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Often coaches assign homework to be done between calls. If someone is having trouble managing finances, he might be asked to keep a diary of expenses. If a salesperson is seeking to improve performance, she might have to make a set number of cold calls that week. Burned-out overachievers may be advised to "get a massage or lie in a hammock for an hour," reports Lynn Nodland, a coach in Excelsior, Minn...
...they remain torn by conflicting pressures from family and work. More than 80% of American women have a child at some point in their life, and most of those mothers must decide if and when to return to work. It's a decision many make not once but a number of times as their families and job stresses change. More than half of married mothers with children under 18 do not work full time, and nearly half of those do not work at all, according to Linda J. Waite and Mark Nielsen of the Sloan Working Families Center...
...number of kids, while difficult to track exactly, is relatively small. People who consider themselves vegetarians make up only about 6% of the general population, and what constitutes vegetarianism varies (see box). Those who cut out red meat--or eschew everything animal except eggs and dairy--far exceed the number of strict vegans, who eat no animal products...
...Archives of Disease in Childhood suggests that the use of disposable diapers may explain the increase in male infertility over the past 25 years. Diapers lined in plastic significantly increase the temperature of the scrotum. If the heat is too high, it may affect testicular development and reduce the number of healthy sperm later in life...
POSERS If you're scouring the Web for that pre-IPO stock that will bring you riches, take heed. The SEC has been cracking down on a number of companies that use the Internet to make false and misleading pre-IPO claims and stock offers, either through their websites or spam messages. In most cases, these companies have no hope of ever going public. Last month 1stBuy.com settled with the sec after allegedly defrauding more than 1,000 investors of $3.8 million. If it looks too good to be true, chances...