Bestselling author and wellness leader Deepak Chopra is optimistic about the possibilities of artificial intelligence. “The thing is, AI is here to stay,” he says. Chopra believes that while the technology can be harmful, it can also be beneficial when used very specifically for self-discovery. Chopra recommends using AI chatbots to get to know yourself…
Last month, Skyscanner published its annual report of destinations around the world that are trending for 2026. To determine the ranking, Skyscanner looked at destinations with the biggest year-over-year increases in searches to which shows where exactly travelers are most interested in heading to in the upcoming year. Skyscanner, in partnership with OnePoll, an international…
In 2020, Anita Kinoshita, 28 years old at the time, started looking into buying a house. Kinoshita was living in California and making around $70,000 a year as a software engineer for the Department of Defense. As a first-generation American from a farming family in Mexico, Kinoshita believed the best way to finally achieve the…
For millions of Americans, it is an uncertain time. Amazon, General Motors and Paramount have all been making layoffs, and U.S.-based employers announced 153,074 job cuts in October altogether, according to research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The government shutdown has also left hundreds of thousands of workers without pay, millions of SNAP recipients without…
Last month, J.D. Power released its annual North American Airport Satisfaction Study for 2025. Mega airports are defined as those with 33 million or more passengers per year. The study measured overall passenger satisfaction by examining their experiences across seven core dimensions in order of importance: Ease of travel through airport Level of trust with…
Among Americans’ favorite romantic comedies are “Pretty Woman,” “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Sixteen Candles,” according to a series of 2023 YouGov polls. In those and the many romcoms like them, the plot is fairly simple: The female lead pines after a man, they end up together, often after a series of kooky encounters. The end….
Brené Brown’s ninth book, “Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit,” published last month. The University of Houston research professor, podcaster and bestselling author recently went on The New York Times’ podcast “The Interview” to discuss the book’s various themes like courageous leadership and…
Before Markeiz Ryan, 36, left the U.S. Air Force in 2019, he took a trip to Vietnam and that experience changed the course of his life. “It just looked like so much fun and it really lived up to all the hype,” Ryan tells CNBC Make It. “I ended up having the best time of…
Markeiz Ryan, 36, had a pretty good childhood growing up in Maryland, but the 2008 financial crisis changed things. “It wiped my mother’s job away and it really made things tough for us around the time I graduated high school,” Ryan tells CNBC Make It. “I didn’t have much of a financial security blanket to…
CEO Jamie Wood, 43, started climbing the corporate ladder at a young age. Wood’s family’s in finance and she thought she’d follow suit. But after diving in, she burned out “really bad at the end of my 20s,” she told CNBC Make It at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City last week….
