John Mulaney and Olivia Munn Look "Smitten" With Each Other During Casual LA Lunch Date
John Mulaney and Olivia Munn are enjoying their newfound romance. A month after news of their relationship broke, the couple were spotted having a smiley lunch date in LA on Saturday. The duo dressed casually in T-shirts and black sunglasses as they enjoyed a bite to eat at Rick's Drive In & Out.
"They were having a great time during lunch, laughing and talking," People reported. "They were really enjoying each other's company." Though the duo have been friends on social media for years, they reportedly "met at church in Los Angeles." Following John's split from wife Annamarie Tendler in May, the two have grown even closer over the past month. "Olivia and John are going strong," Us Weekly reported. "She has been sneaking into some of his shows and loves them . . . Olivia is so smitten." The insider added that Olivia is "on cloud nine" getting to know John and thinks he's "her dream guy." "John thinks Olivia is really smart and she makes him laugh too. They both have a very dry sense of humor. Listen to our podcast, Not Over It, where hosts and POPSUGAR editors Becky Kirsch and Zareen Siddiqui break down the biggest moments in celebrity and entertainment news.
This One Easy Habit Will Make You Better (and Happier) at Work
One of my mom’s favorite stories to tell us as children was the tale of the traveler and the three bricklayers.In the story, the traveler meets the bricklayers, who are hard at work, and asks them what they’re doing. The first man responds, “I’m laying bricks.” The second man responds, “I’m building a church.” The third man responds, enthusiastically, “I’m building a cathedral!” Despite each of the bricklayers having the exact same job, their subjective experience varied significantly. There’s a great takeaway from this parable. When we can see how what we’re doing fits into the whole when we’re aware that each metaphorical “brick” we’re laying is contributing to something greater we feel happiness and fulfillment. And just like that enthusiastic bricklayer, we too can actively seek to find meaning in our work. The “why” behind what we’re doing isn’t always obvious or inherent, but it’s there, trust me. A recent survey of over 2,000 American professionals across 26 industries found that employees experience more satisfaction at work when their jobs feel meaningful. The same survey found that raises and promotions are more common among employees who find their work meaningful; these workers also tend to be harder working and more productive. These findings leave little room for doubt that actively finding purpose in our work every day is the single best thing we can do for our careers. But knowing this and actually applying it are two different things. That’s why we need to learn to exercise a little something I like to call the “meaningfulness habit.”
How to Embrace the Meaningfulness Habit at Work
It works like this: Any time you’re starting a new task, take a moment to ask yourself, “Why am I doing this? What meaning can I give to this task?” In High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way, author Brendon Burchard shares a similar practice called “Release Tension, Set Intention.” This involves embracing the transitions we experience throughout the day going from eating to working, writing to attending a meeting, making a phone call to sending emailsas opportunities to release any tension we may be harboring and set an intention before going into a new task or environment. Building on this habit, if we take a moment at each transition throughout the day to ask ourselves why we’re doing something before we do it, we can inject more meaning into the task at hand and make ourselves more motivated to complete it. This meaning could be something significant, such as furthering a cause you believe in or helping others in some way, or it could be something small, such as peace of mind or development toward a personal goal. Not every task needs to be connected to world peac just needs to give you some positive feeling, identifiable with perhaps a slight smile, a sense of satisfaction, or a ability to focus. In some cases, like when you’re working on a particularly dull, repetitive task, the meaning you find may just be to keep your boss happy so you can keep your job and continue to support your partner or kids. And that’s OK! Here are some other examples: Why am I going to give this presentation? To help get more support for this project I believe in. Why am I going to clean up my inbox? To reduce my stress levels and feel lighter before I go home. Why am I going to fill out this spreadsheet? To keep track of our records so our team functions efficiently. Why am going to attend this meeting? To support the people I work with and offer help where I can. Even if we’re not tangibly building something like the bricklayers there can still be meaning behind it. It may be a stepping stone to something greater; it may be an opportunity to be an example to others; it may be a creative outlet; it may be a way to support our retirement. No reason is a bad one.
ONLINE RETAIL MARKETING PLAN AFTER CORONA VIRUS
It is hard for anyone to predict how life and business will change over the coming months as the country tries to return to normal. However, it remains important for online retailers to plan ahead in terms of getting sales and marketing back on track. Therefore, it’s worth considering what you can do now to prepare for a resurgence in traffic and sales, and to get ready for starting your marketing up again if you’ve had to make big changes to operations.
It goes without saying that any content that was planned in advance that doesn’t suit the current climate is not worth putting out there now, and you’ve likely already set this aside. But in terms of relaunching, you could plan when and how to use this unused content in the future. When will you publish it to your website and how will you present it on social media?It is worth using this time to utilise platforms such as Instagram to provide inspiring content that many consumers will aspire to recreate when purchasing your products. This sounds like planning for the current situation, but in fact it is actually setting a great foundation for planning your relaunch, as you aren’t pushing sales explicitly, but are stilling leading consumers on the path to purchase
On top of using content you had previously been unable to post, you could also think of an innovative way to appeal to your consumers when things begin to become normal again. For example, something that many online home and clothing retailers are doing is creating a ‘Stay home’ section on their website and listing products with a lockdown angle – for example, loungewear. This idea could be adopted for relaunching, to suit the type of activities that people will begin doing again, such as socialising. For a clothes retailer, this may be a ‘Get back out there’ section once restaurants, bars and clubs open again. This can be reflected on your social media so people can see that you care for the situation at hand.Looking for events that coincide with your ecommerce business, such as London Fashion Week for clothes retailers, can be a great way to draw inspiration and plan ahead. The next London fashion week is going to be held entirely digitally, and will merge its womenswear and menswear shows, its organisers have announced.
Review Your Paid Advertising As part of changing your marketing strategy during the pandemic, you may have paused or reduced any paid advertising you had running, either because of an anticipated reduction in sales and traffic, or because your business is experiencing a higher demand for products even without the added volumes paid advertising would bring. Here at Strategists’ World our highly experienced team can offer help and advice on your current marketing strategy and identify areas where improvements can be made. With cost effective packages to suit companies of any size we can take the hassle out of managing your online presence and help to ensure your business puts it’s best digital foot forward now and in the future.
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