Boxing, the Mental and Physical Cardio Workout

Copy for a client website, by John Sailors, August 2024.

Boxing is much more than just a popular sport. Boxing provides a comprehensive, full-body workout for men and women, children and adults—without even having to face actual opponents. In addition to offering excellent cardio, boxing tones your muscles, builds your core, sheds extra pounds, and provides an outlet for letting off steam. And it’s an exercise suited perfectly for classes but one you can do on your own, pretty much anywhere. Whether you want to develop self-defense skills or just find a fun way to exercise, you’ll find an array of benefits when you jump into the ring.

Building a Personal Financial Plan for Long-Term Success

Copy for a client website, by John Sailors, August 2024.

We plan many things in our lives: weddings, vacations, education … The most-important planning we do, however, is financial planning. We need a solid personal financial plan to support all those other things we do, from weddings and vacations to retirement.

A solid financial plan helps people manage all aspects of their finances, including income, expenses, spending, savings, investments, and retirement planning. Here are the fundamental steps to building a personal financial plan.

Early AI Adopters Must Be Policy Makers

Copy for a client website, by John Sailors, August 2024.

Artificial intelligence is no longer something we are preparing for. It is here. Adoption of generative AI has spiked as companies strive to stay ahead of the curve, and as a result, early adopters are left to find or create best practices as they integrate AI into various business functions. For most, they need to think on their feet, so to speak.

 A year of AI successes

That spike in new AI use was measured in McKinsey & Co.’s recent survey showing the state of artificial intelligence in early 2024. Of respondents, 65 percent said their organizations used generative AI regularly. That was nearly double the number reported in the company’s previous survey ten months earlier. And basic adoption—using AI for at least one function—grew to 72 percent of respondents.

Federal Judge Blocks FTC Ban on NonCompete Agreements

Copy for a client website, by John Sailors, August 2024.

A federal judge in Texas struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s new rule banning noncompete agreements just weeks before the ban was scheduled to go into effect. The ruling leaves employers across the country breathing a sigh of relief. Companies large and small have grown to rely on the agreements to protect trade secrets along with their investments in recruiting and training. Here’s a look at what employers need to know about the ruling and the ban.

Better Know Your Viruses

All Plus Magazine, January 2020.

With the recent coronavirus outbreak dominating the news, fear of its effects spread faster than the virus itself. A first step in controlling such fear and being ready for outbreaks like this is to better understand what viruses are. Here are some facts.

NASA Eyes Fungi for Mars Homes

Live Magazine, February 2020.

It sounds crazy but when we someday send people to live in space, their homes may be inside mushrooms. 

As NASA makes plans for such journeys, a major consideration is where the astronauts will live. One possibility the US space agency is exploring is "growing" habitats using fungi.

Air, Land, and Sea: Mobilizing Ideas to Save the Coral Reefs

Digital Unicorn Magazine, January 2020.

Most of the world’s coral reefs could be lost in as little as 30 years because of global warming and other threats. This grim prospect presents us with yet another huge environmental challenge as we seek innovation and technology to deal with effects of global warming. We must fight to protect these vital ecosystems and the many benefits they provide. 

There’s no question: The world needs to reduce carbon emissions enough to slow ocean warming. Still, creative technologies are coming to the rescue as researchers look high and low for solutions—from drones to submarines.