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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
The surprising fridge staple that CAN help your eyesight (...and it's not carrots)
Nearly half of Britons wrongly believe that eating carrots is the best way to improve their vision, research has revealed. A survey quizzed 2,000 adults and found that two thirds know that diet can impact vision but the majority do not know which foods are beneficial. The study, by supplement brand MacuShield, also found that one in three admitted they struggle with vision problems. Around two million people in the UK are living with some form of sight loss, with this expected to rise to 2.7 million by 2030. Experts believe that this could be reduced by making changes to diet and habits. Dr Emma Derbyshire, a nutritionist and health writer, expressed her concern and said: 'It's clear from [the survey] that many people are completely unaware of the nutrients which support eye health.' The nutritionist suggested good vision can be maintained by eating eggs instead. She said: 'Eggs – a fridge staple for many of us – contain good levels of vitamin B2, which is important to help maintain the opacity and clarity of the lens. This contributes to the maintenance of normal vision.' The nutritionist explains that the mineral zinc is also crucial to eye health, as it supports the retina — which helps detect light. This can be found in red meat, but also oysters and nuts. She also suggests eating oily fish such as sardines or tuna at least once a week, to support the retina as it contains a high level of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) – a key nutrient for eye health. Swapping to whole grain carbohydrates, can also help according to experts. Locum optometrist Francesca Marchetti advises: 'These contain vitamin E, a fat-soluble antioxidant which contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress. Plus, whole grains also contain the mineral, zinc.' The experts also recommend eating leafy greens and fruits such as oranges. Dr Derbyshire said: 'These aren't expensive foods which can only be bought in specialist shops. These are every day, affordable foods available in your local supermarket.'
The Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Everyone can see the beach but you have the eyes of a hawk if you spot the person WITHOUT sunglasses in under 30 seconds
TEST your vision to the max with this puzzling brainteaser. Everyone can see the beach scene, but you have the eyes of an eagle if you can spot who isn't wearing sunglasses in 30 seconds. Whether you're hoping to improve your problem solving skills or boost your memory, this puzzle is bound to be a challenge for many readers. Put your observation skills to the test and figure out whether you have what it takes to spot the person without sunglasses in just a few seconds. Make sure to set your stopwatch before undertaking this challenge, to make it extra hard for yourself. If you can do it in under 30 seconds, you are said to have the eyes of a hawk. At first glance, it looks like everyone in this image provided by Feel Good Contacts is wearing a pair of sunglasses. However, those with 20/20 vision will be able to immediately see this is not the case. This puzzle works by tricking your eyes into thinking that everyone is wearing shades. But rest assured, one of the beachgoers is not wearing sunglasses. Unless you're lucky enough to find the odd one out immediately, we recommend analysing the pattern very closely to spot the answer. The visual deception of this image will have you scratching your head trying to solve it, but the payoff is worth it. Everyone can see the footballs in this Euros brainteaser but are you in the 1% of fans who can find the 3 mistakes? If you need a hint, we recommend focusing on the top half of the image. The person without sunglasses can be found on the sand. If you're looking for more of a challenge, this tricky puzzle asks readers to find the odd one out in a sea of TikTok logos. If you need another tricky test, only the most eagle-eyed readers will be able to spot the six items that need tidying up in this spot the difference puzzle. How can optical illusions and brainteasers help me? Engaging in activities like solving optical illusions and brainteasers can have many cognitive benefits as it can stimulate various brain regions. Some benefits include: Cognitive stimulation: Engaging in these activities challenges the brain, promoting mental agility and flexibility. Problem-solving skills: Regular practice enhances analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Memory improvement: These challenges often require memory recall and can contribute to better memory function. Creativity: They encourage thinking outside the box, fostering creativity and innovative thought processes. Focus and attention: Working on optical illusions and brainteasers requires concentration, contributing to improved focus. Stress relief: The enjoyable nature of these puzzles can act as a form of relaxation and stress relief. And if that's not hard enough, only those with 20/20 vision will be able to spot the 'impostor' bee in this image. Another tricky puzzle asks hawk-eyed readers to spot five tickets hidden amongst a sea of football fans. If that's still not hard enough for you, then have a go at spotting the hidden broom amongst the clothes in less than five seconds. Coming back to our challenge, were you able to solve it in under 30 seconds? For those struggling to locate it, we have marked the answer below. How did you do?
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sorry, But Only People With Perfect Eyesight Will Be Able To Find The Hidden Things In These Pictures
These quizzes will all test your vision and attention to detail. The first few questions in each one will seem super easy, but before long, you'll feel your eyes focusing harder and harder to find everything we've hidden. But Only People With Perfect Eyesight Will Be Able To Find The Hidden Things In These Pictures ^^This image is just a sample! It's not the actual quiz. Everything is hidden in plain sight, but veeeeeery expertly camouflaged. Take the quiz here. Related: Eyes Are Very Sensitive To Textures If You Get 12/15 On This Zoomed-In Quiz All the items in this quiz are things you've seen a million times before, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to recognize them from super close. Take the quiz here. Related: You Can Correctly Answer These Questions, Your Eyes Are Super Sensitive To Color Changes The shades in each question of this quiz are so similar, you'll need your screen at full brightness for any hope of success. Take the quiz here. You Can See All 15 Of These Hidden Numbers, Your Eyesight Is Dang Near Perfect Don't let this teaser of the first question fool you — these will get progressively more difficult. Take the quiz here. With Bad Color Vision Can't See These Disney Characters — Can You? This is it. We finally made a Disney quiz that will actually stump you. Prepare to be humbled. Take the quiz here. Also in BuzzFeed: Also in BuzzFeed: Also in BuzzFeed: Solve the daily Crossword
Entrepreneur
6 days ago
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Want to Scale Your Business? Start With These 3 Core Elements
The fundamental purpose of building systems in your business is to shift from reactive to proactive operations. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Growing a small business isn't just about working harder — it's about understanding the fundamental dimensions that drive sustainable growth. After over 25 years of bootstrapping Marketcircle, I've learned that successful businesses master three critical elements: vision, systems and team. Each plays a unique role depending on where you are in your entrepreneurial journey. When starting a small business, the first crucial step is understanding which side of the spectrum you're on. Are you building a service business — consulting, HR or professional services? Or are you creating a product that could potentially reach millions? These represent two extremes, and your approach to vision differs dramatically between them. For service businesses, where you're essentially selling time — whether yours or your team's — the vision is relatively straightforward. Many others are doing similar things, so your vision centers on the quality of service you'll offer, your target customers and how you'll differentiate yourself. It's about designing the kind of life you want to lead through your business. On the product side of the spectrum, the challenge intensifies. Creating something new requires not just imagination but the ability to crystallize that vision for others. You'll need to raise money and recruit talent, and the people joining you at the beginning must genuinely understand and believe in your vision. This isn't easy — even with clear communication, you'll need to reinforce it constantly until it becomes part of your company's DNA. Building systems that scale Whether you're working solo or planning to grow to ten people, systems are non-negotiable. How will you attract new customers? How long do they typically stay? What ensures their satisfaction? These questions require thoughtful answers, and those answers become your systems. There's a critical distinction between systems and mere reminders. A system might be "these are the ten steps I follow when onboarding a new customer." It's a documented, repeatable process. Reminders, on the other hand, are reactive — they tell you what to do at a specific time but don't create sustainable workflows. The fundamental purpose of building systems is to shift from reactive to proactive operations. When you're constantly reacting, you're not driving the bus — your customers are (or whoever else). While some reactive moments are inevitable (emergencies happen), living in a reactive state means surrendering control of your time. It's exhausting to operate like a firefighter, constantly responding to emergencies without the ability to plan or prevent them. The importance of systems becomes even clearer when you consider that, according to McKinsey, small businesses in North America operate at only 47% of the productivity of larger firms. Robust systems are essential for closing this gap — they're what allow small businesses to compete effectively despite having fewer resources. This is where tools like Daylite become invaluable for small businesses, centralizing information and processes so nothing falls through the cracks. Strong systems provide another crucial benefit: they allow you to absorb shock. Throughout my journey, I've faced several periods where I had to step away from daily operations. When my sister became ill, when my wife experienced complications during pregnancy, and when I faced my own health challenges in 2022, during each of these times and many others, our systems kept the business running. Without them, any one of these events could have meant failure. Related: 70 Small Business Ideas to Start in 2025 Navigating team development through cycles Business growth follows cycles of ebb and flow, and your approach to team development must adapt accordingly. During flow periods, you build and strengthen your team. During ebbs, you lean on what you've already built. The ebbs test everything. It's challenging, but I've been here before (and likely you have, too). The key to navigating these difficult periods lies in maintaining the right mental state. If you can't maintain perspective during an ebb, it becomes a downward spiral. Your team looks to you for confidence—if they see you've lost hope, they will too. My approach during challenging times is to take inventory of assets. It's easy to feel like everything is falling apart, but pause and assess what you actually have: your reputation, client relationships, product quality and team capabilities. These are the tools at your disposal. Think of it like being in an escape room — without assessing your resources, you're stuck. But once you inventory what's available, options emerge, and with options comes a healthier mental state. During these cycles, you'll also discover which team members truly contribute to recovery and which ones don't. The challenging times reveal who can help you weather the storm and who might be holding you back. These insights, while difficult, are invaluable for long-term success. The interconnected nature of success These three dimensions don't exist in isolation — they're deeply interconnected. Your vision shapes the systems you build, and those systems determine the kind of team you need. When I started Marketcircle with a vision of helping small businesses succeed, that vision informed the system we created. We built processes specifically designed to support long-term customer relationships because that's what small businesses need. Similarly, your team must align with both your vision and your systems. If your vision involves rapid scaling, but your systems are designed for steady, controlled growth, you'll face constant friction. If your team excels at innovation but your systems prioritize stability, you're setting everyone up for frustration. The magic happens when all three dimensions reinforce each other. Clear vision attracts the right people. Good systems empower those people to execute effectively. A strong team can then refine and improve both the vision and the systems, creating a virtuous cycle of growth. Playing the long game After 28 years in business, I can definitely say this is a marathon, not a sprint. Success requires building a business that can function without your constant presence. I've structured my role to focus on thinking and strategy rather than reactive tasks like customer support. This allows me to work on the business rather than just in it. The entrepreneurial journey will test you with unexpected challenges and force difficult decisions. But if you establish a clear vision, build robust systems and develop the right team, you create a business capable of weathering any storm. More importantly, you build a business that supports the life you actually want to live, rather than one that consumes it. The three dimensions — vision, systems and team — aren't just business concepts. They're the foundation for sustainable growth and personal fulfillment. Master them, and you'll build something that lasts.
Entrepreneur
21-07-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Why Great Leaders Are Master Editors — Not Just Visionaries
Big ideas may inspire teams, but great leadership lies in the edit, refining the vision, simplifying the message and removing what gets in the way of progress. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When you think of a great leader, it's easy to imagine someone standing in front of a whiteboard, pitching the next big idea. Founders are often celebrated for their creativity and their ability to see what others can't. And yes, vision matters. It inspires people to follow you, attracts customers and opens doors that didn't exist before. But there's a trap in over-indexing on vision: the belief that more ideas equal more progress. In reality, constantly introducing new directions can leave teams overwhelmed, distracted and unclear about where to focus. Without structure and clarity, vision becomes noise. In my time at ButterflyMX, I've learned that the best leaders know when to step back, not to dream up something new, but to make what already exists better. That's where editing comes in. Related: How to Pick Your Best Idea and Leave FOMO Behind What it means to lead like an editor Editing is about sharpening the signal, not about cutting for the sake of it. Just as a great editor refines a story to make its core message stand out, great leaders filter ideas, focus priorities and remove friction to help their teams move forward with confidence. Leading like an editor means asking: What matters most right now? What's getting in the way? How do we make this simpler, faster or clearer? It's not always glamorous, and it rarely comes with applause. But this quiet discipline — the ability to clarify, distill and align — is what turns a good idea into an executable strategy. It's how leaders move from inspiration to impact. Simplification drives momentum A team can only chase so many things at once. When everything feels important, nothing gets done. That's why simplification is a growth strategy. Simplification creates focus. It makes goals easier to understand, communicate and act on. It allows teams to say "no" with confidence and "yes" with full commitment. Most importantly, it clears space for progress. Consider the difference between a leader who says, "Let's try five different approaches and see what sticks," versus one who says, "Here's the one thing we're going to get right this quarter." The second approach is sharper. And sharper cuts through faster. When leaders take the time to edit down their priorities, their teams speed up. Related: How to Find and Refine Valuable Ideas for Your Organization Editing the organization itself Editing doesn't just apply to ideas; it applies to the organization as a whole. Great leaders are constantly scanning for what's slowing things down: unnecessary meetings, bloated processes, duplicated efforts or unclear ownership. A well-edited organization is one where people know what they're responsible for, communication flows efficiently, and decisions don't get stuck in endless loops of approval. It's about cutting friction, not corners. That could mean replacing a weekly all-hands with a tighter, monthly format. It could mean reworking your onboarding process to focus only on what new hires truly need in their first 30 days. Or it could even mean sunsetting an initiative that no longer serves the mission. Leaders who view their company as a living document, something to constantly refine, create environments that are lean, focused and built to scale. Knowing what to cut and when The hardest part of editing? Letting go of something you once believed in. Whether it's a product idea, a team structure or a long-standing tradition, cutting can feel personal. But great leaders develop the courage to walk away from things that no longer serve the team, even if they were once core to the vision. That doesn't mean being ruthless. It means being clear-eyed. Ask yourself: Is this idea helping us move forward or holding us back? Are we maintaining this because it works or because it's familiar? If we started fresh today, would we still choose this? The answers aren't always easy, but they're necessary. Editing is about being intentional. It's how you protect your team's time, energy and focus. Related: How Real Leaders Focus on What Really Matters Editing yourself: The most overlooked leadership skill Great leadership starts with self-awareness. Before you can edit your company or your strategy, you have to edit yourself, your calendar, your communication and even your instincts. Ask: Am I jumping in when I should be stepping back? Am I adding complexity when my team needs clarity? Am I solving for urgency instead of importance? Editing yourself might mean saying less in meetings so others can step up. It might mean blocking off thinking time instead of reacting to every notification. Or it might mean dropping an idea you love because your team isn't ready for it or because it's just not the right time. Vision gets people in the room, and editing keeps them aligned. The best leaders aren't just idea generators; they're curators of clarity. They don't overwhelm their teams with more; they empower them by refining what already exists. When you lead like an editor, you give your team the greatest advantage: focus. You eliminate noise, double down on what matters and create the conditions for real progress. Join top CEOs, founders and operators at the Level Up conference to unlock strategies for scaling your business, boosting revenue and building sustainable success.
