Compliance & regulation

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Key HR dates and tax deadlines for January

HR Party of One December 26, 2023

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Compliance & regulation 8

• Five IRS forms all share the same January 31st deadline.
• Form 940 is only due January 31st if FUTA wasn't paid quarterly.
• Data Privacy Day on January 28th is compliance-awareness, not a holiday.

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Resilience & grit

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Seven stoic insights on resilience, acceptance, and mental preparation

The Daily Stoic December 26, 2023

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Resilience & grit 9

Productivity & habits 6

• Voluntary discomfort dissolves the fear that success quietly builds
• One well-applied idea per day compounds into real resilience
• Making peace with death collapses most other fears beneath it

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Cash flow management

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Five founder lessons on cash, burnout, and conflict

Cameron Herold December 25, 2023

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Cash flow management 9

Work-life balance 7

Resilience & grit 5

• Borrow before you need it — banks won't lend when you do
• Seasonal revenue gaps can force founders to mortgage their homes
• Arguing to be right instead of to solve problems never helps

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Goal setting

Podcast

Designing a deep life: Arthur Brooks on spiral careers and happiness science

Deep Questions with Cal Newport December 25, 2023

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Goal setting 9

Identity & self-belief 7

• Most people are wired for spiral careers, not linear ones
• Metacognition — not action plans — is the real foundation of happiness
• Deconstruct any system before optimising your effort within it

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