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Unsettled and Design Hotels™ Introduce the Virtual Retreat
Announcing a new partnership between Unsettled and Design Hotels
To Move or Not to Move: Is the Global Pandemic Helping or Hurting?
Conventional wisdom tells us that when it comes to choosing where to live, like most other things in life, we can’t have it all. But that was before the days of a global pandemic.
Unsettled Community | State of Travel Report 2020
Your responses showed that a travel trend that has been building the last several years is finally arriving for many more who want it: longer term and more intentional opportunities where working remotely is possible. We are eagerly anticipating the day we get to do just that with all of you.
How To Inspire A Great Company Culture…Remotely
With a global paradigm shift on multiple fronts, we are provided with an opportunity, or some may say a duty, to look inward, especially when we can’t venture as far outward as we usually do.
7 Ways We Can Help Our Community in Beirut
The events on August 4th have directly impacted so many of our community members. We want to share ways to help our Lebanese family in the wake of the terrible explosion that occurred in central Beirut on August 4th.
WORK & TRAVEL INSPIRATION
How Do You Build A Values-Driven Company?
When I read the headlines these days, I often feel like a salmon swimming upstream in a river of Unicorn sh*t. If you feel equally disillusioned with the state of business and startups today, read on…
Top 5 Reads to Change Your Routine in 2020
The weather out there is changing and so are you. We’ve all been there. Heck, some of us are there right now.
You Quit. We Listened. What Have We Learned About Taking The Leap?
From quitting a job, a country, a person, or a habit, we have seen it all. Not only have your stories comforted a gaggle of experienced quitters (yours truly!) but have illuminated a whole slew of shared values that have echoed in every story shared.
Leaving the Classroom for the School of Life
“These last few months have been life changing. Tell the universe that you are ready and watch how it conspires to make shit happen.”
I Heart Quitting: Ira’s Story
“The truth is, once I began quitting the need for approval by others, I began to notice my relationships strengthen with the people who love and appreciate my quirks unconditionally.”
Do You Need A Set Notion of Home?
“For my 10 year work anniversary with Advent Group in 2018, my company sponsored the personally enriching and enhancing experience of a two-week retreat in Marrakesh with Unsettled. It was during this adventure that I realized that not only do I strive to embrace the unknown, but that my comfort zone – previously limited to the United States and France – is now extended the world over.”
How I Decided to Own My Time
On Friday, September 27, 2019 I went to work, sat down in my office chair, opened my laptop, and thought long and hard. I asked myself, “Is this something you enjoy?”.
Are You Thinking of Quitting Your Job? – Part 4
Unsettled Co-founder Jonathan Kalan has worked as a foreign correspondent in conflict zones, an office manager who’s cleaned toilets, an employee at multiple startups to eventually founding a few companies. What does he know about transition? This…
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