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I'm an Adele impersonator who makes at least $660 per gig. Here's how a BBC skit with her made my career take off.
Katie Markham, 39, got her big break singing with Adele for BBC's Graham Norton special when the si…
Kimberley Bond
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I'm a TV chef with my own London restaurant. Here's how beating thousands to win a competition led to a dramatic career change at 30.
Ravinder Bhogal was a freelance beauty writer when she won a competition on Gordon Ramsay's 'The F …
Claire Turrell
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I'm a professional 'Santa service provider.' My clients work year-round and the youngest is only 24. Here's what my job is like.
Catherine Harvey represents scores of Santas of all ages — the youngest is 24 — and from many profe…
Jack Needham
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I went to a swanky weed-infused dinner with big-name chefs and a fire dancer. Here's what it was like.
I've been to large, small, public, and intimate gatherings in New York's cannabis-consumption indus…
Andrew Ward
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Meta's chief business officer once said she was initially reluctant to work at Facebook — a piece of career advice illustrates why she changed her mind
Marne Levine joined Facebook, now Meta, in 2010. In 2017, she shared how it was a valuable lesson i…
Suneil Kamath
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The $24,000 Hyundai Santa Cruz is a truck that feels like an SUV. It's also the perfect adventure vehicle.
Part pickup and part SUV, the Hyundai Santa Cruz is unlike anything else you can buy today. And it'…
Tim Levin
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This therapist uses games like 'Minecraft' to treat patients — and he's trying to make the method catch on
Michael Keady is a so-called "Nerd Therapist" with patients ranging from age 6 to 60. He says playi…
Stefano Montali
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I lost my work at 64 and became a low-paid delivery driver. It made me realize our unrealistic expectations are why we call it a supply chain 'crisis.'
Richard Tierney began doing home deliveries for the UK supermarket chain Tesco when the COVID-19 pa…
Richard Tierney
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I just got off a cruise disrupted by COVID-19. I have 3 more lined up this year — and I'm planning to go.
"Cruising today requires you to be prepared for constant changes," travel blogger Halee Whiting sai…
Jamie Killin
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I tried a calendar that's meant to boost productivity by mapping out the number of weeks you have left to live — here's how it went
"The calendar had an immediate effect on me: I felt my life was finite and had a flashing panic of …
Alexander Lloyd
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The rise of EFFY, a gay pro wrestler who overcame the odds — and slurs — to craft a lucrative personal brand
"People who would have screamed slurs were buying shirts," pro wrestler Taylor Gibson, who portrays…
Andrew Ward
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5 of the coolest features on the new Ford Bronco — including waterproofing and a trip to off-road school
The 2021 Ford Bronco isn't just the revival of an iconic name. It's a hardcore off-roader with tons…
Alanis King
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We asked Broadway actors which audience behaviors annoy them most here are their 8 theater-etiquette rules
If you don't want to bug actors and employees during a theater show, turn your phone all the way of…
Iris Dorbian
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I used alcohol to cope with running a multimillion-dollar startup at 21. After getting the drunkest I've ever been at a work event, I resolved to get sober.
The more successful Dom McGregor became, the more he turned to alcohol until his cofounder had to i…
Kiera Fields
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I sell luxury watches for tens of thousands - one even went for $7.6 million. Here's how I built a business doing it.
Silas Walton founded A Collected Man, which sells luxury watches on behalf of owners. It started wh…
Kiera Fields
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I work at the Amazon warehouse trying to unionize in Staten Island. I like my job — except the unpaid time.
"The worst part is the unpaid time," an Amazon worker told Insider. "You have to be careful with un…
Taayoo Murray
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I helped lead Starbucks' recent union drive. The perfect storm gave us the confidence we needed to succeed.
"We don't want to quit because we're not happy," Starbucks shift supervisor and union organizer Ale…
Jamie Killin
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The American middle class used to signify economic security. That's now quickly becoming a luxury only the wealthiest can afford.
The 9.9% of Americans just underneath the ultrawealthy are now the only other class that feels fina…
Paul Constant
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Read the letter a virologist sent his family on how to best protect themselves from the Omicron variant
"This pandemic will pass, just like the Spanish Flu a hundred years ago, but no one can predict whe…
Guido Vanham and Peter Vanham
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I haven't seen my family for the holidays in 2 years because my dad and grandma aren't vaccinated. It makes the season painful.
"It's depressing because they only live a few minutes away from me," Anna Shields, 23, says. "They'…