>They are machines. There is no difference between you and your computer," the award-winning author and physician told Business Insider this week while promoting the new documentary he's in, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Happy-Now-Thich-Nhat/dp/B017O65WTQ" target="_blank">"Mindfulness: Be Happy Now."</a></span></p><p>To combat this, people can practice mindfulness, or the art of being present. It's practiced by a number of successful people, including <span>Oprah, Anderson Cooper, and actress Sharon Stone.</span></p><p>Chopra says that mindfulness is a "conscious, unattached, nonjudgemental awareness" that is useful to <span style="font-weight: 400;">bring "clarity to mind and more insight and intuition and creativity" into one's life. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He offered us some tips for those who are interested in mindfulness and how it might help their lives and careers:</span></p><ol><li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Stop and ask yourself if you are aware:</strong> "Stopping and asking yourself questions about if you are aware and what you are aware of will bring you to the present moment. That's what awareness is. It has no location or sense of time; it's a state of being," he explained.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Close your eyes a</strong>nd focus on your body and how it is functioning.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Concentrate on your breathin</strong>g for five minutes.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>Before you react to anything,</strong> observe your reaction and ask yourself why you are reacting that way.</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"People have to be interested [in mindfulness]," he said. "You can show them the tools, but it's up to them to use the tools and have a more fulfilling life." </span></p><p>And for those who say that the concept is easier said than done, Chopra has this simple piece of advice: Be aware.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Once you become aware, it's easy. If you are not, of course it's difficult," he said. "You first have to practice being aware."</span></p><p>Chopra recently released his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being/dp/0804140138" target="_blank">"Super Genes,"</a> which explores the health and scientific benefits of mindfulness. "Mindfulness: Be Happy Now" also stars Sharon Stone, director Oliver Stone, "dog whisperer" Cesar Millan, and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh.    </p><p>The documentary is available now via on-demand services including Amazon Instant Video and iTunes.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/gigi-hadid-photos-hacked-blackmailed-2015-11">Gigi Hadid is being blackmailed by hackers who say they have her iCloud photos</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="Rndm8yeTrZH_eg8UQM5QNNUqNNI56kAN" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'Rndm8yeTrZH_eg8UQM5QNNUqNNI56kAN',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Deepak Chopra shares 4 ways to be mindful like the most successful people on earth

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/558983ef6bb3f7e22aa8b531-823-617/corgi-fire-go-pro-rescue.png" border="0" alt="Corgi Fire Go Pro Rescue"><p class="source"><span>Spencer Butler/YouTube.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>When Spencer Butler bought his GoPro camera, he probably wasn't expecting to use it to capture himself running inside a burning building to save a puppy.&#xa0;<p>But that's exactly what happened in Rapid City, South Dakota when Butler and his friend Brad spotted a burning apartment building, the Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2015/06/21/watch-man-busts-down-doors-to-save-pets-from-apartment-fire">reports</a>. The GoPro&#xa0;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmzFTubSKh8">video</a> Butler uploaded just two days ago already has over one million views on YouTube.</p><p>Instead of running away from the dangerous scene, his first reaction was to run into the building and make sure that all people and pets had been evacuated.</p><p>It was a good thing he checked - Butler, Brad and a few strangers saved the lives of three dogs who were stuck inside the building, according to the caption on the YouTube video.</p><p>When he sees smoke rising from the building, he asks a small gathered crowd,&#xa0;"do you guys know if there's anybody in the building?"</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/558963162acae711008b49ae/holy.gif" border="0" alt="Man with GoPro sees fire saves corgi" style="color: #000000;"><p class="source"><span>Spencer Butler/YouTube.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>"Holy," Butler exclaims when he turns a corner and sees how big the fire is. He and his friend decide to bang on doors to make sure that no one is inside.</p><p><span>As they knocked on doors, they yelled to make sure everybody had left the building. They even knocked some doors down.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55896c05ecad04364daf4d52/breaking%20down%20the%20door.gif" border="0" alt="Man with GoPro saves Corgi" style="line-height: 1.5em;"><p class="source"><span>Spencer Butler/YouTube.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p><span><span>When they knocked down the door of a top floor apartme</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">nt, they found a terrified Corgi. </span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Thankfully, they were able to chase the dog out the building.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5589674f371d2232008b48ec/corgi.gif" border="0" alt="Man saves dog from fire with GoPro"><p class="source"><span>Spenver Butler/YouTube.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><br /></span></p><p>&#xa0;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Butler and his friend were joined by some strangers who helped them knock doors down.</span></p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55896cb36da811b4495f9064/few%20more.gif" border="0" alt="Man with GoPro saves Corgi" style="color: #000000;"><p class="source"><span>Spencer Butler/YouTube.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>Eventually, Butler looks around the smoke filled stairwell and said, "Let's get the hell out of here, it's going up."</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55896d2eecad04db56af4d50/fixed%20stairs.gif" border="0" alt="Man with GoPro saves Corgi" style="color: #000000;"><p class="source"><span>Spencer Butler/YouTube.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>B<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">y that time, firefighters had arrived to hose down the growing fire.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/558986eeecad04784aaf4d53/ff.gif" border="0" alt="Fire Fighters South Dakota Go Pro"><p class="source"><span>Spencer Butler/YouTube.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><br /></span></p><p>Butler says (via the caption of the video) that any&#xa0;money he's making off of views will be donated to the Rapid City Fire Department in South Dakota.</p><p>Watch the full <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmzFTubSKh8">video</a> now:</p><div><div><iframe width="800" height="600" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DmzFTubSKh8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dog-whisperer-cesar-millan-success-failures2015-4">'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan: How I lost everything and got it all back in three years </a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="VuZXRjcjoCM_pS3nLTPSF02f90y82w9R" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'VuZXRjcjoCM_pS3nLTPSF02f90y82w9R',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

A man strapped a GoPro on his head and ran inside a burning building to save a dog

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/551da25d69beddb108c2b3a9-1200-924/josh-gad-frozen.jpg" border="0" alt="Josh Gad Frozen"><p class="source"><span>Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Josh Gad with Olaf, the animated character he voices in "Frozen."</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Since it's release in November 2013, Disney's "Frozen" has become the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/highest-grossing-movies-of-all-time-2014-3" target="_blank">highest-grossing animated movie</a> of all time.<p>The kid-friendly flick, which cost <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=frozen2013.htm" target="_blank">$150 million to make</a>, has raked in over <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=frozen2013.htm" target="_blank">$1.2 billion</a>&#xa0;worldwide.</p><p>Disney saw <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/disney-q4-frozen-success-2014-11" target="_blank">record earnings</a> as a result, and&#xa0;<span>announced sales of&#xa0;</span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/05/showbiz/frozen-costume-dresses/index.html">more than $3 million in "Frozen" dresses</a>, toys, and related merchandise<span>.</span><span><br /></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But actors who voiced the characters in the film didn't see as much of a return as the film studio.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Josh Gad, who voices fan favorite snowman "Olaf," was a guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman" this week and revealed: "</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The thing made a couple of billion, I made a couple of thousand."</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"No, they actually paid me really well," Gad said sarcastically as he shook his head back and forth to imply he was lying.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/551d9dfa69bedd7d74c2b3a1/josh%20gad%20gif.gif" border="0" alt="Josh Gad GIF"><p class="source"><span>CBS/"Late Show with David Letterman"</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><br><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"No, I love you Disney, I really do," Gad backtracked. "They actually really took care of us and the luxury of this thing is that now we're all in the theme parks and get to see it all come to fruition."</span></br></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"It was a blast, Gad added of his time shooting the movie. "They spread it out over the course of two years, so in total I did about ten [voiceover] sessions."</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Regardless of any drama, Gad recently told <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/636187/josh-gad-excited-to-know-frozen-sequel-is-definitely-happening" target="_blank">E! Online</a> he is "excited" to return for a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/disney-announces-frozen-2-2015-3" target="_blank">"Frozen" sequel</a>, adding,&#xa0;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I have complete faith in the creative team and I'm excited to hear that it's happening at this point."</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But Gad isn't the only one not to profit as much as expected off the first film's success.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>Actress&#xa0;</span><span>Spencer Lacey Ganus, the&#xa0;</span><span>15-year-old who voiced&#xa0;teenage Elsa, received just a one-day guaranteed payment of $926.20,&#xa0;<a href="http://www.tmz.com/2014/11/12/teenage-elsa-voice-actor-frozen-salary-spencer-lacey-ganus/" target="_blank">reports TMZ</a><span>, who obtained&#xa0;</span><span>a copy</span><span>&#xa0;</span><span>of Ganus' contract because it has to be filed with the courts since she is still a minor.</span></span></span></p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/551da0a7eab8ea0d1cc2b3a1-1200-924/spencer-lacey-ganus-frozen-3.jpg" border="0" alt="Spencer Lacey Ganus frozen"><p class="source"><span>Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Spencer Lacey Ganus will make just one day of scale pay for her work on Disney's super successful "Frozen."</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Ganus will, however, earn a pretty penny thanks to residual checks.<p>"She's collected more than $10,000 in residuals,"&#xa0;<a href="http://www.tmz.com/2014/11/18/frozen-actress-salary-residuals-teenage-elsa-voice-spencer-lacey-ganus/" target="_blank">the actress' rep told TMZ</a>, adding that the money is being put into a college fund.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But Disney is no stranger to controversy over how much they pay their voice talent.</span></p><p><span>In 1992, Robin Williams&#xa0;<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-25/entertainment/ca-60882_1_robin-williams" target="_blank">was paid&#xa0;</a></span><span><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-25/entertainment/ca-60882_1_robin-williams" target="_blank">scale of $75,000</a>&#xa0;for his work on "Aladdin," which went on to gross more than&#xa0;<a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aladdin.htm" target="_blank">$504 million worldwide</a>.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Williams agreed to the fee "for my children," but&#xa0;</span><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-25/entertainment/ca-60882_1_robin-williams" target="_blank">told Disney</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, "I just don't want to sell anything&#xa0;-&#xa0;as in Burger King, as in toys, as in stuff."</span></p><p><span>After Disney proceeded to use Williams' voice in promo materials leading to a decade-long feud,&#xa0;<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-25/entertainment/ca-60882_1_robin-williams" target="_blank">the actor snarked</a>,&#xa0;</span><span>"You realize now when you work for Disney why the mouse has only four fingers&#xa0;</span><span>-&#xa0;</span><span>because he can't pick up a check."&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Watch Gad discuss his "Frozen" paycheck on Letterman below:</span></p><div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YdQCqKvTK00" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dog-whisperer-cesar-millan-success-failures2015-4">'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan: How I lost everything and got it all back in three years </a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="VuZXRjcjoCM_pS3nLTPSF02f90y82w9R" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'VuZXRjcjoCM_pS3nLTPSF02f90y82w9R',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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<p><em><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55071984ecad04c6056828d8-1200-924/steps-stairs-running-workout-habits.jpg" border="0" alt="steps stairs running workout habits"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/asherisbrucker/13966009518">Flickr/asherisbrucker</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></em></p><p><em>What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.</em><br><em>-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars</em></br></p><p>As I studied habits, I slowly began to recognize the tremendous importance of the time of beginning.</p><p>The most important step is the first step. All those old sayings are really true. Well begun is half done. Don't get it perfect, get it going. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Nothing is more exhausting than the task that's never started, and strangely, starting is often far harder than continuing.</p><p>That first step is tough. Every action has an ignition cost: getting myself to the gym and changed into my gym clothes can be more challenging than actually working out. That's why good habits are a tremendous help: they make the starting process automatic.</p><p>Without yet having a name for it, in fact, I'd invoked the power of the Strategy of First Steps as I was starting to write this book. I'd spent months reading and taking copious notes, and I had a giant document with a jumble of material about habits. This initial period of research for a book is always exhilarating, but eventually I have to begin the painstaking labor of actual analysis and writing.<br><br>What was the most auspicious date to start? I asked myself. The first day of the week, or the month, or the year? Or my birthday? Or the start of the school year? Then I realized that I was beginning to invoke tomorrow logic.</br></br></p><p>Nope. Begin now. I was ready. Take the first step. It's enough to begin.</p><p>Now is an unpopular time to take a first step. Won't things be easier-for some not-quite-specified reason-in the future? I have a fantasy of what I'll be like tomorrow: Future-Gretchen will spontaneously start a good new habit, with no planning and no effort necessary; it's quite pleasant to think about how virtuous I'll be, tomorrow. But there is no Future-Gretchen, only Now-Gretchen.</p><p>A friend told me about how she used tomorrow logic: "I use a kind of magical thinking to procrastinate. I make up questionable rules like 'I can't start working at 10:10, I need to start on the hour' or 'It's already 4:00, it's too late to start working.' But the truth is that I should just start." It's common to hear people say, "I'll start my new habit after the holidays are over/I've settled into my new job/my kids are a little older." Or worse, the double-remove: "I'll start my new habit once I'm back in shape."</p><p>Tomorrow logic wastes time, and also it may allow us to deny that our current actions clash with our intentions. In an argument worthy of the White Queen, we tell ourselves, absolutely, I'm committed to reading aloud to my children, and I will read to them tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow-just not today.</p><p>The same tendency can lead us to overcommit to responsibilities that take place in the comfortably distant future-but eventually the future arrives, and then we're stuck. My father-in-law has a mental habit to correct for that kind of tomorrow logic. He told me, "If I'm asked to do something-give a speech, attend an event-I always imagine that it's happening next week. It's too easy to agree to do something that's six months off, then the time comes, and I'm sorry I agreed to do it."</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54cb9ec26da811606e28294e-444-675/screen shot 2015-01-30 at 10.08.35 am.png" border="0" alt="better than before by gretchen rubin"><p class="source"><span>_</span></p><p class="caption">This story comes from "Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives" by Gretchen Rubin.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>When taking the first step toward a new habit, a key question from the Strategy of Distinctions is "Do I prefer to take small steps or big steps?"</p><p>Many people succeed best when they keep their starting steps as small and manageable as possible; by doing so, they gain the habit of the habit, and the feeling of mastery. They begin their new yoga routine by doing three poses, or start work on a big writing project by drafting a single sentence in a writing session.</p><p>As an exercise zealot, I was pleased when my mother told me that she was trying to make a habit of going for a daily walk.</p><p>"But I'm having trouble sticking to it," she told me.</p><p>"How far are you going?"</p><p>"Twice around Loose Park," she told me, "which is about two miles."</p><p>"Try going just once around the park," I suggested. That worked. When she started smaller, she was able to form the habit.</p><p>Small steps can be particularly helpful when we're trying to do something that seems overwhelming. If I can get myself to take that first small step, I usually find that I can keep going. I invoked this principle when I was prodding myself to master Scrivener, a writers' software program. Scrivener would help me organize my enormous trove of notes, but I dreaded starting: installing the software; synchronizing between my laptop and desktop computers; and most difficult, figuring out how to use it.<br><br>Each day gave me a new opportunity to push the task off until tomorrow. Tomorrow, I'd feel like dealing with it. "Start now," I finally thought. "Just take the first step." I started with the smallest possible step, which was to find the website where I could buy the software. Okay, I thought. I can do that. And then I did. I had a lot of hard work ahead of me-it's a Secret of Adulthood: things often get harder before they get easier-but I'd started. The next day, with a feeling of much greater confidence and calm, I watched the tutorial video. Then I created my document. And then-I started my book.</br></br></p><p>However, some people do better when they push themselves more boldly; a big challenge holds their interest and helps them persist. A friend was determined to learn French, so he moved to France for six months.</p><p>Along those lines, the Blast Start can be a helpful way to take a first step. The Blast Start is the opposite of taking the smallest possible first step because it requires a period of high commitment. It's demanding, but its intensity can energize a habit. For instance, after reading Chris Baty's book No Plot? No Problem!-which explains how to write a novel in a month-I wrote a novel in thirty days, as a way to spark my creativity.</p><p>This kind of shock treatment can't be maintained forever, but it's fun and gives momentum to the habit. A twenty-one-day project, a detox, a cleanse, an ambitious goal, a boot camp-by tackling more instead of less for a certain period, I get a surge of energy and focus. (Not to mention bragging rights.) In particular, I love the retreat model. Three times, I've set aside a few days to work on a book during every waking hour, with breaks only for meals and for exercise. These periods of intensity help fuel my daily writing habit.</p><p>However, a Blast Start is, by definition, unsustainable over the long term. It's very important to plan specifically how to shift from the intensity of the Blast Start into the habit that will continue indefinitely.</p><p>There's no right way or wrong way, just whatever works.</p><p><em>Reprinted from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385348614/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0385348614&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thebusiinsi-20&amp;linkId=I46JXUSTPB3ZEAML">Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives</a> Copyright © 2015 by Gretchen Rubin. 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