Below are some of our favorite articles from the last two months which will likely resonate with our readers.
Real Estate
- The Post-Pandemic Office Should Be a Clubhouse (WSJ)
- Supply-Chain Issues Leave New Homes Unfinished (WSJ)
- As Florida home prices spike, middle-class residents wonder if they can afford to stay (Washington Post)
- All for one, and none for all: Is banning single-family zoning easing the housing crisis? (Boston Globe)
- Warehouse space is the latest thing to be hoarded (NYT)
- People Are Going Out Again, but Not to the Office (WSJ)
- Real-Estate Investors Head South, Bid Up Sunbelt Apartment Buildings (WSJ)
- Underused Office Buildings Get New Life as Deluxe Apartments (WSJ)
- Offices Are Leased Up, Thanks to Cash Gifts for Tenants, Months of Free Rent
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- Foreign Investment in U.S. Commercial Property Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Levels (WSJ)
Urbanism & Mobility
- Berlin is planning a car-free area larger than Manhattan (Fast Company)
- Car Fatalities Rose in 2021 at Fastest Clip in Nearly Half a Century (WSJ)
- Companies are racing to make self-driving cars. But why? (Washington Post)
Entrepreneurship, Management, Leadership & Sales
- Friday Brunch: Work-From-Home’s Forbidden Pleasure (WSJ)
- How humble leadership really works (HBR)
- Creativity may be key to healthy aging. Here are ways to stay inspired (Washington Post)
- The Off-Site Is the New Return to the Office (WSJ)
- US to spend $10 Billion to Boost Small Business (WSJ)
- This CEO Lets His Employees Work Whenever They Want-From Wherever They Want (WSJ)
- The New Benefits Employers Could Offer to Make You Stay (WSJ)
- Workers Care More About Flexible Hours Than Remote Work (WSJ)
- The Mentors Who Helped Ulta Beauty’s Unlikely CEO Succeed (WSJ)
Economics
- Americans Should Pay More for Gas, Not Less (WSJ)
- Inflation Was Hottest in Atlanta, Mildest in San Francisco in 2021 (WSJ)
Stoicism, Health & Wellness
- To Get a Better Night’s Sleep, First Fix Your Day (WSJ)
- How Health and Fitness Trackers Are About to Get a Lot More Granular (WSJ)
- Thich Nhat Hanh: ‘Father of mindfulness’ Buddhist monk dies aged 95 (BBC)
- How to choose the best sleeping position, and why it matters (Washington Post)
- How to Design a Home Gym That You’ll Actually Use (NYT)
- Antawn Jamison on Tim Duncan’s stoicism: “If it was probably me, I would be an ass**le, talking sh*t as much as possible” (Basketball Network)
- How to crack the code to happiness in the second half of life (NPR)
The 305 & Etc.
- Miami is crazy about Honduran food. Here are some local spots you should try (Miami Herald)
- Neanderthal extinction not caused by brutal wipe out (BBC)
- Marseille: France’s ‘good natured’ city (BBC)