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Grace, Retired Homemaker & Accountant

“A perfect day is totally relaxed and I can do whatever I want, whenever I want, spend whatever I want, and be with whoever I want.”

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Off Social Media for 5 Days

“I feel in touch with everyone who matters the least and out of touch with many who matter the most to me.”

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Cô Hoà, Vietnamese Language Teacher

“My perfect day is simple. Beautiful weather, good food, lots of time, with family – that’s it.”

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Marc, Dancer & Videographer

“A perfect day has an element of surprise. I don’t want to know what happens between noon and 7pm. I want to leave that up to chance.”

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Sparky, Waiter

“When I was a kid there was a river behind my place. I would go there and fish the whole morning. When I catch something I just bring it back to my Grandma and say, ‘Hey I have some fish. We have food today.’ At that time my family was very poor so I had to live far away from my parents and live with my grandma. We tried to grow rice, vegetables, chickens, everything we can to have food everyday. For me a perfect day when I catch some fish to bring back to my grandma. It would make me proud.”

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The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

Design choices that place people and purpose at center of gatherings make them transformative.

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Deep Work by Cal Newport

Deep Work – activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit – is economically valuable, rare in today’s knowledge economy and leads to a meaningful life.

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Howard, Restaurateur

“A day where I can go to sleep without feeling incredible pressure from business and family matters would be really quite wonderful… Something as simple as that – where you’re not always worried about the future – would be perfect enough.”

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Shan, Radio DJ and Shane, Actor

“I find it relaxing to chill on sofa and do a crossword or play candy crush.”

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Bar Girl

“Sleep”

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Cô Phúc, Vietnamese Language Teacher

“In my 20s it was love, 30s money, 40s family and 50s and 60s my health.”

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Convenient Store Clerk

“Every day is perfect because I am alive.”

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Matt, F&B Chain Franchisor

“Jiujitsu is a spiritual activity that keeps me in line physically and mentally. Jiujitsu is therapy and healing… You need a feeling of daily improvement, validation that you’ve achieved something.”

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Dwight, Retired Accountant

“I can’t waste time, I can’t waste my life. Most people are like this as they evolve over time: they have lots of time cause they have their entire life in front of them and don’t have any money so they spend their entire time making money. And that’s what I did certainly throughout my career. What I am in short supply of is time, I can’t buy more time. If I was to earn no additional revenues I could live 180 years at my current lifestyle.”

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The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

In order to be creative you need habits that prepare you to be creative.

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Vera, English Language Teacher

“Every day you can find something perfect”

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Darren, Host

“I’ve been lucky to live nearly 40 years, and through trial and error, come closer to an understanding of my perfect day.  What is the good life? How do I want to live my few days on earth? Wouldn’t life be amazing, meaningful, a gift, if we were to repeatedly live our perfect day?”

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The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist

Prosperity flows from sufficiency – the recognition of enough. When you engage from a sense of your wholeness – rather than a desperate longing to be complete – you feel naturally called to share the resources that flow through your life to serve your highest commitments.

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The Guy’s Guide to Salsa Shoes

What’s the best-looking, best-performing, most comfortable and versatile salsa dance shoe out there?

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The Art of Profitability

22 different models of profitability