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[caption id="attachment_7749" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image: Ian Munroe via Flickr[/caption] Apple has the iPhone, Oprah has O Magazine, Netflix has Orange is the New Black. Every business needs at least one Big Thing.

Despite a distinct lack of inclusion by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in their monthly figures, the numbers we do have available don't lie: More workers, both in the U. S.

[caption id="attachment_7728" align="alignnone" width="620"] By Jay Wennington[/caption] There seems to be a common trend amongst creatives: The need to have the newest, biggest, and best gear items available. But does a newer/nicer camera necessarily mean a better photograph — or a better photographer?

Hey, it’s Marie from Make and Takes here. I’m happy to be sharing a fun kid crafty tutorial helping you get ready for back to school.

In your professional life, you probably want to be known as smart, successful, and competent. But to even get to those adjectives, you have to make it over one huge hurdle: You have to actually be known and remembered.

[caption id="attachment_7702" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Adding further proof to the pile of studies that laud the positive impact of taking time away from work, a study from the University of Zurich has found that employees who are allowed to take plenty of time to recover during work shifts are more productive -- and that those who work later and have less time between work don't get as much done. The study, which asked participants about how rested they felt after various amounts of time between work, found that taking time away from work helped workers get into a "flow", which helped them produce more, and more quality, work.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founding editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine, the founder of Boing Boing, and the editor-in-chief of Cool-Tools. org.

[caption id="attachment_7660" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Not everyone — ok, almost no one — can pull a Thoreau and go running into the woods in the pursuit of a deliberate life. But in the summer time, many of us can take a few blissful days off to retreat into the great outdoors and refresh our minds.