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Michael has a flashback of his parents doing a lot for him even though they were absent a lot. They wanted him to learn piano so they bought him the most expensive one and hoisted it up their 4-story house with a crane.
"My father had been up to the challenge. He hired a crane, and then had the men raise it up to the second floor, where, by opening the French windows, and turning the piano on its side, they could just make it fit" (2).

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James Thurber                          PG (208 - 209)

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James Thurber                          PG (208 - 209)

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When Michael was 16, he was at a hotel with his dad. His dad hated this elderly man named James Thurber. James was a writer who's work was published in the New York Times more than once. Michael read a story about an assistant of Thurber's who used to put his socks on inside out, so that when he would get home to his wife, it would seem like he cheated on her.

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Michael was 19 and he went to Spain. There he found his dad, Ernest Hemingway, a very successful man. But he treated Michael like a child and Michael drank there all night. In the morning he went to a bull corral, where a large group of bulls get released and you are supposed to outrun them. Michael almost died and slept in the streets that night. Next day he went to Hemingway and gained his respect from that experience. Then he told Michael the story of how he got his scar in France, when he accidentally pulled the lever to flush too hard and glass attacked his face.

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After Yale, Michael gets a job at J. Walter Thompson which is a advertising firm. He excelled at the job and worked super hard each and every day. He would go anywhere the company told him to, which resulted in missing out on family time with his 4 kids Charles, Annie, Laura and Elizabeth, the company was first priority.
Met Linda in college and later coached her and helped her get into JWT. As her career grew she seemed more liked and successful and young. Meeting with her and Martin where Linda proved loyalty to company by letting Michael go.

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Death of Michael's Father              PG (214 - 216)

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Death of Michael's Father              PG (214 - 216)

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Michael's mother died from cancer so he was always scared to die or become crazy. So when he had severe back pain, instead of fighting for his life, he gave up.
"One of his lifelong goals was not to inflict that kind of lengthy suffering on anyone. Shoot me if I get like that, my father would often say, usually in an embarrassingly loud voice, pointing to an doddering relative at a party" (214-215).

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Michael gets a call from his mom at Christmas time, telling him that his father is dead. His mom was very positive and thankful for all that she had. Her side of the family has been cursed with misfortune and death. "Mother lived her life with a kid of passionate decision to view each moment as an incredible gift that she'd been presented with. Like a polite young child on Christmas morning, she always made sure she was thankful for, and not critical of, anything that was given to her in her life" (213).

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Death of Michael's Mother            PG (216 - 217)

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Death of Michael's Mother            PG (216 - 217)

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Michael's mom had an aneurysm and was given 6 months to live. After the death of his dad, his mom died two Christmases after him.
"You have a choice, her doctor said. You could have an operation... which could be quite lengthy and difficult. It would take at least six months to recover. On the other hand, if you don't have the operation, you could go at any time" (216).

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Heard slight buzzing and got it checked out, it was a tumor. It wasn't fatal but since he was fired, Michael had no health insurance so couldn't get it surgically removed.
"You have what is called an acoustic neuroma. My specialty. But very rare. It is a small tumor on the base of your brain... that affects your hearing" (21).
"Branches of this nerve directly influence your balance and hearing, and pressure from an acoustic neuroma can cause hearing loss, ringing in your ear and unsteadiness."

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Overview

Acoustic neuroma, also known as vestibular schwannoma, is a noncancerous and usually slow-growing tumor that develops on the main (vestibular) nerve leading from your inner ear to your brain. Branches of this nerve directly influence your balance and hearing, and pressure from an acoustic neuroma can cause hearing loss, ringing in your ear and unsteadiness.

Acoustic neuroma usually arises from the Schwann cells covering this nerve and grows slowly or not at all. Rarely, it may grow rapidly and become large enough to press against the brain and interfere with vital functions.

Treatments for acoustic neuroma include regular monitoring, radiation and surgical removal.
Acoustic neuroma care at Mayo Clinic
Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of acoustic neuroma are often subtle and may take many years to develop. They usually arise from the tumor's effects on the hearing and balance nerves. Pressure from the tumor on adjacent nerves controlling facial muscles and sensation (facial and trigeminal nerves), nearby blood vessels, or brain structures may also cause problems.

As the tumor grows, it may be more likely to cause more noticeable or severe signs and symptoms.

Common signs and symptoms of acoustic neuroma include:

Hearing loss, usually gradual - although in some cases sudden - and occurring on only one side or more pronounced on one side

Ringing (tinnitus) in the affected ear

Unsteadiness, loss of balance

Dizziness (vertigo)

Facial numbness and very rarely, weakness or loss of muscle movement

In rare cases, an acoustic neuroma may grow large enough to compress the brainstem and become life-threatening.

When to see your doctor

See your doctor if you notice hearing loss in one ear, ringing in your ear or trouble with your balance.

Early diagnosis of an acoustic neuroma may help keep the tumor from growing large enough to cause serious consequences, such as total hearing loss or a life-threatening buildup of fluid within your skull.

Causes

The cause of acoustic neuromas appears to be a malfunctioning gene on chromosome 22. Normally, this gene produces a tumor suppressor protein that helps control the growth of Schwann cells covering the nerves.

What makes this gene malfunction isn't clear, and in most cases of acoustic neuroma, there is no identifiable cause. This faulty gene is also inherited in neurofibromatosis type 2, a rare disorder that usually involves the growth of tumors on balance nerves on both sides of your head (bilateral vestibular schwannomas).

Risk factors

Neurofibromatosis type 2

The only confirmed risk factor for acoustic neuroma is having a parent with the rare genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 2. But neurofibromatosis type 2 only accounts for about 5 percent of acoustic neuroma cases.

A hallmark characteristic of neurofibromatosis type 2 is the development of noncancerous tumors on the balance nerves on both sides of your head, as well as on other nerves.

Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is known as an autosomal dominant disorder, meaning that the mutation can be passed on by just one parent (dominant gene). Each child of an affected parent has a 50-50 chance of inheriting it.

Complications

An acoustic neuroma may cause a variety of permanent complications, including:

Hearing loss

Facial numbness and weakness

Difficulties with balance

Ringing in the ear

Large tumors may press on your brainstem, preventing the normal flow of fluid between your brain and spinal cord (cerebrospinal fluid). In this case, fluid can build up in your head (hydrocephalus), increasing the pressure inside your skull.

Show references

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2. Acoustic neuroma. American Hearing Research Foundation. http://american-hearing.org/disorders/acoustic-neuroma/. Accessed May 24, 2017.

3. AskMayoExpert. Acoustic neuroma. Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2017.

4. Park JK, et al. Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma). https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed May 24, 2017.

5. Quinones-Hinojosa A, ed. Vestibular Schwannomas: The Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery. In: Schmidek and Sweet's Operative Neurosurgical Techniques. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2012. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Nov. 15, 2014.

6. Lalwani AK, ed. Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma). In: Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. 3rd ed. New York, N.Y.: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2012. http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com. Accessed May 24, 2017.

7. Acoustic neuroma. International Radiosurgery Association. http://www.irsa.org/acoustic_neuroma.html. Accessed May 24, 2017.

8. Levis, AG, et al. Mobile phones and head tumors. The discrepancies in cause-effect relationships in the epidemiological studies - how do they arise? Environmental Health. 2011;10:50.

9. Support group overview. Acoustic Neuroma Association. https://www.anausa.org/support-group-overview. Accessed May 24, 2017.

10. Riggin EA Allscripts EPSi. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. May 24, 2017.

11. Riggin EA. Allscripts EPSi. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. May 26, 2017.

12. Louis, ED, et al., eds. Acoustic neuroma and other skull base tumors. In: Merritt's Neurology. 13th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Wolters Kluwer; 2016. http://www.ovid.com/site/index.jsp. Accessed June 30, 2017.

13. Proton therapy. American Brain Tumor Association. http://www.abta.org/brain-tumor-information/publications/. Accessed May 30, 2017.

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15. Post treatment summary. Acoustic Neuroma Association. https://www.anausa.org/post-treatments/post-treatment-summary. Accessed May 30, 2017.

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Acoustic neuroma, also known as vestibular schwannoma, is a noncancerous and usually slow-growing tumor that develops on the main (vestibular) nerve leading from your inner ear to your brain. Branches of this nerve directly influence your balance and hearing, and pressure from an acoustic neuroma can cause hearing loss, ringing in your ear and unsteadiness.

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Michael was sad about losing fortune and family and went into a Starbucks and was asked by a woman if he wanted a job there. He felt insecure because of her confidence but said yes.
Later learns about that woman and that she had a lot of hardships and a tough childhood. Where she was taught that white people were the bad guys. There he was hired, at a Starbucks less than 100 yards from his childhood home.

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Michael met Susan at gym. She was sad and he comforted her. Had multiple affairs with her and she ended up pregnant. Michael couldn't sustain a child and mother but tried very hard. Took out apartment for them and played so that Susan could get sleep. This was an opportunity to be a good parent for the first time in his life and be involved in the childhood of his kids.

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She got a call that her cousin Winston was in the emergency room because of his heart. So Michael gave Winston the number of his doctor.
"I didn't want to intrude, but I also couldn't just be silent in the face of her distress. Whats the matter? Crystal sighed. It's Winston. My cousin. He's had to go to the emergency room... They think it might be his heart" (141-142).
"Cardiovascular disease (CVD), listed as the underlying cause of death, accounted for 840,678
deaths in the US in 2016, approximately 1 of every 3 deaths."

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Michael was assigned to clean the toilets because he was super good at it. But it was occupied so he waited and waited but the person inside didn't leave for about 15 minutes so he banged on the door and a kid came out. The kid seemed angry and made a huge mess in the bathrooms. Michael cleaned everything up and saw that kid sitting at a table with his computer and papers. It was time to close so he told the kid that he has to leave but the kid didn't listen. Michael repeated himself and the boy slammed his computer shut and took a knife out of his pocket and threatened Michael. One of the workers called Michael to the back and the boy took his stuff and left.

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Crystal assigned Michael to present coffee seminars and sampling to guests. After weeks of research and event planning he felt super confident. As he talks to people, he feels so free and happy doing what he loves. The entire thing was a major success and everyone loved it.

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Frank Sinatra                   PG (187 - 189)

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Michael hears a Frank Sinatra song over the speakers in Starbucks and remember the time when he actually met the guy in a bar. Frank was a great host and cashed in their checks. The more Michael thought about Frank the more he thought that Anthony, one of his coworkers acted like him.
"Singer and actor Frank Sinatra rose to fame singing big band numbers. In the 1940s and 1950s, he had a dazzling array of hit songs and albums and went on to appear in dozens of films, winning a supporting actor Oscar for his role in From Here to Eternity."

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Quick Facts
"I don't know what other singers feel when they articulate lyrics, but being an 18-karat manic-depressive and having lived a life of violent emotional contradictions, I have an overacute capacity for sadness as well as elation. I know what the cat who wrote the song is trying to say. I've been there-and back. I guess the audience feels it along with me. They can't help it. Sentimentality, after all, is an emotion common to all humanity.""When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.""The only two people I've ever been afraid of are my mother and Tommy Dorsey."

The Chairman of the Board

Who Was Frank Sinatra?

Singer and actor Frank Sinatra rose to fame singing big band numbers. In the 1940s and 1950s, he had a dazzling array of hit songs and albums and went on to appear in dozens of films, winning a supporting actor Oscar for his role in From Here to Eternity. He left behind a massive catalog of work that includes iconic tunes like "Love and Marriage," "Strangers in the Night," "My Way" and "New York, New York." He died on May 14, 1998, in Los Angeles, California.

Early Life and Career

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. The only child of Sicilian immigrants, a teenaged Sinatra decided to become a singer after watching Bing Crosby perform in the mid-1930s. He'd already been a member of the glee club in his high school and began to sing at local nightclubs. Radio exposure brought him to the attention of bandleader Harry James, with whom Sinatra made his first recordings, including "All or Nothing at All." In 1940, Tommy Dorsey invited Sinatra to join his band. After two years of chart-topping success with Dorsey, Sinatra decided to strike out on his own.

Solo Artist

Between 1943 and 1946, Sinatra's solo career blossomed as the singer charted a slew of hit singles. The mobs of bobby-soxer fans Sinatra attracted with his dreamy baritone earned him such nicknames as "The Voice" and "The Sultan of Swoon."

"It was the war years, and there was a great loneliness," recalled Sinatra, who was unfit for military service due to a punctured eardrum. "I was the boy in every corner drugstore who'd gone off, drafted to the war. That was all."

Sinatra made his movie acting debut in 1943 with the films Reveille With Beverley and Higher and Higher. In 1945, he won a special Academy Award for The House I Live In, a 10-minute short made to promote racial and religious tolerance on the home front. Sinatra's popularity began to slide in the postwar years, however, leading to a loss of his recording and film contracts in the early 1950s. But in 1953, he made a triumphant comeback, winning an Oscar for supporting actor for his portrayal of the Italian American soldier Maggio in the classic From Here to Eternity. Although this was his first non-singing role, Sinatra quickly found a new vocal outlet when he received a recording contract with Capitol Records in the same year. The Sinatra of the 1950s brought forth a more mature sound with jazzier inflections in his voice.

Having regained stardom, Sinatra enjoyed continued success in both movies and music for years to come. He received another Academy Award nomination for his work in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and earned critical acclaim for his performance in the original version of The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Meanwhile, he continued to be a formidable chart presence. When his record sales began to dip by the end of the 1950s, Sinatra left Capitol to establish his own record label, Reprise. In association with Warner Bros., which later bought Reprise, Sinatra also set up his own independent film production company, Artanis.

Rat Pack and No. 1 Tunes

By the mid-1960s, Sinatra was back on top again. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and headlined the 1965 Newport Jazz Festival with Count Basie's Orchestra. This period also marked his Las Vegas debut, where he continued on for years as the main attraction at Caesars Palace. As a founding member of the "Rat Pack," alongside Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, Sinatra came to epitomize the hard-drinking, womanizing, gambling swinger-an image constantly reinforced by the popular press and Sinatra's own albums. With his modern edge and timeless class, even radical youth of the day had to pay Sinatra his due. As Jim Morrison of the Doors once said, "No one can touch him."

The Rat Pack made several films during their heyday: the famed Ocean's Eleven (1960), Sergeants Three (1962), Four for Texas (1963) and Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964). Back in the world of music, Sinatra had a big hit in 1966 with the Billboard No. 1 track "Strangers in the Night," which won a Grammy for record of the year. He also recorded the duet "Something Stupid" with his daughter Nancy, who'd previously made waves with the feminist anthem "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." The two reached No. 1 for four weeks with "Something Stupid" in spring 1967. By the end of the decade, Sinatra had added another signature song to his repertory-"My Way," which was adapted from a French tune and featured new lyrics by Paul Anka.

After a brief retirement in the early 1970s, Sinatra returned to the music scene with the album Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (1973) and also became more politically active. Having first visited the White House in 1944 while campaigning for Franklin D. Roosevelt in his bid for a fourth term in office, Sinatra worked eagerly for John F. Kennedy's election in 1960 and later supervised JFK's inaugural gala in Washington. The relationship between the two soured, however, after the president canceled a weekend visit to Sinatra's house due to the singer's connections to Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana. By the 1970s, Sinatra had abandoned his long-held Democratic loyalties and embraced the Republican Party, supporting first Richard Nixon and later close friend Ronald Reagan, who presented Sinatra with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, in 1985.

Personal Life

Frank Sinatra married his childhood sweetheart Nancy Barbato in 1939. They had three children together-Nancy (born in 1940), Frank Sinatra Jr. (born in 1944) and Tina (born in 1948)-before their marriage unraveled in the late 1940s.

In 1951, Sinatra married actress Ava Gardner; after they split, Sinatra remarried a third time, to Mia Farrow, in 1966. That union, too, ended in divorce (in 1968), and Sinatra married for a fourth and final time in 1976 to Barbara Blakely Marx, the ex-wife of comedian Zeppo Marx. The two remained together until Sinatra's death more than 20 years later.

In October 2013, Farrow made headlines after stating in an interview with Vanity Fair that Sinatra could be the father of her 25-year-old son Ronan, who is Farrow's only official biological child with director Woody Allen. In the interview she also acknowledged Sinatra as the great love of her life, saying, "We never really split up." In response to the buzz surrounding his mother's comments, Ronan jokingly tweeted: "Listen, we're all *possibly* Frank Sinatra's son."

Death and Legacy

In 1987, author Kitty Kelley published an unauthorized biography of Sinatra, accusing the singer of relying on mob ties to build his career. Such claims failed to diminish Sinatra's widespread popularity. In 1993, at the age of 77, he gained legions of new, younger fans with the release of Duets, a collection of 13 Sinatra standards that he rerecorded, featuring the likes of Barbra Streisand, Bono, Tony Bennett and Aretha Franklin. While the album was a major hit, some critics assailed the quality of the project as Sinatra had recorded his vocals well before his collaborators laid down their tracks.

Sinatra performed in concert for the last time in 1995 at the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom in California. On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was 82 years old and had, at last, faced his final curtain. With a show business career that spanned more than 50 years, Sinatra's continued mass appeal can best be explained in the man's own words: "When I sing, I believe. I'm honest."

In 2010, the well-received biography Frank: The Voice was published by Doubleday and penned by James Kaplan. The writer released a sequel to the volume in 2015- Sinatra: The Chairman, marking the musical icon's centennial year.

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"I don't know what other singers feel when they articulate lyrics, but being an 18-karat manic-depressive and having lived a life of violent emotional contradictions, I have an overacute capacity for sadness as well as elation. I know what the cat who wrote the song is trying to say.

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Michael tried to visit Jonathan as much as possible. He bought him toys and being with him made Michael happy. His daughter Bis was in Ireland and was working on her movie. All his other kids didn't welcome him into their home.
"I would try to see my son Jonathan at least once or twice a week. I had bought him some little wooden trains, and we would play with these- moving them up and down the floor. It was a relief to be with him" (203).

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As Michael is walking around, he realizes this is the happiest he has ever been. To Michael, Starbucks became a safe haven. He really liked his coworkers and felt like he was doing a good job.
"I started walking, then literally stopped with a shock of revelation: I am happier than I have ever been, I said out loud" (204-205).
"Instead of spending time to get money, truly happy people spend money to get time."

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The most obvious fact about work is that you spend time to get money. The idea being that the more money you have, the more secure you will be, and thus, the more happiness you will experience. But what if that premise was backwards? New research is arguing that's the case. Instead of spending time to get money, truly happy people spend money to get time.

The research, which was reported on by the Harvard Business Review this week, surveyed a group of 100,000 working adults. Of them, it was consistent that those who were willing to give up earning more money in favor of regaining free time experienced "more fulfilling social relationships, more satisfying careers, and more joy," and overall reported higher rates of general satisfaction.

What's happening?

Study author Ashley Whillans posits that people who prioritize time over money - perhaps turning down a more time-consuming promotion, or outsourcing tasks - have a better quality of life.

Whillans identifies this as something called "time affluence," which is as it sounds: the luxury of simply having enough time to do the things you want. She and her team analyzed data from the Gallup Institute on this, and saw a clear pattern: people who have enough time are happier, less depressed, experience more joy, exercise more, eat better, are more productive, and are less likely to get divorced.

However, it's not only the undervaluation of time that damages our wellbeing. It's also the underestimation of it. "We also suffer from future time slack, we believe we will have more time in the future than in the present moment," Whillans tells me. "Stated differently, we discount our future time. Interestingly, the value of a $100 is pretty consistent regardless of whether we are thinking about it today, tomorrow, or next week. However, with time we steeply discount how much our future time is worth."

Why is it happening?

For a few reasons, almost all of which have to do with the way we perceive, and misperceive, what our time means and how much of it we have to budget.

People generally do prioritize money over their time, believing that having more will make them feel better. In reality, studies show that there's a happiness cap when it comes to earnings. Will you be happier if you make $1,000,000 as opposed to $100,000? Research says not really.

Some studies say the magic number is $75,000. Others say it's more in the range of $50,000. This is likely because when you jump from say $10,000 to $50,000, you notice a marked difference in your quality of life. You're more or less able to afford to take care of your responsibilities and pursue things you enjoy. But beyond that? The charms of high earners don't translate into happiness, and largely do translate into more time committed to work, which has been proven to make people less satisfied. Extraordinary earnings don't mean extraordinary happiness... that is, unless you use that money to outsource your business modules and buy yourself back the hours in your days.

"It is worth noting that people who are struggling to make ends meet or who feel uncertain about their financial future often feel happier when they choose money over time," Whillens says. " But most of us have at least some discretionary to spend and for those of us that do, we might need to rethink our priorities."

She went onto explain that it's easy to be misguided because, in culture, money is a symbol, and a powerful one at that. "Money is a sign of success, status, and social approval," she says. "Time signals a focus on being social over working but can also signal sloth and incompetence (or at least that's what most of us erroneously believe)." Whillens went onto say that it's not really our fault for prioritizing money. "In America, people think that being busy signals higher status. And, feeling important is a powerful motivator," she adds.

However, when it comes to your overall wellbeing, it might be time to rethink what a high earning potential might realistically do for you. If you're going to use success to ensure that you have the time and mean to pursue other aspects of life outside of work, it will likely benefit you. But working for the sake of earning money - especially in exchange for preserving hours of your life - is proven to not be the wisest, or most effective, approach.

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This Harvard Study Says The Happiest People Have More Time And Less Money

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Charlie was talking with Kester about something he saw earlier today. A sister of his old girlfriends was arguing with another girl. Suddenly the sister, named Julie, stabs the other girl and she instantly dies. She was only 16 and her life ended that day.

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Tawana, a coworker of Michael's that hated him pointed out to Crystal that Michael wasn't doing a good job at the cash register. In Starbucks when you count the money in the cash register, you needed to be within $5 over or under.
"She pointed out that you have been more than ten dollars over and, once, more that ten dollars short at different times during the last month" (211).

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As Michael's was making drinks, 3 of his kids come it. Bis, Charles and Laura sit down and Michael was nervous that they wouldn't accept him working at Starbucks now and would be embarrassed. But they all laughed together and shared a very cute moment.
"It was entirely likely that I was projecting my former social ambition and previous anxiety about losing my social standing onto my son- and to him, I reminded myself, and the good job I was doing" (242).

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Crystal realizes that Michael has a closer Starbucks to his house, and that it takes about an hour to get to the current Starbucks from his house. She thinks that he has matured and should move on and work there. Michael is a little sad to leave all his friends but knows that he has grown as a person and this is the next step in his life. Starbucks has saved him from the lowest of the lows and has made him the happiest he has ever been.
"At the heart of Starbucks is our mission: to inspire and nurture the human spirit—one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time. That sense of purpose extends beyond our stores, to our partners and their families, the communities we serve and the planet that we all share."

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Gill, Michael. How Starbucks Saved My Life a Son of Privilege Learns to Live like Everyone Else. Thomson Gale, 2008.