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Cannabis technology company LeafLink was included in the 2025 Fast Company list of most innovative companies. In their write up of LeafLink, #4 on this year’s list, [Fast Company noted](https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.9i110OQu8-vLrtwnmaVck8Ud4YMuHv3VrUTMTKOzLPoxS3_Wp0ID3nCYmO6T4AvReY6GkykiGxQmScY8zq24ds-jLrV7LAPzy-c_7R-hYaYkSxNAgdJzOVO4RpRRXgubAN2NoKgYhDTUwlXyNDJp_RWGAgifyMI25yDIofwzSAykGBPCQmx5VPrQpnkEbYacHjkZEJ8fHITHHkvRY3QExIxoaii5tuR_Uk31Ag6rh_QhXoXCezkXHy6BNEhg4d0dYQufLyvXFV5Ed_rCcWx2rk7JrYs2W-bPGDdEsqXGYPnCXSTA0MdTsGnzC4hc61gLIwif-1KoFUAqgm9FLOy1-A/4ex/KJ7X_dOqRByqkH9k8RVjJg/h14/h001.GSeeSaxi66ETe6CvWf8YUysIrILW22yExeGHFWr_Ch4), “In September 2024, LeafLink launched a first-of-its-kind payment option that guarantees payments to brands based on retailer sell-through, improving cash flow and reducing financial risks for both parties.”
Legalization Pushes in North Carolina
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Sometimes you need to close the door on the world and allow yourself to feel comfortable and safe—as long as it’s not the only thing you’re doing. Think of it as a short-term survival strategy. You also need a plan and a sense of what value there is in the struggle.
Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski
The [research literature](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749597809000399) on attention residue, which was pioneered by [business professor Sophie Leroy](https://www.uwb.edu/business/faculty/sleroy), reveals that there’s a cost to switching your attention — even if the switch is brief.
When you turn your attention from one target to another, the original target leaves a “residue” that reduces cognitive performance for a non-trivial amount of time to follow.
A Productivity Lesson from a Classic Arcade Game
Study Hacks
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