With more than forty percent of American workers reporting chronic workplace stress, the long-term impact of stress and its influence on the human creative condition and business can be detrimental, says Rick Hanson PhD, a California based neuropsychologist and author of Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time.

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Again, the concern came from the ambassador today in just underscoring the level of disruption that a seemingly simple thing has caused.

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"I'd like to try to go back to recording with just one microphone - the band gathering around - a really simple live thing, " he said.

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Still, a nicely buttered radish is just the thing to remind any cook to stay humble and simple in the kitchen.

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