Fast Company's Winter 2021 Issue: Most Productive People

Most recent stories in Fast Company's Winter 2021 Issue: Most Productive People

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  9 favorite productivity tips from the Dr. Bronner’s CEO

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  The soap company’s ‘cosmic engagement officer’ credits psychedelics for his return to the family business. I joined the company in 1997. When I was graduating from college, the one thing I knew I wasn’t going to do was work for my family. I love my dad, mom, and uncle, but I wanted to do my own …

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  How NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps prepared for her space mission

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  A few billion dollars might be able to get you into space today, but money still can’t buy a spot on a NASA crew. To earn her place, Epps had to run a grueling gauntlet that included these four programs. NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is set to become the become the first Black woman to be part of an …

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  NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps shares her training tips

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  Here’s how the aerospace engineer has prepared mentally and physically for her historic space mission while still managing to stay grounded. Growing up in Syracuse, New York, as the youngest of seven children, Jeanette Epps dreamed of going to space, just like her hero on TV’s Doctor Who. (The show …

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  Four months a year, she scouts fires from a mountaintop. Here’s what her job is like

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  Samsara Duffey, a fire lookout with the forest service for 25 years, explains how she keeps her antenna up and stress level down. Our lookout season in Montana starts in late June, early July, and runs through September. Before that, I’m prepping to go to the lookout where I’ve lived for close to 25 …

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  How Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn gets so much done

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  The Guatemala-born tech founder takes five Duolingo language lessons each day—before 6:30 a.m. Here’s how he optimizes the rest of his time. In the morning, I take five Duolingo lessons. I do three French lessons, one Portuguese lesson, and, of late, a Japanese lesson. It’s mostly to test out the …

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  How Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker gets so much done

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  The basketball star and NBA analyst reveals what Kobe Bryant taught her to avoid hitting snooze. I don’t like to wake up and immediately start. I need a second. So I set my alarm for earlier so that I can lie in bed and just breathe. I’ll have my coffee in the morning, and then I’ll usually work …