Toughening the Mind by Challenging the Body
Mental and physical toughness are necessary for any athlete to succeed. Together they provide the ability to outperform fellow competitors, and a buffer against stress. Science has confirmed that, over time, our physiology changes in response to regular aerobic exercise. A larger, more effective heart pumps a higher volume of blood with each beat. Additional mitochondria produce extra energy, while stronger muscles are more oxygen-efficient.
Happy Empployees
We all know that customers are central to the fate of businesses. It’s captured in the maxim, coined by department store tycoons of the early 20th century, “The customer is always right.” Jeff Bezos, one of today’s most iconic businessmen, has laid Amazon’s incredible success at the feet of its obsession with customers, saying “You can be competitor-focused, you can be product-focused, you can be technology-focused, you can be business-model-focused… But in my view, obsessive customer-focus is by far the most protective of Day 1 vitality.”
Is It Time to Let Employees Work from Anywhere?
Despite a few high-profile retreats from remote work policies in recent years, data on the U.S. workforce suggests that remote work is increasing. A 2017 Gallup poll reported that 43% of employed Americans had spent at least some time working remotely, and US Census data released in 2018 reported 5.2% of U.S. workers being based entirely at home.
How to build a resilient business with G.R.I.T.
Operational rigor is what separates early stage companies from the most influential cloud leaders. At Bessemer, we recommend cloud founders operate on G.R.I.T.— a critical set of metrics that resilient, enduring cloud companies use as yardsticks of success.
^ADJ: You may not be a cloud SaaS company - but these metrics are well worth thinking about
Get Ready For Edge Computing's Rise In 2019
Every company needs edge computing on its technology road map starting in 2019. While many of you may see edge as exclusive to IoT, its value is much wider and will prove as critical to driving up customer experience as content delivery networks (CDN) were in the early days of the web . .
5 Tips For Falling Asleep Quicker, According To A Sleep Expert
A few weeks ago, I included some articles on sleep, they had the highest click through and sharing numbers, so I thought I would stay on the topic. Sleep expert Professor. Matthew Walker describes the perfect conditions for falling asleep quicker.