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You have to attack your own system in order to understand how hackers are attacking your system and how to defend against them.


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GRETCHEN RUBIN We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we bel...
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GRETCHEN RUBIN Don't let yourself fall into 'empty.' Keep cash in the house. Keep gas in your tank. Kee...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Don't keep excessive amounts of anything. Those glass vases that come from florists. Those ketch...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Watching TV is companionable: you share an experience, you can comment on the action here and there ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and fu...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outco...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Each week, I post a video about some 'Pigeon of Discontent' raised by a reader. Because, as ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN A 'treat' is different from a 'reward,' which must be justified or earned. A treat i...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of thos...
GRETCHEN RUBIN One thing I wish I could tell my younger self: take photos of everyday life, not special occasions; ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I f...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Habit allows us to go from 'before' to 'after,' to make life easier and better. Habi...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable y...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.
GRETCHEN RUBIN Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; t...
GRETCHEN RUBIN Everything happens kind of the way it's supposed to happen, and we just watch it unfold. And you...
RICK RUBIN No leader did more for his country than Winston Churchill. Brave, magnanimous, traditional, he was l...
GRETCHEN RUBIN I know how to make myself happy, but I don't know how to make you happy.
MARTY RUBIN