• Hulu HR head Shannon Sullivan felt unfulfilled at work.
• She realized that was because her job involved many tedious processes. Once she made those more efficient, she could enjoy her role again.
• The first step to being happier at work is figuring out what's making you unhappy — and it could be simpler than you think.
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Shannon Sullivan had been working in talent management at Hulu for about three years when she noticed herself losing motivation.

She tried, in vain, to figure out what had gone wrong.

"I found myself in a vicious and unproductive cycle of looking outward for others to fix my sense of unfulfillment," Sullivan wrote in an email to Business Insider.

Several years later, Sullivan is the senior vice president of talent and organization at Hulu. She might easily have bolted and looked for another job if she hadn't recognized the surprising source of her unhappiness.

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"After much inward reflection, I became present to the cause of my disengagement," Sullivan wrote. "My value of efficiency was being compromised."

In other words, Sullivan didn't have an inept manager and she didn't find her work superficial — challenges that might prove tricky to tackle. Instead, she wanted to work smarter.

"Every time I had to engage in a process that felt manual, cumbersome, inefficient, or not scalable," Sullivan wrote, "I would be triggered."

She began keeping a running log of those triggers and listing next to each one a single action she could take to improve the situation. Gradually, her frustration began to dissolve.

"I started to feel more present to what was going on," Sullivan wrote, "and could take meaningful steps toward making my job one that is empowering and fulfilling."

Sullivan's advice for other people feeling unfulfilled at work is twofold. First, start "self-reflecting on why that is and what action [you] can take to change it." And second, stop blaming your coworkers. Too often, she said, "time is spent looking outward at others and how they need to change."

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The first step to being happier at work is figuring out why you're miserable

Other experts have shared similar insights.

For example, Gretchen Rubin, best-selling author of "The Happiness Project," said the first thing to do when you're miserable at work is identify the problem. Chances are good that you don't hate everything about your job, and that you can change the one or two things you do detest.

Meanwhile, Stanford professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, authors of "Designing Your Life," recommend keeping a "Good Time Journal," in which you list your work activities and how engaged you are while doing them. Once you reflect on any patterns or surprises, you can use those findings to shape your role.

As for Sullivan, she said it's crucial to start "getting clear on your personal values, assessing where your work is fulfilling those values, and where those values are being compromised." From there, you can take action to make work a source of greater satisfaction.

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• It can be hard to restore your boss' faith in you after a bad first impression — which is why it's important to accumulate good will from the outset.
• If you start off on the right foot, you'll have to work pretty hard to fall out of favor with your manager.
• However, if you do mess up, you'll have to choose between trying to bond with your boss or cutting your losses and moving on.
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One woman was only a few days into a new job when she started to make significant changes to her team's workflow. Unfortunately, her boss — who had previously held this woman's role — took it as implicit criticism of everything he had done before. In the months that followed, she had to work hard to make sure he didn't feel criticized by her.

Another person was not-so-secretly angling to be his organization's first COO. During meetings, he'd try to take charge, inadvertently stepping on the CEO's toes. Even when it became clear that the CEO was taking offense, he didn't seem to get the message.

It's critical to start off on the right foot with your manager. And yet, as these examples from leadership expert Michael Watkins illustrate, it's not always easy.

So, if you don't get off to a perfect start, is there still room to ingratiate yourself? Alternatively, if you do start off positively but subsequently mess something up, can you fall out of your manager's favor?

Experts say that, while it's technically possible to re-enter your boss' good graces after making a poor first impression, it's exceedingly difficult. On the flip side, if you establish a strong relationship with your manager, you'd have to do something really horrific to destroy that.

Try to distinguish between 'forgivable' and 'unforgivable' sins

If you've gotten off on the wrong foot with your manager, the first step is to assess the severity of the situation. Watkins, who is the cofounder of Genesis Advisers, a professor at the International Institute for Management Development, and the author of "The First 90 Days," says it's important to distinguish between what he calls "forgivable" and "unforgivable" sins.

A forgivable sin typically has to do with performance or politics: Either you botched your job responsibilities or you damaged a critical relationship within the organization.

An unforgivable sin, however, "breaches your manager's trust in a fundamental way," Watkins said, leading the boss to view you as disloyal. You may very well be unable to recover. It doesn't necessarily mean you'll be fired, Watkins added, but "the relationship may always be rocky."

In fact, a survey by leadership consultancy Zenger/Folkman found the No. 1 reason why leaders were rated low on trustworthiness was being inconsiderate, either to their boss or to other coworkers. "They didn't care about other people's problems, but they did want other people to care about their problems," said Joe Folkman, the consultancy's president and cofounder.

The more troubling part? According to another Zenger/Folkman survey, leaders who were able to improve in trustworthiness went from roughly the sixth percentile to the 38th percentile. They redeemed themselves somewhat — but never even approached the average.

To restore your boss' trust, try spending a lot of time with them

Even if it's possible to win over your boss after a slip-up, it will still be an uphill battle.

Watkins said performance-related sins are easier to deal with than political sins. It's a matter of acknowledging and apologizing for the mistake, and learning how to satisfy the job requirements going forward. As for political sins, you'll want to strengthen your bond with your boss and show them you're not a threat.

Heidi Grant, associate director of Columbia University's Motivation Science Center and author of "No One Understands You and What to Do About It," told The Wall Street Journal that spending a lot of time with your boss — even just walking to lunch together — can help repair the relationship. So can offering to help your manager hit an important goal, Grant told The Journal.

But if you suspect you've done something unforgivable, you might consider cutting your losses, i.e. moving on to a different boss. If you know you're a highly valued employee, Watkins said, you may want to do something else within the same organization. 

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Jack Zenger, CEO and cofounder of Zenger/Folkman, shared an example of a client who was known as the "fix-it guy" in his industry.

"He would go into an organization and he would make a bunch of really tough decisions, and he would ruffle a lot of feathers," Zenger said. "He would get that organization turned around in about 18 months." After that, he would leave the company. "He just decided it wasn't worth it to try, once that organization got corrected, to be the next leader."

It's important to establish a 'reservoir' of good will to draw on

If you've established a solid rapport with your manager, you'd have to do something awful to damage that relationship permanently.

As Watkins put it, "You definitely can do things that can sour the relationship. But if you've really built that good of a relationship with somebody, you're going to have to work somewhat hard to screw up." He mentioned the "reservoir" of good will you can draw upon.

Interestingly, a third Zenger/Folkman study found that employees who are rated highly from the start tend to be rated highly later on. In other words, the relationship between an employee's performance and a boss' impression might be cyclical.

As Zenger and Folkman write in the Harvard Business Review, they suspect that "the ratings are in some way self-fulfilling." The employees who receive positive ratings feel supported, while the employees who receive negative ratings feel confused or discouraged.

They write, "The leaders who see the best in their people actually make them better, while those who look more critically make their subordinates worse."

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• Bill Gates recently sat down for an interview at an event hosted by venture capital firm Village Global.
• In the interview, Gates credited fellow billionaire Warren Buffett as one of the people who has been the most instrumental to his success.
• The two billionaires have been friends for nearly 30 years, and have long worked together to further their business and philanthropic efforts.
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Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates credits billionaire investor Warren Buffett as one of the people who has played the most instrumental role in his success — including helping him to get through one of the hardest periods in his career.

In an interview last week, Gates said that the 88-year-old Buffett helped him to get through the antitrust lawsuit more than 20 years ago that put Microsoft's future in jeopardy. Gates said Buffett served as a "great counsel" to his dominant tech company, which the US government sued in 1998 for using its power to destroy the competition and further the monopoly of its Internet Explorer browser.

"The toughest thing that I went through was this antitrust lawsuit, where it didn't seem very predictable," Gates said last week at an event hosted by venture capital firm Village Global. "Getting somebody who is successful in another domain, but yet has kind of a business-type mindset ... that was a huge gift."

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Things clearly turned out OK for Gates and Microsoft — and these days, the government has shifted its focus to Google and Facebook— but Gates and Buffett have maintained a steadfast friendship for almost 30 years. The pair often credits each other with sharing best business practices and entrepreneurial tips. Along with Gates' wife, Melinda, the two billionaires launched the Giving Pledge in 2010 to get other wealthy people to commit to donating more than half of their riches to philanthropy.

The pair's friendship has transcended business practices as well. The two have been spotted trying out mattresses together, as well as working a shift at a Dairy Queen, a chain that Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns.

In the past, Gates has credited Buffett with teaching him to laugh more. Gates once again echoed that sentiment in his interview this past week.

"[Buffett] has a definite way of looking at things, including this idea of how work should be fun," Gates said in his interview. "He's made his work so much fun that he works more hours than I do. 

In the interview, conducted by Eventbrite cofounder and CEO Julia Hartz, Gates also talked about his intense work schedule in the early days of Microsoft. Gates said he used to work weekends, and didn't "believe" in vacations. Although he doesn't mention these work habits to everyone, Gates said he stands behind his "fairly hardcore view" that such hard work may be needed in the early days of a company.

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• Remote workers often sacrifice family obligations and work over time to prove to their boss they are committed, a new study out of the University of California-Santa Barbara finds.
• Remote workers are "always on" and attend meetings at odd hours more so than in-office employees just to get access to the same projects.
• This research has implications for the growing body of remote workers in the country.
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To some, working remote means never having to leave your house or put proper pants on.

In reality, new research finds, many remote employees work harder than in-office employees for the same benefits and promotions. 

The study, published in Organizational Science and authored by a pair of University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) researchers, finds that employees who are physically present in the office are seen as more committed, more productive, and harder working than colleagues who working away from the office. 

Across employees, perceptions of hard work and commitment translate to better performance reviews and quicker promotions, the study finds.

Because of their need to show that they too are committed, remote workers are forced to being "always on" and they attend meetings at odd hours more than their in-office colleagues, all to gain access to the same opportunities. 

This is a trend affecting more and more people: The number of US employees who worked from home at least half the time grew 115% in the last 12 years, from 1.8 million employees in 2005 to 3.9 million in 2017.

To co-author and UCSB management professor Paul Leonardi, this means that remote workers are especially at risk for things like disengagement, overwork, and burnout. 

"Even if remote employees are successful in getting promoted and achieve their career goals, they will have already 'died trying' in the process and compromised their work-life balance," he tells Business Insider over email. "Paradoxically, even after achieving career goals, employees often express career dissatisfaction."

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It's an extension of earlier findings on "face time," or how connecting with your boss at the water cooler or in meetings can help build trust. 

Leonardi and his co-author Ioana C. Cristea looked into how managers at two Fortune 100 companies, SunTech and Autoworks, perceived their remote employees. They found remote workers were more likely to sacrifice a family obligation or work overtime to prove they are committed, moreso with larger differences in time zones. 

Remote workers do have a couple tools they can lean on to get more face time in. Turning your video on during meetings, quickly responding to emails, and actively participating in video meetings signal commitment to managers, Leonardi said. He advises managers to minimize the time zone differences between themselves and remote workers, as well as impose mandatory maximum working hours and vacation.

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• The US and most of its states have no paid parental-leave policy, leaving employers to offer it as a perk.
• Years of research have shown such policies have health and career benefits for both parents.
• The nonprofit Just Capital is advocating for policies that apply equally to primary and secondary caregivers. It's found large, public companies in the US that offer at least four months for both.
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Because the United States is the only developed country without a paid-parental-leave policy, Americans have to rely on their state governments and employers to step up. And while there have been recent developments indicating that more will follow suit, only six states and Washington, DC, have paid family-care policies that can be used for new parents.

This means much of that burden is placed on employers.

The nonprofit Just Capital has highlighted large, public companies that it found are meeting this challenge. These are certainly not the only companies with generous benefits for parents, but they all share a key metric. When assessing the quality of a company's policy, Just considered more highly those that offered the same paid-leave benefit to both mothers and fathers (or primary and secondary caregivers, i.e. if a parent in a couple will be spending more time with the infant). It's common for businesses to offer significantly more paid leave to primary caregivers, with additional time for birth mothers. Just's team advocates for an approach where secondary caregivers are given equal time with their new child.

"While the paid leave landscape may generally be improving, there's a long way to go toward creating equal access to all parents," Just's director of external engagement Yusuf George wrote on a blog post.

Not only do most Americans want both mothers and fathers to have access to paid parental leave, but there is a wealth of research showing that such policies have physical, emotional, financial, and career benefits.

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And regardless of whether a mother gave birth, used a surrogate, or adopted, babies' brains go through rapid growth in their first year. A healthy bond with their caregivers during this period has lasting positive effects on their development. Paid leave policies allow parents to develop this bond without having to choose between career and family, and without sacrificing a source of income during a challenging period.

There is still a long way to go before most Americans have access to these benefits, but in the meantime, the following companies are showing what's possible.

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Citigroup offers 16 weeks (four months).

The bank boosted its benefits last year.

Facebook has a 16-week policy.

Facebook also offers reimbursement for baby supplies and daycare.

Juniper Networks employees get 16 weeks.

Juniper Networks also offers flexible work arrangements that can benefit new parents.

Square has a 16-week policy.

Employees can spread this amount over time, rather than taking it all at once.

TD Ameritrade offers new parents 16 weeks.

The financial services company expanded the policy and added job-security protection in 2017.

Zendesk also has a 16-week policy.

The customer-service software company has had this in place since 2015.

Alphabet employees get 18 weeks (4.5 months).

Alphabet is Google's parent company, and Google has had its generous paid maternity leave policy in place since 2007.

VMware offers employees 18 weeks.

The software company revamped its policy in 2018.

American Express offers its employees 20 weeks (five months).

All employees who have worked with the company for at least one year are eligible.

Estée Lauder employees have 20 weeks to take off.

The cosmetics giant boosted its paternity-leave policy after settling a discrimination lawsuit last year that was filed by 210 male employees.

Twitter also offers 20 weeks.

The policy has been in place since 2016.

DocuSign offers 24 weeks (six months).

The expanded paid leave policy was one of several overhauled benefits the e-signature company implemented in 2017.

Prudential offers 26 weeks (6.5 months) for both parents.

The financial-services company expanded its policy last year. 

Netflix offers up to 52 weeks (a full year) in its famous "unlimited" plan.

After introducing its "unlimited" policy in 2015, critics pointed out that it did not apply to hourly employees or those working in its shrinking DVD division. In response, Netflix updated its policy to apply to all workers.

• Americans speak a lot of languages.
• Using individual-level census data, we found the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in each state and Washington, D.C.
• German, French, and Vietnamese are common in several states.
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Americans speak a ton of languages, and this map shows which languages other than English and Spanish are the most common in each state and Washington, D.C.

The US Census Bureau's American Community Survey annually asks more than 1 million Americans questions about their lives, families, and backgrounds. One question asks respondents what language they mainly speak in their homes.

Using individual-level responses from the 2017 American Community Survey assembled and published by the Minnesota Population Center's Integrated Public Use Microdata Series program, we found the most common language spoken at home in each state, excluding English and Spanish.

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English is, unsurprisingly, the most commonly spoken language across the US, and Spanish is second most common in 46 states and the District of Columbia. So we excluded those two languages in the above map.

The map shows a wide variety of languages. German is the most commonly spoken non-English, non-Spanish language in nine states, with French most common in six states and D.C. Vietnamese was the most common language in six states. Pennsylvania stands out for the prevalence of an archaic offshoot of West Central German known as Pennsylvania Dutch, spoken predominantly by Amish and Mennonite communities. 

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19. Aleut-Eskimo languages are the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 1 state (Alaska).

Estimated number of speakers nationally:23,665

The Aleut-Eskimo language family is spoken by native peoples throughout Alaska, northern Canada, and parts of Greenland.

This group of languages is believed to stem from a single common language 4,000 years ago, but isn't related to other languages spoken by Native Americans in what is now the US and southern Canada.

18. Somali is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 1 state (Minnesota).

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 160,940

Somalis didn't start coming to America until the 1920s, from British Somaliland. Their numbers grew after the 1960s, however, when students came to study in American colleges.

Most Somali-Americans arrived in the 1990s, after a civil war broke out. A majority has settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

17. Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, Sioux languages are the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 1 state (South Dakota).

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 17,023

These languages may be spoken by a collective 17,000 people, but some of them are critically endangered. The Dakota tribe, for example, is made up of 20,000 people, but only has 290 fluent Dakota speakers.

16. Gujarati is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 1 state (New Jersey).

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 419,964

Gujarati is the most common Indian language in New Jersey. Its speakers originally came from the western Indian state of Gujarat. In India, there are around 55 million native Gujarati speakers.

15. Ilocano is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 1 state (Hawaii).

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 92,955

Ilocano originally comes from the northern Philippines, but many native speakers emigrated to Hawaii starting in 1906. Today, 85% of the Filipino population in Hawaii is Ilocano.

14. Hmong is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 1 state (Wisconsin).

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 232,161

Hmong people come from southern China and parts of Laos and Vietnam. While Hmong is a relatively common language in Wisconsin, the biggest Hmong population is centered around Minnesota. 

13. Nepali is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish 1 state (Nebraska).

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 202,218

Although many Nepalese people have settled in Nebraska relative to other immigrant communities, the actual number is unclear. The biggest single Nepalese group is in New York City, with 9,000 people.

12. Pennsylvania Dutch is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish 1 state (Pennsylvania).

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 179,336

This language is spoken by the Amish people of Pennsylvania, specifically Lancaster County. The Amish shun most technologies if they were developed after the 19th century, and while they speak English, they also use Pennsylvania Dutch, which isn't Dutch at all. It's an offshoot of German.

11. Polish is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 1 state (Illinois).

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 512,332

Over 10 million Americans have some Polish heritage, but only 500,000 or so speak Polish. Around 185,000 Polish speakers live in Chicago, but many live in the New York metro area as well.

10. Tagalog is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 2 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 1,753,712

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: California, Nevada

Filipinos started coming to America in large numbers by the turn of the 19th century, but it wasn't until the 1960s that both skilled and educated workers came by the thousands. Today, there are over 4 million Filipino Americans.

9. French or Haitian Creole is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 2 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 900,596

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: Florida, Delaware

Haitian Americans (or ayisyen ameriken in Haitian Creole) live mainly in Florida, especially in and around Tampa and Orlando. In the 1960s and '70s, many Haitians came to the US to escape the oppressive rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier.

8. Navajo is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 2 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 166,856

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: New Mexico, Arizona

The Navajo Nation, the second-biggest Native American tribe in the US, has the largest reservation in the country, which covers 27,000 square miles. There are currently 300,460 tribe members, making the Navajo fluency rate just above 50%.

7. Arabic is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 3 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 1,229,949

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: West Virginia, Tennessee, Michigan

Michigan alone has 100,000 Arabic speakers, second to California, which has over 150,000. 

6. Korean is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 3 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally:1,104,145

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: Virginia, Alabama, Georgia

Korean-Americans are the fifth-largest Asian immigrant group in the US. 99% of Korean-Americans originally hail from South Korea.

5. Portuguese is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 3 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 763,340

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

After the 1960s, Portuguese immigrants started coming to the US in larger numbers. They settled first on the coast of Massachusetts, mainly because Portuguese settlers had chosen the spot for fishing generations before.

4. Chinese is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 5 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 2,155,939

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: New York, Washington, Arkansas, Missouri, Utah

Chinese immigrants have been coming to America in large numbers since the mid-19th century, when the California Gold Rush compelled them to cross the Pacific Ocean. Today, there are over 5 million Chinese Americans across the country.

3. Vietnamese is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 6 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 1,527,371

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon, Kansas, Iowa, Mississippi

South Vietnamese immigration to the US began right after the Vietnam War ended in 1975, and more Vietnamese people have been arriving ever since. Today, over half of all Vietnamese-Americans live in either California or Texas.

2. French is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 6 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 1,184,736

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: Louisiana, North Carolina, Maryland, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire

Most of us know about New Amsterdam and New England, but New France (or Nouvelle-France) lasted from the early 17th century until around 1803.

That year, President Thomas Jefferson bought up the last of France's western territory bordering the US from Napoleon Bonaparte, doubling the country overnight in what became known as the Louisiana Purchase.

Before that, however, Louisiana and its biggest city, New Orleans, had a French government, followed French customs, and spoke French. The language evolved over the 17th and 18th centuries from its original form, creating Louisiana French, or Louisiana Creole, a combination of French, English, Spanish, Native American, and African words. To this day, it's still spoken by around 175,000 people in Louisiana and Texas.

1. German is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 9 states.

Estimated number of speakers nationally: 905,326

States where it's the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish: Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina

Some of America's first immigrants (after the British) came from Germany, starting in the 1670s. Today, there are 49,840,035 Americans with German ancestry, according to the American Community Survey, far more than the current number of German speakers.

Although there were plenty of German immigrants present for the American Revolution, the US never considered adopting German as its official language, contrary to the persistent myth.

• I moved from China to the US when I was 19 to go to college.
• One of the biggest differences I've noticed between the two countries is the food.
• Some of the American foods I'll miss the most include Southern fried chicken, bagels and cream cheese, and omelets.
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Three years ago, I moved from my hometown of Guiyang, China, to North Carolina to attend college.

My experience in the United States exposed many of the cultural differences between China and America.

But ever since I returned to China for summer vacation, I've realized an even more glaring difference between the two countries: the food.

From Southern-style fried chicken to bagels and cream cheese, there are several foods I tried in America that are very difficult, if not impossible, to find in China.

Although I'll be back state-side by the end of the summer, I'm already craving certain foods that became a regular part of my diet in the US.

Here are 15 common foods in America that I've missed the most.

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Southern-style fried chicken

In the South, where I go to college, there's nothing tastier than a classic piece of juicy, crispy fried chicken.

Fried chicken is popular in China, and fast food chains like KFC and McDonald's offer fried chicken that is more savory and spicy than you'll typically find in America. But it's nothing compared to the extra crispy and crunchy texture of Southern fried chicken.

Omelets

Unless you stay in a luxurious hotel that offers Western-style breakfasts, it usually takes some effort to find a restaurant that serves omelettes in China. Although China has oyster omelets, a popular street food, I miss the typical American omelet with cheese and bacon that you can find in pretty much any diner or brunch place.

Sweet tea

Other than fried chicken, sweet tea is another thing I love about the South. At first, when I had sweet tea with pork barbecue, I found it too sweet. But now I'm to a point where I'll order it no matter what type of food I'm eating — even with lamb calzone or a bowl of pho. I sometimes put a slice of lemon to it to give it a little tanginess.

China is certainly a place for tea lovers, especially if you like boba. You can find "sweet tea" everywhere in China (think sweetened green or oolong tea), but it is hard to find true Southern-style sweet tea.

Steak

Since I've lived in the US, I've taken advantage of its world-class steak scene.

You can order a fresh, quality steak in the US for a fraction of the price you'd get in China. Back home, higher-end places import their meat from the US, Australia, and Japan, which adds to the bill.

Bagels and cream cheese

A Chinese breakfast consists of both sweet and savory foods, like pork buns and fried dough sticks with sweet soy milk. My family eats both Chinese and Western-style breakfast, so sometimes we have toast and milk as well.

Something you'll never find on a Chinese breakfast table, however, is a bagel and cream cheese. It's one of my favorite American breakfast combos, and I see it offered at diners, cafes, and shops like the one on my college campus, where the line stretches for dozens of people every morning.

Gourmet coffee from local roasters

I don't buy my coffee from Starbucks in the US anymore — local coffee shops are so common that it's easy to find one that makes your favorite blend the way you like it.

In China, however, tea culture is huge, and coffee takes a backseat. Most privately-owned coffee shops import beans from abroad, and few cafes roast beans themselves. That means there aren't a lot of surprises when it comes to coffee flavors. Starbucks and Costa coffee are pretty much the only go-to places for coffee in China.

Cajun fries

You can find fries everywhere around the world, but Cajun seasoning puts a whole new spin on it for me.

Fast food places and Western restaurants in China offer fries too, but never with zesty Cajun seasoning — garlic, paprika, cayenne pepper, and onion powder, among other spices. They're a perfect match with an order of fried chicken.

Red wine

Good wine is never cheap, but it can get even more expensive in China because of the high tariffs. China isn't a world-renowned wine-producing country, so the affordable bottles I find in China are usually not as good as the ones in the US. You're more likely to find a better selection of spirits and beers in China.

Meanwhile, in the US, you can find assorted wines at tons of grocery stores, and they usually range from $7 to $30. Lots of these wines are either made in America or imported from other wine-making regions around the world, such as France and Italy. There's a huge variety of wine available in the US, and while not all of it is amazing, it's not hard to find a good bottle if you try.

Ice cream from a local dairy farm

One of my favorite summer experiences in the US is going to a local dairy farm with friends and eating ice cream while spotting fireflies in the field. That's something I'd never be able to do in my home country.

Ice cream in China isn't bad, but the quality you'll get at a US farm is better than what I'd get back home. The idea of a local farm is just reassuring to me — every day, you know the ice cream is made with fresh milk and without preservatives.

Cheeseburgers

Many people in China don't know the difference between a burger and a sandwich. The heavy influence from KFC, the most popular fast food chain in China, means people usually prefer chicken sandwiches to cheeseburgers. Whenever I go to a new city in China, it takes some time to find a restaurant that offers an authentic burger.

Etouffee

When I visited New Orleans, I immediately fell in love with etouffee. It has two things familiar to me: rice and crawfish.

Even though crawfish is an extremely popular food in China, I've never seen a "crawfish over rice" dish that tastes exactly like the Cajun and Creole delicacy. It is already a niche dish in the US, so it's safe to assume it is even rarer in China.

Snow crab legs

Snow crabs are primarily found in Atlantic Ocean and northern Pacific Ocean, so if a Chinese restaurant wants to serve them, they have to import from abroad, driving up the price. The crabs also lose some freshness on their way there.

They're nowhere near as common as in the US,  where you can find snow-crab legs at grocery stores as well as buffets and seafood restaurants. All you need is to squeeze some lemon on a tray of crab legs and you have yourself a feast.

Macaroons

You don't really find macaroons at Chinese supermarkets, even at Walmart or Carrefour, a popular French grocery chain. Macaroons and cheesecakes are usually reserved for gourmet dessert places or the occasional coffee shop.

But in the US, I frequently buy macaroons from grocery stores like Trader Joe's or Costco, often made in France. I'll usually have them with a cup of black tea or iced coffee as my afternoon dessert on the weekends.

Burritos

Although not originally from the US, burritos have taken on a life of their own in America. Practically every Mexican restaurant serves them, and even school cafeterias have burritos. For me, burritos from Chipotle are good enough. I miss my go-to steak burrito with rice, corn, and sour cream.

KFCs in China have the famous "Dragon Twister" with fried chicken, cucumber, and lettuce, as well as its "Mexican" chicken burrito with fried chicken and mayo. Trust me, they're not bad at all. But it is not the real thing.  

Chips and salsa

Corn chips and salsa are my favorite snack food in America. It's a snack I can enjoy when I'm at parties or just hanging out at home watching Netflix. Common Chinese TV snacks are pretty different from salsa (think beef jerky, squid jerky, spicy dried tofu, and the like). To find salsa in China, you'd have to go to a high-end supermarket that sells imported goods.

• Chick-fil-A was named America's most beloved fast-food chain in the American Customer Satisfaction Index's annual survey.
• This is the fourth year in a row that Chick-fil-A has earned the No. 1 spot when it comes to customer service.
• Chick-fil-A's fans rave about the chain's customer service, polite employees, and cleanliness. 
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Chick-fil-A has once again claimed the crown as the chain with the best customer satisfaction score in the fast-food industry. 

On Tuesday, Chick-fil-A claimed the No. 1 spot on American Customer Satisfaction Index's annual restaurant report for the fourth year in a row. Chick-fil-A earned 86 out of a possible 100 points, beating chains such as Panera Bread and Chipotle.

Chick-fil-A's fans rave about the chain's customer service, polite employees, and cleanliness, with Kalinowski Equity Research founder Mark Kalinowski saying that Chick-fil-A's unfailing hospitality is a huge part of the chain's success.

"Little things like being told 'please' and 'thank you' — it feels like you're appreciated as a customer and a human being at Chick-fil-A," Kalinowski told Business Insider. "And especially in today's very complex world, it's just very nice to be able to go to a place where you feel appreciated."

Customer satisfaction translates to fast-food dominance

Chick-fil-A is dominating the fast-food industry. The chain is now the third-largest in the US by sales, with $10.46 billion in American systemwide sales, according to Nation's Restaurant News analysis. 

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The chain's unique business model allows Chick-fil-A to tightly control its high standards in locations. The company accepts just 0.4% of people who apply to open Chick-fil-A locations, one of the most selective chains in the industry. Operators are typically restricted to only opening a single location, a rarity in fast food where many franchisees have dozens of locations. 

"Chick-fil-A has a dedicated group of owner/operators that passed a very extensive interview process and training regimen to become franchisees," said John Hamburger, the president of Franchise Times.

"Because they only operate one store ... they are in the stores tending to guests," Hamburger continued. "They also have an ownership mentality, much more than the general managers of the large multi-unit franchisees."

Chick-fil-A has developed specific standards to guarantee that locations across the US maintain the same level of quality and customer service. Quirks such as workers saying "my pleasure" instead of "you're welcome," placing flowers on tables, and offering free food are all part of Chick-fil-A's game plan to keep its No. 1 spot when it comes to customer service. 

"We have this really ... generous approach to our guests and we want them to feel restored and cared for — not necessarily that it's like home for them, but it feels warm and inviting and that they want to come back and they want to spend time there," Khalilah Cooper, Chick-fil-A's director of service and hospitality, told Business Insider in May.

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• Goldman Sachs has a new CEO and the storied investment bank is in the midst of a transformation.
• The Wall Street bank is moving away from high risk businesses like trading that were once lucrative but have since slowed, and towards more stable areas like consumer lending. 
• Business Insider reports regularly on the latest developments at Goldman. You can read our stories by subscribing to BI Prime.

Here's what we know about what's going on inside of Goldman right now, from its growing digital wealth business, to shakeups in its inner ranks. 

Consumer banking/wealth

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• Here's why Goldman Sachs just did its biggest deal in nearly 20 years as part of a pivot to less wealthy clients
• Goldman Sachs execs are opening up about their plans for Marcus, and they think it can do to banking what iTunes did to the music industry
• Goldman Sachs' partnership with Apple could move it a step closer to being 'a bank branch in your pocket'
• Human resources is the next battleground for Wall Street wealth advisers as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs jockey over new turf
• Goldman Sachs has a novel method for predicting the next economic slump, and it's at the heart of its hot new business

Technology

• Goldman Sachs' CEO just warned that the bank's big tech bets might not pay off as quickly as people hope
• Goldman Sachs is scrapping a homegrown email app it once touted — and it's a sign the bank is moving away from building tech in house
• Goldman Sachs is exploring plans to create a Netflix for data, and it marks a new frontier for Wall Street
• Goldman Sachs' internal idea factory hatched a plan for the Google of Wall Street, and it's now looking for the next big thing to disrupt the bank
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• Goldman Sachs just bought a one-person startup, and it's betting it could change the day-to-day lives of its bankers

Trading

• Goldman Sachs is cutting about 5% of sales and trading staff after senior equities leaders delivered a tough town-hall talk
• Goldman Sachs is moving away from a tool championed by its former CFO as it pushes its traders to see clients where they once saw quick wins
• Goldman Sachs is shuffling its top stock trading executives as the business tries to claw back market share from Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan
• Goldman Sachs's bond trading unit is still trying to find its way — and it represents a key challenge for new CEO David Solomon
• A small team of traders at Goldman Sachs made $100 million betting on natural gas — and it could be thanks to a 'bomb cyclone' driving prices to a record level
• Goldman Sachs is ditching near-term plans to open a bitcoin trading desk, instead focusing on a key business for driving Wall Street investment in crypto
• Goldman Sachs has created a new team to take on high-speed traders like Virtu and Citadel Securities at their own game

Alternatives

• Meet the Goldman Sachs execs tasked with building the firms' new Blackstone-esque private-investing unit — and pumping up the bank's flagging stock price
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• Goldman Sachs is considering a shakeup of its alternative investing units as part of a plan to simplify the bank's strategy

Deals

• Goldman Sachs just revealed it sold part of its Uber stake to SoftBank and it helped boost a $4.5 billion business
• A senior Goldman Sachs fintech banker was about to join JPMorgan — but then got lured back —and it's another sign of the fierce battle for M&A talent
• Goldman just promoted a star tech banker close to Tesla and Microsoft to co-head one of its most profitable businesses, as incoming CEO Solomon makes his mark
• Goldman Sachs just announced a shakeup of its leadership — and it signals the rise of bankers over traders
• A tug-of-war between Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan over a top banker highlights Wall Street's $1 trillion battleground

Careers 

• Goldman Sachs is making renewable energy a big priority based on its hiring strategy. It's a sign that its ideas incubator is working.
• The David Solomon era at Goldman Sachs kicked off with 43 words Lloyd Blankfein would never say
• Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon shares his best leadership advice
• Goldman Sachs is shaking up the way it stocks one of the most elite clubs on Wall Street — and it shows how banks are back to making money again
• Goldman Sachs' 1MDB problems are eating into employee morale, and insiders worry the firm will use its legal woes as an excuse to scrimp on bonuses
• Goldman Sachs is about to move dozens of jobs out of pricey New York to Utah as Wall Street turns to cheaper cities
• Goldman Sachs has named a new chief to lead diversity efforts
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• Everyone has bad workplace habits.
• Whether you realize it or not, they could be driving your coworkers nuts.
• You're best avoiding certain habits at work, like eating smelly food at your desk or talking politics.
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It's understandable that, in all the time we spend with coworkers and bosses, we might have let a bad habit or two slip.

Many of these office faux pas, however, may be avoided — you just need to know what it is that drives everyone around you nuts.

For the sake of your office companions, take a moment to remind yourself what behavior at work may be getting on someone's last nerve.

Here are 31 habits that might be annoying the heck out of your coworkers (or out of you).

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Showing up late to work

"Punctuality is critical," said Rosalinda Oropeza Randall, an etiquette and civility expert and author of "Don't Burp in the Boardroom."

"The professional thing to do is to arrive on time, ready to do what is expected. It's not like they just sprung this job on you," she said.

Rolling in 10 minutes late to every meeting

Similarly, arriving late to meetings shows that you neither respect your coworkers — who showed up on time, by the way — nor the meeting organizer, Vicky Oliver, author of "301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions," told Business Insider.

"Keeping people waiting can be construed as inconsiderate, rude, or arrogant," Randall said.

Calling in sick when you aren't

"Remember the adage that half of life is showing up," Oliver said.

You won't prove you deserve the promotion if you fake sick every few weeks.

Eating particularly smelly food at your desk

Eat lunch at your desk at your own peril.

Experts say you should never eat lunch at your desk because it's unhealthy.

But eating lunch at your desk doesn't just affect you — foods that are messy, crumby, smelly, or noisy can have a serious impact on your coworkers' happiness.

This is especially true for pungent foods, which can be hard to ignore.

Smelly foods like the following should stay out of the office:

• Reheated fish

• Hard boiled eggs

• Brussels sprouts

• Raw onions

• Garlic

• Tuna salad

• Stinky cheese

Being negative all the time

Repeatedly responding to suggestions with a pessimistic or contrary attitude can be construed as being uncooperative, Randall said. Phrases like "That won't work," "That sounds too hard," or, "I wouldn't know how to start," should be avoided.

Similarly, complaining too much puts you in a bad light.

"While there may be times when everyone feels the desire to complain about the boss, a coworker, or a task, voicing it will only make you look unprofessional," Randall said. "It's even worse if you complain every day, all day, from the moment you walk into work. Before long, people will go out of their way to avoid you."

"There's nothing as energy-draining as having to deal with a pessimistic coworker," Rosemary Haefner, the former chief human resources officer for CareerBuilder, told Business Insider. "Things do go wrong, but even when they do, focus your energy towards what you've learned from a bad situation."

She pointed to a recent CareerBuilder survey, which shows that a majority of employers — 62% — say they are less likely to promote employees who have a negative or pessimistic attitude.

Playing "20 Questions" on every new assignment

There may be no stupid questions, Oliver said, but there are certainly annoying questions. These are the kinds of questions that prove you really don't want to do the assignment or illustrate you only want to hear yourself talk.

"When you receive a new assignment, gather your questions, and pose them in an organized way," Oliver suggested. "Never just spout out question after question off the cuff."

Being a slob

"Whether you're at your desk or in the break room, being known as the office slob is never a compliment," said Randall.

When you clog the office kitchen sink and leave your garbage around, who exactly are you expecting to clean up after you?

"Leaving your mess behind shows lack of responsibility or consideration, arrogance, and immaturity," Randall said.

Similarly, your workspace can be a reflection of you, she said.

"If you're like me, who works well in a semi-messy environment, it can be inhibiting to be clutter-free. But with open cubicles or workspaces, the professional thing to do is to make some compromises," Randall said. "It would be disrespectful and inconsiderate to expect your coworkers to deal with your mess."

According to Haefner, employees who don't clean up after themselves can hurt their chances for a promotion in the eyes of 36% of employers.

Being distracted during meetings

"There is a reason why texting is illegal while driving: It's impossible to concentrate fully on two things simultaneously," Oliver said.

Texting, surfing the web on your laptop, instant messaging, emailing — doing any of these things during a meeting shows everyone else in the meeting, especially your boss, that you're not paying attention.

"They know that while your butt may be planted in the chair, your mind is roaming," Oliver said.

Interrupting your colleagues

"It's rude to interrupt. When you do, it shows others that you don't have any respect, judgment, or patience," Randall said.

While participation can earn you some brownie points, bad timing can wipe those points away.

Acting like you know everything

"Piggybacking with a comment either to outdo, correct, or worse, rephrase the comment and claim it as your original thought is a sure way to make your coworkers' eyes roll," Randall said.

Bragging to your coworkers

"When we're proud of an accomplishment or about something good that happens to us, it's natural to want to share the news with others," Randall said.

But sharing can easily become bragging, and she said there are a few key indicators that this is happening:

• If you go on and on, telling everyone and anyone who walks by.

• If you speak of it in a loud tone so that even the window washer can hear it through the thick glass.

• If you use a tone of superiority.

• If you feel the need to put down others and point out their failures.

• If you fail to say "thank you" when you are congratulated.

• If you start embellishing the story.

"When in doubt, try a little humility" Randall suggested.

Grooming yourself at your desk

In most fields, casual grooming in public is frowned on, Oliver said. If you need a touch up, she suggests heading to the bathroom.

Practicing poor hygiene and grooming

At the same time, you want to look like you take your job seriously when you walk into work, and your hygiene and appearance play a role in that.

"Poor hygiene and sloppy clothes scream, 'I don't care!' and are a surefire way to put off those around you," Randall said.

Your boss may wonder whether your attitude about how you present yourself extends to your work, she explains, and you may be passed over for a promotion, overlooked when it's time to meet with a client or represent the company at a conference, and not invited to social gatherings.

"Burping, passing gas, picking your teeth, adjusting your body parts, and rarely showering are not just unprofessional behaviors for the workplace, but they're pretty darn gross as well," Randall said.

Discussing your personal problems

Oliver said there are two issues that arise from openly discussing personal problems like your ongoing divorce at work: "First, you just don't look like you are actively employed when you spend hours a day dishing about your ex. Second, you're discussing a personal problem at the office when you're supposed to be a maestro at solving problems."

"The place for disclosing confidences is outside the office," Oliver said.

Talking about political or partisan issues

If they're divisive issues in politics, they're probably divisive at work, too.

You spend so much time at work that you may have built up a chummy relationship with your coworkers and bosses, which makes you feel entitled to express your opinions. 

But you're walking a fine line when you bring politics into the workplace.

Passionate discussions are to be expected in the workplace, but they should really be focused on work-related issues.

At the end of the day, you're there to do work, and political or partisan arguments can be distracting to both you and your coworkers.

What's more, as an employee expressing yourself at work, it turns out you have fewer protections than you'd think — and if your boss doesn't like what they hear, you could get fired for it.

"Before you pull up your soapbox, you should be aware that in most cases, free speech in the workplace is limited or non-existent when it comes to controversial movements or topics," Randall said.

Being too nosy

"There is a line between curiosity and nosiness, which you don't want to cross," Oliver said. Curiosity, she explained, is when you ask who the new hire is. Nosiness, on the other hand, is when you rifle through your boss's files to see how much the woman three cubicles down earns.

Unseemly bathroom chatter

Never strike up a conversation with someone who is using the bathroom. It's awkward.

"Cornering someone in the restroom to hold a conversation, especially when they are in their private stall, is awkward and intrusive," Randall said. "They have the right not to respond while conducting their business." If you must converse, at least wait until you're washing your hands.

Selling stuff to your coworkers

It seems like almost every office has one or two people who sell cookies for their kids. But Randall said that some companies prohibit soliciting at work because it takes up work time and places people in an awkward position. Breaking the rules could be grounds for firing.

Soliciting signatures, volunteers, or donations

"Before you go cubicle to cubicle enlightening your coworkers about your cause, read the company policies and procedures manual. Most companies discourage or forbid promoting personal causes, especially on company time because it's deemed disruptive," Randall said.

Getting drunk on the job

Some employers stock beer in the fridge and host weekly happy hours. Others do not.

But regardless of whether social drinking is part of your company's work culture or not, it's still not a good idea to drink at work so frequently and heavily that you become labeled the office drunk.

This rule of thumb also extends outside the office to company gatherings and happy hours.

Commenting on someone's appearance

Even if you see it as a compliment, your coworker may view your comments about their appearance as harassing or discriminatory.

It's best to stick to valid compliments pertaining to work rather than how you think someone looks.

Being too noisy

If you play music loudly while others are trying to work or have conversations the entire office can hear, then your coworkers likely consider you one of the most annoying distractions on earth.

Being noisy, especially in an open office, has a significant effect on your coworkers' focus and productivity, and the noise could hurt business if it carries into an important phone call.

"Try to show your coworkers that you respect them by keeping the music down, and hopefully they will return the favor," Oliver said.

Making personal calls all day long

Talking or texting with friends or family on company time is unprofessional and could be against company policy, Randall said. What's more, doing it during a break is fine, but these correspondences should be kept out of the workplace, even the lunch room.

"You never know when your boss may walk by for an impromptu chat," she said. "What will they see or hear?"

"If the topic of conversation is of a delicate nature, be sure to keep it private. One overheard juicy tidbit can spread like wildfire," Randall said.

Being overtly cliquey

"Maybe the new guy who smells like French onion soup is not your favorite person on staff," Oliver says. "That's no reason to flee him every time he asks you for help on an assignment." Nor should you be spreading gossip about him, Haefner said.

It's best to act friendly toward everyone, Oliver explained: "You will come across as more of a team player and show you have management aptitude."

And according to Haefner, nearly half of the employers CareerBuilder surveyed say they would think twice before moving an employee who participates in office gossip up the ranks.

"Take care that any criticism you make about someone's performance is deemed to be constructive, measured, and deserved," Oliver suggested. Not keeping the discourse civil could cost you your job.

Spreading your things all over the place

Don't be the one who edges into other people's personal space, Randall warned.

"You know the ones — they place their coffee mug just so, a comfortable reaching distance, making room for their notebook, elbows, and of course their cell phone and protein bar," she said. "As the person seated next to them, you're left with only enough room for a water bottle."

Swearing a lot at work

"Using foul words or questionable language is not only a bad habit, but in most places of business, it's still considered unprofessional and can even land you in Human Resources for a little chat," Randall said.

Swearing demonstrates to others that you aren't able to calmly and thoughtfully deal with a situation, and it could make you the last resort in an even more difficult or extreme dilemma, she says.

Haefner says that more than half of employers CareerBuilder surveyed consider vulgar language an indication that an employee is not ready for promotion. 

"Consider learning some new adjectives," Randall suggested.

Displaying nervous habits

Jingling your keys, tapping your pen, shaking your leg, constantly checking your phone, chewing gum, biting your fingernails, scratching your head — the list of nervous habits goes on, and you probably don't even realize you're doing it, but your office mates probably do, Randall said.

Not only can these habits be distracting to others, but they could also be perceived as boredom.

"Perception is a person's reality," Randall said.

Avoiding work social events

Whether you're shy or you feel like you have better things to do, never attending company-hosted events, declining coworker lunches, and calling in sick on team-building days gives the impression that you are antisocial, arrogant, and not a part of the team, Randall said.

"So, next time when you need a favor from your coworkers, don't be surprised if they go MIA," she warned.

Obnoxious email habits

From not including subject lines to sending "urgent" emails that aren't urgent, poor email form can really rub your coworkers the wrong way.

While mastering the art of good email etiquette doesn't mean sending out beautifully crafted prose each time — that would take forever — if you can avoid these bad habits, you'll be off to a great start.

Berating a subordinate in front of others

Don't misuse your power over your subordinates by screaming at them in front of everyone.

"In fact, no berating ever," Ross McCammon, author of "Works Well with Others," previously told Business Insider.

Judging your colleagues too harshly

If you're just starting out at a company, give everyone (and everything) a chance. Try to keep an open mind and maintain a positive attitude.

Otherwise, you might earn yourself a reputation of being judgmental and mean.

Plus, crystallizing your negative opinions about those you work with can dull your critical thinking in the long run.

"We need to recognize that we're not the only ones making judgments, nor are any of the judgments facts," Psychology Today contributor and psychology Ph.D. candidate Rubin Khoddam wrote. "Judgments are simply our way of seeing the world, which is just one perspective."

• June 25th would have been celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's 63rd birthday. It's been one year since Bourdain tragically took his own life.
• As the host of CNN's "Parts Unknown" and Travel Channel's "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations," Bourdain was known for his dark humor, memorable one-liners, and his lust for all things culinary.
• Here are some of his most thought-provoking quotes on travel, vegetarians, life, eggs, and "meat in tube form."
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On June 25, chefs and fans alike are celebrating "Bourdain Day" by commemorating the life of TV host, writer, and chef Anthony Bourdain on what would have been his 63rd birthday.

The event comes just over a year after Bourdain took his own life at the age of 61 while filming his TV show, "Parts Unknown," in France.

He was known for hosting the hit food travel show "No Reservations" on the Travel Channel, before moving on to "The Layover," then "Parts Unknown" on CNN. The Renaissance man also wrote more than a dozen books on travel and food, such as "Kitchen Confidential" and "Medium Raw."

In short, he accomplished a lot before he died, and his legions of fans are proof of it. To commemorate the chef, we took a look back at some of his wittiest and most inspiring words of wisdom, both on TV and in print. There were a lot to choose from.

Here are Bourdain's most thought-provoking quotes, in no particular order.

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"All my happiest moments seem to revolve around meat in tube form."

On season two, episode four, of his travelogue "Parts Unknown," Bourdain visited Copenhagen, Denmark. He went mainly for Danish chef René Redzepi's world-famous restaurant, Noma, and for some New Nordic cuisine. Bourdain said this quote while sampling Danish organic hot dogs.

"People who order their meat well-done perform a valuable service for those of us in the business who are cost-conscious: they pay for the privilege of eating our garbage."

In his early days as a literary personality, Bourdain wrote an article on the truth about New York restaurants, which appeared in an April 1999 issue of The New Yorker.

One of his secrets was that the culinary connoisseurs who prefer their steak well-done get a cut destined for the back-alley dumpster. Chefs have the choice of giving the least appetizing steaks to their floor staff, throwing them out, or giving them to taste-blind customers. If the chef is feeling generous, he tells his staff, "save for well-done."

"You can dress brunch up with all the focaccia, smoked salmon, and caviar in the world, but it’s still breakfast."

In the same article, which is filled with one-liners, Bourdain takes down the Brunch crowd. Back in 1999, Brunch wasn't nearly as popular as it is two decades on, but Bourdain could already smell the hollandaise — a sauce he called an overpriced "cliché."

"Even more despised than the Brunch People are the vegetarians. Serious cooks regard these members of the dining public—and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans—as enemies of everything that’s good and decent in the human spirit. To live life without veal or chicken stock, fish cheeks, sausages, cheese, or organ meats is treasonous."

Bourdain doesn't mince words when it comes to vegetarians. His philosophy was all about eating anything and everything, as long as it was good. As he notes in the article's intro, "Good food, good eating, is all about blood and organs, cruelty and decay."

"It's punishing. The sort of frenzied compression of time needed to take the tour, to see the sights, keeps you in a bubble that prevents you from having magic happen to you. Nothing unexpected or wonderful is likely to happen if you have an itinerary in Paris filled with the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower."

Bourdain was not a fan of speed-tourism, of trying to cram in as many sights and cities as a one-week vacation would allow. In an interview with Money, Bourdain said he liked to take his sight-seeing slowly, one city at a time.

"It’s those little human moments that are the ones that stick with you forever, the random acts of kindness."

In the same interview, Bourdain explained how he liked to go about choosing a dish in a new locale. During his first trip to Tokyo, for example, he found a tiny eatery full of locals, pointed to a bowl of noodles at the table next to his, and asked for it. Instead of planning his vacations, he experienced them.

"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese."

In his 2010 book "Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook," Bourdain described his love of cheese. It's not surprising that one of his TV shows, "The Layover," visited a Seattle cheese shop. Its owner, Laurel Miller, was touched by Bourdain's kind words about her city. He even took a photo with her.

"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food. It's a plus for everybody."

One of Bourdain's most important life lessons, after the importance of dairy products, was the importance of travel. He became a symbol and role model for any food-lover with the urge to see the world.

"I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do."

In an interview with Powell's in 2006, Bourdain commented that he looked slightly out of place on the streets of Tokyo, but he never felt that way. He also talked about eating cobra hearts, not ordering fish on Mondays, and that he never thought his first book, "Kitchen Confidential," would be a hit.

"Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it. Be amused by what you see and suspect. Just because someone you work with is a miserable, treacherous, self-serving, capricious, and corrupt asshole shouldn't prevent you from enjoying their company, working with them, or finding them entertaining."

Bourdain was undeniably cynical, but with lines like these, taken from his 2000 book "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly," he relished the cynicism. 

"Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride."

In another line from "Kitchen Confidential," Bourdain lays out his life philosophy in as few words as possible.

"If you're twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel — as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them — wherever you go."

In another quote from his book "Medium Raw," Bourdain implores every young person to open their minds and travel the world. 

"The way you make an omelet reveals your character."

In an interview with Playboy, as cited by NBC, Bourdain used the omelet as a metaphor for caring. "Learn how to cook a f------ omelet ... I mean, what nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast? You look good doing it, and it's a nice thing to do for somebody you just had sex with. I think it's good for the world. It's a good thing all around. It's easy ... the way you make an omelet reveals your character."

"When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out."

In season one, episode seven, the Peru episode of "Parts Unknown," Bourdain offered some words of wisdom when the TV crew's boats were too small for an overflowing river during the rainy season. Despite the specific circumstances, his advice may come in handy during any stressful situation.

"Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund."

In one of his more serious lines from "Medium Raw," Bourdain told his readers in words what he'd been showing them on TV for years.

"It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn. Maybe that's enlightenment enough — to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go."

In the Machu Picchu episode of "No Reservations," Bourdain spoke about his image as an all-knowing culture guru — and that he wasn't that way at all. He didn't always find the best noodle stand in Vietnam, or the best pasta restaurant in Italy. But his curiosity and willingness to try new things, and to understand others, is what made him much wiser than perhaps he ever knew.

• Many US brands have poor reputations, ranging from struggling retail companies like Sears to the Trump Organization.
• We teamed up with Reputation Institute to see what companies scored lowest in their respective industries.
• Reasons for poor rankings include innovation challenges, public distrust, and leadership issues.
• Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories.

Whether you're deciding which fast food joint to grab a burger from, which bank to open a savings account with, or which airline to use for your next family vacation...you typically have options. And when it comes time to make a decision, there's a good chance you'll take each brand's reputation into consideration.

That's right: just like people, all companies have a reputation. To find out which big brands are struggling with a weak reputation, we teamed up with Reputation Institute.

Read more: Here's what happened to all of the brands Sears used to own, from a car-insurance company to a hardware store

Reputation Institute evaluates companies across seven "dimensions": products and services, innovation, workplace, governance, citizenship, leadership, and performance. The categories serve as drivers of reputation, some more than others in certain industries. Reputation scores can fall anywhere between 0 and 100: 0-39 is considered poor, 40-59 is considered weak, 60-69 is considered average, 70-79 is considered strong, and 80 and above is considered excellent.

These 10 companies all performed poorly in Reputation Institute's 2019 US RepTrak 100 study, where Netflix, Whirlpool, and Hershey ranked as the top three; additionally, they all ranked lowest in their respective industries. The study considered more than 167,000 individual ratings and more than 680 nominated companies. 

A study conducted by Axios and Harris Poll also cited many of the same low-scoring companies, including Sears, the Trump Organization, and Philip Morris tobacco company. Business Insider's retail team has covered Sears' downfall, along with improvements other brands — such as McDonald's— are making in an attempt to boost their reputations.

Keep reading for a look at ten of Reputation Institute's lowest-scoring companies: 

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Fast food: McDonald's average score represents the public's concern with fast food companies in the food and beverage industry.

Reputation score: 60.1 (average)

"Although it is ahead of its main competitor Burger King in areas of products and especially innovation, McDonald's doesn't get the emotional capital that Burger King does," Reputation Institute told Business Insider in a report.

"At a time of environmental and social changes, the food and beverage industry is under a lot of pressure to innovate and deliver high quality, ethically sourced and health products," added Reputation Institute.

Reputation Institute acknowledged this expectation is hard to meet as a fast-food company; while McDonald's has added fresh beef burgers to its menu, progressive steps are "yet to translate into the perception of the general public."

Reputation Institute also noted that in 2019, the idea of fast food now includes companies such as Sweetgreen or BonMe, which offer much healthier options.

Automotive: Volkswagen is actually an average-scoring company overall, but ranked lowest in the automotive industry.

Reputation score: 63.7 (average)

Reputation Institute highlighted that innovation is Volkswagen's weakest area — a category that also happens to be "a top 3 key driver for the automotive industry." Reputation Institute also acknowledged that while the company is making advancements with electric cars, it still is miles behind competitors such as Tesla and Toyota.

Retail: In the retail industry, Sears continues to earn low scores after narrowly avoiding bankruptcy.

Reputation score: 58.6 (weak)

"The retail industry is going through a transformation between the battle of brick and mortar versus online, but reputationally they have been recovering and holding strong, with financial performance being one of its strongest areas," Reputation Institute told Business Insider. "Sears, on the other hand, is not following the trend and falls on the lower end of reputation."

Business Insider's Hayley Peterson previously covered Sears chair Eddie Lampert winning court approval to buy Sears out of bankruptcy, only to have its "store of the future" close just six months after its opening.

Energy: BP received a weak score due to environmental concerns.

Reputation score: 58.0 (weak)

"Corporate responsibility remains a challenge for BP and it is yet to regain the trust of the public and be perceived as an ethical and environmentally compliant company," Reputation Institute told Business Insider.

Business Insider's Richard Feloni previously reportedBP chairman Helge Lund pledged the company will become more transparent in response to pressure from shareholders.

Airline: Spirit Airlines ranked last as they fail to compete with other airlines' products and services.

Reputation score: 54.2 (weak)

Like Volkswagen, Spirit Airlines' lacks in its industry's biggest driver: for the airline industry, products and services remain the most pertinent category.

"While the rest of the airline companies in the US find their strengths in their products and innovation and struggle with perceptions of workplace and corporate responsibility, Spirit Airlines goes against the trend," Reputation Institute reported to Business Insider, "That being said across all seven dimensions their scores are weak, so there is an opportunity for improvement on all fronts."

Business Insider's Kim Renfro previously reported what it's like to fly on the budget airline, which is notorious for its uncomfortable arrangements, booking issues, and additional charges.

Finance: Goldman Sachs trails behind other finance and investment companies.

Reputation score: 52.8 (weak)

"Goldman Sachs is seen as being profitable (strongest score in this business area) while not ethical," Reputation Institute reported to Business Insider.

"Post the financial crisis, the industry has been recovering and stabilizing with an average reputation," added Reputation Institute. "Goldman Sachs has not been able to shake this off and its reputation is trailing behind the industry average by about 16 pts."

Media: Best known as a cable provider, media conglomerate Comcast is ranked poorly in its ever-changing industry.

Reputation score: 51.3 (weak)

Reputation Institute reported to Business Insider that, like Goldman Sachs, Comcast is seen as profitable. However, Reputation Institute noted, "Comcast's challenge is in innovation and workplace — with weak scores in areas such as 'first to market,' 'concern for well-being of employees' and 'excellent managers.' "

"In the age of Netflix, there is no time for falling behind in innovation in a transformative industry," added Reputation Institute.

Tobacco: Philip Morris — best known for Marlboro cigarettes — received a weak score.

Reputation score: 45.9 (weak)

"Not surprisingly, the tobacco industry has a reputational challenge and is judged for its perceived negative contribution to society," Reputation Institute told Business Insider. "On the other hand, it is an industry that is seen as focused on profits; this is even true for Philip Morris— its highest score is in financial performance."

Technology: In Silicon Valley, Facebook continues to struggle with its reputation.

Reputation score: 45.2 (weak)

Reputation Institute reported to Business Insider that Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant returned weak to poor score across all seven business areas of reputation.

"Mea culpa won't cut it for Facebook," Reputation Institute told Business Insider, "The company is turning into the ugly duckling of the industry and has failed to keep its promises over and over — actions need to speak for them. Other technology companies such as Apple are reacting to the privacy challenge with technological solutions."

Real Estate: Finally, the Trump Organization received the lowest score out of all 10 bottom-ranked companies.

Reputation score: 33.8 (poor)

"At the end of the reputation spectrum in 2019 is the Trump Organization with poor scores across all seven dimensions — especially when it comes to governance, citizenship, and workplace," Reputation Institute concluded.

• Not everyone who starts college finishes on time.
• We ranked the top schools on U.S. News & World Report's 2019 Best National Universities and Best National Liberal Arts Colleges lists by the share of students who did not complete their degrees within six years of starting college.
• Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Not everyone who starts college finishes on time.

We took the top 50 schools on U.S. News & World Report's 2019 Best National Universities and Best National Liberal Arts Colleges lists and found the share of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed a four-year degree within six years for each school using data from the US Department of Education.

The group of students used in this analysis started college during the 2011-2012 school year, six years before the 2017-2018 year, the most recent year for which data was available.

We ranked the top-rated schools by the share of that group that did not complete a degree at the school within six years. That share includes students who withdrew, transferred to other schools, or did not finish within six years for some other reason.

Here are the 20 highly rated colleges and universities with the lowest six-year graduation rates:

20. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 15.0% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 46th among national universities

Location: Champaign, Illinois

18. University of California – Irvine: 15.1% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 33rd among national universities

Location: Irvine, California

18. Pepperdine University: 15.1% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 46th among national universities

Location: Malibu, California

17. Connecticut College: 15.2% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 46th among national liberal arts colleges

Location: New London, Connecticut

16. University of California – San Diego: 15.5% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: 41st among national universities

Location: La Jolla, California

15. Occidental College: 15.6% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 39th among national liberal arts colleges

Location: Los Angeles, California

14. Gettysburg College: 16.4% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 49th among national liberal arts colleges

Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

13. New York University: 16.5% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 30th among national universities

Location: New York, New York

12. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: 16.6% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 49th among national universities

Location: Troy, New York

11. Bryn Mawr College: 16.6% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 27th among national liberal arts colleges

Location: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

10. Tulane University: 16.6% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 44th among national universities

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

9. Pitzer College: 16.9% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 41st among national liberal arts colleges

Location: Claremont, California

8. University of Texas at Austin: 17.2% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 49th among national universities

Location: Austin, Texas

7. Case Western Reserve University: 17.4% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 42nd among national universities

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

6. Centre College: 17.7% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 46th among national liberal arts colleges

Location: Danville, Kentucky

5. University of California – Santa Barbara: 18.5% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 30th among national universities

Location: Santa Barbara, California

4. Trinity College: 19.0% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 46th among national liberal arts colleges

Location: Hartford, Connecticut

3. Thomas Aquinas College: 20.7% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 43rd among national liberal arts colleges

Location: Santa Paula, California

2. United States Air Force Academy: 22.4% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 30th among national liberal arts colleges

Location: USAF Academy, Colorado

1. Sewanee-University of the South: 22.7% of students did not graduate within six years.

U.S. News & World Report rank: Tied for 49th among national liberal arts colleges

Location: Sewanee, Tennessee

• Business Insider's data team examined data to learn how much families across the US spend on childcare. 
• Families in New York spend the highest on childcare. They spent $12,064 in 2017. 
• Meanwhile, families in Mississippi spent $1,987 on childcare in 2018 — the lowest price in the country. 
• Visit Business Insider's home page for more stories.

Families across the US have to spend a lot of money on expenses, including mortgages, rent, food, and even childcare. 

Business Insider's data team examined the latest data from Child Care Aware of America to find how much families spend on childcare in each state. All data is for families who pay for center-based care for their school-aged children, typically before and after school, which lasts nine months.

Keep scrolling to learn how much families are spending in your state. 

In Alabama, families spent $5,516 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 14.1% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Alaska, families spent $6,934 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21.8%of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Arizona, families spent $5,162 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 24.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Arkansas, families spent $2,362 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 17.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In California, families spent $3,736 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 31.3% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Colorado, families spent $4,766 on childcare for before and after school care in 2017.

On average, married couples with two children spend 29.1% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Connecticut, families spent $3,276 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 23% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Delaware, families spent $3,617 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 19.8% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Florida, families spent $3,345 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21.1% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Georgia, families spent $2,942 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 19% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Hawaii, families spent $5,805 on childcare for before and after school care in 2016.

On average, married couples with two children spend 23.6% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Idaho, families spent $4,239 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 19.5% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Illinois, families spent $6,330 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 25% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Indiana, families spent $4,378 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 26.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Iowa, families spent $3,011 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Kansas, families spent $4,875 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 23.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Kentucky, families spent $5,524 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 16.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Louisiana, families spent $2,399 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 16.3% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Maine, families spent $4,687 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Maryland, families spent $4,437 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21.2% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Massachusetts, families spent $5,898 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 28.9% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Michigan, families spent $4,234 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 22.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Minnesota, families spent $9,457 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 27.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Mississippi, families spent $1,987 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 13.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Missouri, families spent $4,095 on childcare for before and after school care in 2017.

On average, married couples with two children spend 20.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Montana, families spent $6,099 on childcare for before and after school care in 2016.

On average, a single mother of one child spends 47% of her income on center-based childcare. 

In Nebraska, families spent $6,749 on childcare for before and after school care in 2016.

On average, married couples with two children spend 27.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Nevada, families spent $5,275 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 26.9% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In New Hampshire, families spent $3,588 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In New Jersey, families spent $5,676 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 19.6% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In New Mexico, families spent $4,004 on childcare for before and after school care in 2017.

On average, married couples with two children spend 22.5% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In New York, families spent $12,064 on childcare for before and after school care in 2017.

On average, married couples with two children spend 27.5% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In North Carolina, families spent $3,275 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21.6% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In North Dakota, families spent $8,875 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 17.8% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Ohio, families spent $4,168 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 19.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Oklahoma, families spent $4,160 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 20.1% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Oregon, families spent $4,032 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 28.4% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Pennsylvania, families spent $5,771 on childcare for before and after school care in 2017.

On average, married couples with two children spend 22.5% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Rhode Island, families spent $5,584 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 23.8% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In South Carolina, families spent $2,399 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 16.2% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In South Dakota, families spent $4,586 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 6.4% of their annual income on home-based childcare. 

In Tennessee, families spent $2,487 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 20.9% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Texas, families spent $3,342 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 19.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Utah, families spent $5,626 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Vermont, families spent $5,626 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 26.6% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Virginia, families spent $5,626 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 23.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Washington, families spent $4,599 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 27.1% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In West Virginia, families spent $4,997 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 21.7% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Wisconsin, families spent $3,720 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 24.6% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

In Wyoming, families spent $7,017 on childcare for before and after school care in 2018.

On average, married couples with two children spend 22.1% of their annual income on center-based childcare. 

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• The 25 richest families in the world, ranked
• Here's the income it takes for a family to be part of the 1% in every state

• There are a handful of jobs that pay a doctor's salary or more to people without college degrees.
• From self-taught IT managers to bodyguards, here are nine jobs where you can make $200,000 or more — no college education necessary.
• Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

It's no surprise that doctor's make a lot of money. Depending on the type of medicine they practice, doctors can make an average of $148,000 to $267,000 a year.

But just because you didn't go to medical school doesn't mean you have to give up your dreams of a salary that high. In fact, in some cases, you don't even need to go to college to earn a salary of $150,000 or higher.

We found nine jobs that, if everything goes right, can earn people a doctor's salary without requiring a college degree.

Read on to see nine potentially high-paying jobs you can do with only a high-school education.

SEE ALSO: Jay-Z has a net worth of $1 billion — see how the rapper-turned-mogul makes and spends his fortune

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Computer and IT manager

As it turns out, sitting at home on your laptop while your peers are out attending frat parties could seriously pay off.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' wage estimates for May 2018 revealed that computer and information-systems managers are earning an average of $152,860 — more than the average podiatrist, lawyer, and physicist. And according to HackerRank's 2018 Student Developer Report, nearly a third of all developers say they're entirely self-taught.

Read more: 15 ways to be more productive and manage your time better, according to career experts

Airline pilot

Not all aspiring pilots have to go to college, either.

While major airlines such as Delta, American, and United require bachelor's degrees, Horizon Air requires only a high-school diploma or equivalent, according to a current job posting. And in a new initiative, Alaska Airlines is looking to source half its new hires from Horizon Air, specifically. That $169,560 salary never looked so easy.

Air-traffic controller

Speaking of the aviation industry, the top 10% of air-traffic controllers are earning more than the average aviator — $178,650 — and the average dentist. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, applicants can apply with "three years of progressively responsible work experience" in lieu of a bachelor's degree.

Entrepreneurs

In some cases, a good business model is far more valuable than a bachelor's degree. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' earnings estimates don't account for self-employed workers, but PayScale's data shows that even though small-business owners make an average of $71,455, the top earners are making upward of $180,000.

Likewise, a 2017 SurveyMonkey study showed that the number of small-business owners with only a high-school education is actually higher than the number with college degrees.

Freelance writer

While there are plenty of freelancers who are barely surpassing starving-writer status, at the other end of the spectrum, there are folks like Holly Johnson, who makes more than $200,000 annually — and that doesn't even include the income from her blog, ClubThrifty.com, according to Forbes.

Johnson's not the only one. Another freelancer, Kayla Lee, said she also makes nearly that amount without any popular blog, bestselling book, or social-media following. Pipe dream, you say? Not necessarily.

Read more: How to save $1 million, according to the experts

Chief executives

One doesn't have to rise to the level of Mark Zuckerberg (who, by the way, is a Harvard dropout) to earn $200,000 as a chief executive. In fact, the national average is even slightly higher than that amount.

Gradually moving up in a company can eventually lead to a CEO position, and these days, companies from Google to Hilton have dropped "college degree" from their hiring requirements, CNBC reported last year.

Large commercial farmer

Farmers in the US are sometimes assumed to be penniless, when, in fact, the top 10% are actually making more than your average psychiatrist, according to CNN.

The bigger the farm, the more their income, of course, but don't think for a second that you need the world's biggest ranch to make more than your family physician. The US Department of Agriculture's forecasted income for a cotton farmer in 2019, for instance, is $245,300.

Read more: 9 mind-blowing facts about the US farming industry

Celebrity bodyguard

If you find that your fantasies of becoming a celebrity aren't working out for you, there's always bodyguarding to fall back on. No textbooks are required, only ample gym time and flexible hours.

Kent Moyer, the founder of the World Protection Group, told ABC News that celebrities pay between $250,000 and $1.5 million for personal protection. Vanity Fair reported in 2016 that one-off events can pay up to $1,000 per day while mobile bodyguards can make up to $800,000 a year.

Pro gamers

Who would ever have thought that playing video games would grant you a bigger paycheck than most doctors make?

One Bloomberg article from 2018 reported that the average salary for the North American League of Legends Championship Series' 50 starting players was a whopping $320,000. These days, 20-something gamers are treated like esteemed athletes.

• Medical and protective-service workers save lives every day.
• Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we found the average annual salaries for 19 life-saving jobs around the country.
• Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Firefighters, paramedics, and nurses save and protect people's lives every day.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program offers data on employment and wages across different occupations and industries.

We took a look at the average annual salaries, as reported by the BLS, for 19 medical and protective-service roles where saving lives is a part of the job.

Lifeguards tend to make a relatively low annual salary, while firefighters and police officers are well compensated on average. Surgeons are very highly paid.

Here are those occupations, ranked from lowest to highest average salary as of May 2018, the most recent period for which BLS data is available:

19. Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers earn an average of $24,420 a year.

There are 144,370 employed in the US.

18. Ambulance drivers and attendants (except EMTs) earn an average of $29,010 a year.

There are 15,380 employed in the US.

17. Crossing guards earn an average of $31,970 a year.

There are 79,880 employed in the US.

16. Security guards earn an average of $32,050 a year.

There are 1,114,380 employed in the US.

15. Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics earn an average of $37,760 a year.

There are 257,210 employed in the US.

14. Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental-health counselors earn an average of $47,920 a year.

There are 267,730 employed in the US.

13. Forest-fire inspectors and prevention specialists earn an average of $49,610 a year.

There are 2,130 employed in the US.

12. Firefighters earn an average of $53,240 a year.

There are 321,570 employed in the US.

11. Fire inspectors and investigators earn an average of $64,140 a year.

There are 12,530 employed in the US.

10. Police and sheriff's patrol officers earn an average of $65,400 a year.

There are 661,330 employed in the US.

9. Transit and railroad police earn an average of $74,450 a year.

There are 4,470 employed in the US.

8. Registered nurses earn an average of $75,510 a year.

There are 2,951,960 employed in the US.

7. Epidemiologists earn an average of $75,690 a year.

There are 7,060 employed in the US.

6. First-line supervisors of fire-fighting and prevention workers earn an average of $80,310 a year.

There are 65,920 employed in the US.

5. Emergency management directors earn an average of $82,570.

There are 9,550 employed in the US.

4. Detectives and criminal investigators earn an average of $85,020 a year.

There are 103,450 employed in the US.

3. First-line supervisors of police and detectives earn an average of $93,100 a year.

There are 116,660 employed in the US.

2. Air-traffic controllers earn an average of $120,830 a year.

There are 22,390 employed in the US.

1. Surgeons earn an average of $255,110 a year.

There are 34,390 employed in the US.

• What it means to eat and drink well depends on who you ask.
• However, it's clear that modern eating means an appreciation for sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity.
• We asked you to nominate the most innovative, trend-setting, impactful, and influential people in the ever-changing worlds of food and drink.
• The result is Business Insider's inaugural Food 100, a ranking of the 100 coolest people in food and drink.
• Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

What it means to eat and drink well depends on who you ask, but one thing is clear when it comes to modern eating habits — there's little space for stuffy, quiet restaurants with stiff white tablecloths, and plenty of appreciation for exploratory dining that also focuses on sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity. 

Inspired by the hugely successful Tech 100, Business Insider is launching its first ever Food 100 — a ranking of the 100 coolest people in the world of food and drink, with a particular focus on Europe and North America.

Read more:The 50 best restaurants in the world in 2019

Last year, we asked you to nominate the most innovative, trend-setting, impactful, and influential people in the ever-changing and always exciting worlds of food and drink.

Now, we've whittled your suggestions — along with plenty of our own — down to the 100 coolest people in 2019.

We define "cool" as having done something influential and interesting within the past year or so — whether that's launching an innovative product, solving an everyday problem, excelling in the kitchen, or simply exposing the world to a way of eating and drinking they've never before considered.

Scroll down to see the inaugural Business Insider Food 100, ranked in ascending order.

100. Jessie Ware — Host of podcast "Table Manners"

Jessie Ware may be primarily a singer, but she's increasingly making a name for herself as a podcast host. Ware started "Table Manners" with her chef mother Lennie in 2017. Inspired by the raucous dinners of their Jewish family, the podcast sees the mother and daughter duo joined round their kitchen table by celebrity guests such as Ed Sheeran, Yotam Ottolenghi, and Sam Smith for a home-cooked meal to discuss food, family, and more.

99. Tom Mercer — Founder of MOMA Foods

Former management consultant Tom Mercer was fed up with boring, unhealthy breakfasts, so he decided to make his own. Back in 2005, he started his brand as a food stall in London's stations and got up at 1.45 a.m. every morning to make and sell his bircher muesli and "oatie" shakes.

From there, MOMA (which stands for "Making Oats More Awesome") grew and grew. Its range of porridges, smoothies, and breakfast pots are now stocked in supermarkets, stations, online, and in coffee shops across the UK. Founder Mercer was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2010, but continues to lead his company to new heights and deliver healthy, convenient, and delicious breakfasts to the masses.

97 & 98. Will Beckett and Huw Gott — Cofounders of Hawksmoor

Will Becket and Huw Gott have been best friends since they were 11 years old. The pair didn't have the most auspicious start in the restaurant biz, but a late night bar, a Mexican restaurant, and a gastropub later, the duo launched steakhouse Hawksmoor, which now has nine outlets across the UK and is regarded as something of an institution.

The "dictionary-thick" steaks, which The Times' food critic Giles Coren called the "best you'll find anywhere," are coming to New York this year. Hawksmoor's flagship 180-cover restaurant will reside in the historic United Charities Building between Madison Square Park and Gramercy Park.

Hawksmoor is not just about great beef, though. Gott and Beckett's reputation as "progressive employers" has earned Hawksmoor a place on The Sunday Times' list of top 100 UK employers for eight years running.

95 & 96. Patricia Escárcega and Bill Addison — LA Times restaurant critics

Patricia Escárcega and Bill Addison were both hired as LA Times restaurant critics in December 2018.

Escárcega, the first Latina to assume the role in the paper's history, honed her food writing skills at The Arizona Republic and the Phoenix New Times, but she's also worked as a proofreader, poet-in-the-schools, amateur librarian, receptionist, warehouse worker, and "perennial service industry factotum," as she says.

Having grown up in southern California in a family of naranjeros (citrus pickers), food has always been a bit part of Escárcega's life, and her writing comes through the unique lens of class, race, and politics. She is also the great-great-niece of the founder of Mitla Cafe in San Bernadino, which is said to have provided the inspiration for Glen Bell to open Taco Bell.

Addison, meanwhile, previously spent five years as national critic for Eater— a job which saw him traveling around the US for about 40 weeks a year, eating 600 restaurant meals in three dozen cities, and reporting on the nation's best culinary gems.

Addison believes LA is the most exciting and energized place to eat in the US, and, despite eating out for around 15 meals a week, says he could never get bored of restaurant food. In 2017 he won a James Beard Foundation Award (the Oscars of the food world) for a story on the evolving culture of eating crab in Baltimore, his hometown.

94. Dr Megan Rossi RD APD — The "gut health doctor"

From bloating to bowel movements, gut health traditionally isn't a sexy topic. However, over the past few years, with the rise in popularity of fermented foods, the wellness industry has increasingly been championing the importance of looking after your gut, and one of the leading voices in that movement is Dr Megan Rossi.

She may have over 110,000 followers on Instagram, but unlike many influencers, Dr Rossi only shares science-backed facts. As well as breaking the taboo around talking about the gut, Dr Rossi shares helpful tips that are, as she says, easy to digest.

93. Francois Thibault — Cellarmaster at Grey Goose

Born into a wine-growing family in France's Cognac region, it seemed only natural that Thibault would train as a cellar master and go into the brandy business that the area is so famous for. He didn't, though. The Frenchman was approached by American billionaire Sidney Frank (the man behind Jägermaster) in 1997, who asked him to plug the gap in high-end vodka — so he developed the recipe for Grey Goose, which remains one of the world's best-selling vodkas.

Read more:The creator of Grey Goose vodka has revealed whether the perfect martini should be shaken or stirred

92. Luca Longobardi — Co-owner of 108 Garage & Southam Street

Luca Longobardi has had a crazy life. Eight years ago, he was working on Wall Street when he was wrongly accused of laundering money for the Italian mafia and was sent to a maximum-security Brazilian jail for 30 days. Now, he's the co-owner of critically-acclaimed London gastronomic restaurant 108 Garage and neighbouring three-story contemporary dining and drinking hang-out, Southam Street— both of which he founded with chef Chris Denney, who he found on classifieds site Gumtree. The pair are now scouting a location to launch another site in New York City, and their newly released book, titled "Not a Cookbook," tells the story of their lives running parallel to each other until they met to create 108 Garage.

Read more:An ex-Wall Street broker who was falsely accused of being 'the mafia's banker' is launching a private members' club powered by blockchain

91. Willem van Waesberghe — Heineken's Global Master Brewer

With degrees in Geochemistry and Brewing Technology and over 15 years working at Heineken, the beer behemoth's Global Craft and Brew Master Willem van Waesberghe certainly knows his beer.

Recently, van Waesberghe has unlocked a spectrum of new flavors and ultimately developed a new line of brews, the Wild Lager Series. Using his developments, Heineken launched the first of the Wild Lager Series, called H41, last year.

The limited edition beer got its name because the rare yeast was discovered at the coordinates 41 South and 71 West (in Chile). In short, Willem has dedicated his career to all things yeast and quality control at Heineken and last year used his expertise to develop an entirely new line of beers using the "mother yeast" to Heineken's classic, proprietary, ingredient.

90. Rhiannon Lambert — Registered nutritionist and author

Rhiannon Lambert has become one of the most recognizable faces in the world of UK nutrition.

A best-selling author and founder of leading private nutrition clinic Rhitrition, based on London's prestigious Harley Street, she has emerged as a leading voice in the fight against fad diet culture, regularly dispelling nutrition myths for her 140,000 Instagram followers and "Food for Thought" podcast listeners.

Formerly a classically trained soprano, Lambert is now a Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders and Obesity having obtained a diploma approved by The British Psychological Society (BPS) from The National Centre For Eating Disorders and diplomas in sports nutrition and pre and postnatal nutrition. Her first book, "Re-Nourish: A Simple Way To Eat Well," was a bestseller, and her new book, "Top Of Your Game," co-authored with number one snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan, came out in May 2019.

89. John Roulac — Founder and chief visionary officer of Nutiva

Roulac founded sustainable superfood company Nutiva in 1999 with an ambitious goal — "revolutionize the way the world eats." With a belief that plant-based organic foods have the power to nourish both the people and the planet, Roulac has been a vocal challenger of the industrial food system, and is a passionate advocate for organic farming, industrial hemp, and GMO labelling — in 2002, he successfully sued the US Drug Enforcement Administration in 2002 to keep hemp foods legal.

He's sold a combined million copies of his four books on composting and hemp, founded five nonprofit ecological groups, including GMO Inside, an organisation dedicated to educating Americans about genetically modified ingredients (GMOs). The nonprofit has convinced General Mills to remove GMOs from Cheerios, Hershey to remove them from chocolates, and Campbell Soup to declare them on its labels. Now, the organisation is tackling Starbucks' use of milk from cows fed GMO trains. Oh, and Nutiva donates 1% of its sales to small organic farming communities ($4 million to date).

88. Matteo Migliuolo — Cofounder of FlickUp and Yuko

With a background importing Italian wine, Migliuolo is the cofounder of FlickUp, a digital marketplace which rewards people for sharing gourmet food and drink recommendations, as well as YUKO, a version targeted to larger companies who want to create their own marketplace. With more than 1,000 products currently on the FlickUp service, users share a product link with a friend via the app or the likes of WhatsApp, SMS, or social media. If the friend then buys the product directly from the producer or reseller, the initial user receives a reward — or FlickUp currency — to spend on other products on the app.

87. Jack Monroe— Food writer, journalist, and activist

Food writer and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe started her blog "A Girl Called Jack" in February 2012, and it swiftly soared in popularity thanks to her budget-friendly recipes — Jack was very open about her life as a single mother, living on a food budget of £10 ($13) a week. It wasn't long before she was being covered in the national press, and Monroe (AKA the Bootstrap Cook) is now an active campaigner as well as recipe developer, despite having no formal food education.

Her new book "Tin Can Cook" brings together 75 recipes that are all made from tinned and dried ingredients.

85 & 86. David Nolan and Kevin Glynn — Founders of Butternut Box

Former Goldman Sachs investment bankers Kevin Glynn and David Nolan quit the company and raised £6 million ($7.7 million) to launch a homecooked dog food delivery service tailored to the dog's individual needs, backed by two of their former bosses.

The Butternut Box platform uses algorithms to "meet the individual needs of each pet" by asking owners to fill in a 90-second questionnaire about their dog, including details on weight, age, breed, activity level, and allergies etc. The team then works out how many calories a dog needs and tailors a selection of meals — preportioned into one pouch per day — according to the pet's needs.

The company's clients include celebrities like "Billions" star Damien Lewis and comedian Katherine Ryan.

Read more: How 2 Goldman Sachs investment bankers quit their jobs and raised £5 million to cook meals for dogs — including the pets of celebrities

84. Max Lowery — Creator of "The 2 Meal Day"

Intermittent fasting has become one of the top lifestyle trends in the past two years, and is a science-backed way to lose weight as well as optimize health and performance. This is what led personal trainer Max Lowery to develop his concept, The 2 Meal Day. The IF guides are designed to help people reset their bodies to burn fat and reap the many benefits from intermittent fasting like weight loss, stable energy levels, and reducing overall hunger. Lowery now runs hiking retreats in the French Pyrenees and is soon launching a one-on-one online coaching platform called Flow365, which will feature workout videos and programs, recipes, advice from world renowned experts in the fields of sleep, nutrition, strength and conditioning, and mindfulness.

Read more: A personal trainer reveals the 'most effective method of intermittent fasting' — here's how to get started

83. Vallery Lomas — Winner of "The Great American Baking Show" 2017

Vallery Lomas bet everything on herself when she competed in "The Great American Baking Show" in 2017. It paid off — almost. Lomas won the show, beating out nine highly-skilled bakers for the top spot, then had it all pulled out from beneath her by something she had no control over. After just one episode had aired, ABC pulled the entire series following sexual misconduct allegations against judge Johnny Iuzzini. No one got to see Lomas take victory.

Now, as per Grub Street, Lomas is working to earn the reputation she should already have. She presented at The 2018 James Beard Awards, is a board member for The International Association of Culinary Professionals, and her inaugural baking book is slated for 2021. As she recently told Buzzfeed: "When life gives you lemons, make lemon curd."

82. Andrew Steele — Olympian and head of product at DNAFit

Olympic medalist Andrew Steele knows that our current knowledge about genetics isn't enough to give complete predictions about health. Nevertheless, the company where he is Head of Product, DNAFit, is one of a number of organizations drawing on genetic data to give customers advice about their diet and exercise regimen. It uses a customer's DNA sample to create a personalized profile which provides diet and training advice that it believes best suits them, according to some limited genetic studies. Steele says it's about "learning more about you so you can better reach your goal" — and it seems he's onto something. Former England international footballer Rio Ferdinand announced a "significant" investment in the company last year.

Read more:A company used a sample of my DNA to tell me how I should eat and work out — here's the verdict

81. Matthew Jozwiak — Founder and executive director of Rethink Food

Former Eleven Madison Park Chef de Partie Matt Jozwiak started Rethink Food in 2016, and has spent almost half his life working in the food industry. The company is a nonprofit start-up based in New York which repurposes food waste to distribute as free (or low-cost) meals to those in need.

It was Jozwiak's background in the world of fine-dining that showed him just how wasteful the industry can be, and he wanted to do something about it. He and his team now collect unused, high-quality food from restaurants around NYC, providing businesses with an in-kind tax credit for their donations, and processing that extra food into healthy meals that are distributed to food banks around the city.

80. Leyla Moushabeck — Editor of "The Immigrant Cookbook"

As editor of "The Immigrant Cookbook: Recipes that Make the World Great," Moushabeck compiled recipes from 75 immigrant chefs. Intended as "a culinary celebration of the many ethnic groups that contribute to a vibrant food culture," the book was published in 2018, a time when life as an immigrant in the US certainly wasn't easy.

"The Immigrant Cookbook" has been praised by an array of top chefs, including the late Anthony Bourdain, who described it as "a powerful, important, and delicious cookbook which everyone should own." Moushabeck, the daughter of Palestinian and British immigrants, is a long-time cookbook editor at an independent publishing house in New York and lives with her Colombian husband and their son in Brooklyn, New York.

79. Andy Levitt — CEO and founder of Purple Carrot

After being diagnosed with Crohn's disease in 2012, Andy Levitt discovered that plant-based eating not only made him feel better, but also altered the course of his disease. He left his career in pharmaceutical marketing and launched meal kit company Purple Carrot in 2014 out of his garage — the first 100% plant-based meal kit in the US.

Now, the company has investment from Fresh Del Monte, 50 employees, and ships to 48 states, with distribution centres in Las Vegas, Ohio, and New Jersey. It even partnered with Tom Brady in 2017. Purple Carrot shipped more than five million plant-based meals in 2018 alone — and it recently launched 100% recyclable packaging to minimise its environmental footprint.

76, 77 & 78. Thibault Patte, Aymeric Dutheil, and Vincent Béjot — Cofounders of 30&40 Calvados

For too long, Calvados has been the rural, country cousin of Cognac.

Now, Dutheil, Bejot, and Patte are putting it back on the map. The trio of friends have launched a range of the brandies from northern France that offer "a modern expression of centuries-old traditions of distillation and ageing."

30&40 is already available in some of Europe's top bars, including Bisou in Paris and The American Bar at The Savoy in London.

Read more:Calvados is making a comeback — here's everything you need to know about the apple brandy

75. Irving Fain — CEO and cofounder of Bowery Farming

As cofounder and CEO of modern, indoor farming company Bowery, Fain has helped to revolutionise agriculture through a belief that technology can solve the world's most difficult problems. With over 70% of our global water supply going to agriculture — and 700 million pounds of pesticides used each year in the US alone — Fain wanted to create a way to feed the growing population in a more efficient and sustainable way.

Bowery's indoor farms provide produce for urban environments year-round, using zero pesticides and 95% less water than traditional agriculture. The company's technology system, BowerOS, monitors the plants 24/7 and adjusts environmental conditions to make them thrive. The company plans to launch "the most technologically-sophisticated commercial indoor farm in the world" in summer 2019, growing 30 times more produce than its current operation.

Read more: A Google-backed vertical farm startup just raised another $90 million to build in cities across the US

74. Sam Shearman — Founder of Inventive Productions

Shearman opened London's first prison-themed cocktail bar, Alcotraz, in 2017. Complete with metal cells and a "visitation area," guests have to don orange jumpsuits and smuggle in their own booze, keeping it hidden from the Warden as other inmates work to make and sneak them personalised cocktails from behind the bar.

Following its success, as part of his company Inventive Productions, Shearan has since launched the world's first pirate ship cocktail bar, Pirates of the Hidden Spirit, as well as Moonshine Saloon, a Western-themed cocktail experience. Each of his venues focus around never-been-done narratives to make nightlife a little bit more fun by allowing guests to get lost in a story.

Read more:We went to London's prison-themed cocktail bar where you have to smuggle in your own liquor

73. Grant Ashton — CEO and founder of 67 Pall Mall

Grant Ashton is CEO and founder of 67 Pall Mall, which claims to be the world's first private members' club for wine lovers. Previously a city trader for 30 years, Ashton opened the club after he managed to collect too much wine. He raised £8 million ($10.2 million) from 87 investors to finance the project, which is aimed at making some of the world's rarest wines more affordable. Now, the club has the most wines by the glass in the world, 26,000 bottles in a Fort Knox-style cellar, and 2,750 members.

Read more:How a City trader raised £8 million to open the world's first private members' wine club with 26,000 bottles in a Fort Knox-style cellar

72. Tom Gosnell — Founder of Gosnells Mead

Mead isn't just the reserve of the castle gift shop. Tom Gosnell is on a mission to show you that mead is far more than a novelty drink you might try as an ode to "Game of Thrones." When made well, mead is a light and refreshing beverage that can go toe to toe with some of the best sparkling wines. From his brewery in south London, Gosnell is making delicious Gosnells of London mead with just two ingredients: honey and water.

"For me, it kind of reminds me of summer," he told Business Insider. "You can taste the flora, you can taste the citrus, it's crisp, it's fresh, it's light, it's not heavy, it's not sweet, it's not strong."

70 & 71. Chris and Jeff Galvin — The world's only Michelin-starred brothers

Chris and Jeff Galvin are incredibly laid-back considering they're the only brothers in the world both to hold Michelin stars. They were both awarded their first stars in 1999, Chris for his work at Orrery and Jeff for his stint at L'Escargot. Now, two of their restaurants — Galvin at Windows and Galvin La Chapelle— hold stars.

As La Chapelle and London's Galvin HOP celebrate their 10th anniversaries, the brothers are keen to stay true to their humble backgrounds by breaking the mould that suggests Michelin-starred meals should always come with a super-steep price tag.

Read more: The world's only Michelin-starred brothers tell us why not showing up to a reservation is the worst thing a diner can do

69. Melanie Goldsmith — Cofounder of Smith and Sinclair

The idea for Smith and Sinclair came about when Goldsmith, who confesses to having a sweet tooth, and now business partner Emile decided to host board game dating nights in east London back in the days before Tinder, and realized that people couldn't play while holding a drink at the same time.

Goldsmith, who was working in PR at the time, said: "Emile is a chef and had always experimented with jelly, so we cooked up the 'edible cocktail gummy' — much like a Haribo — to serve at out dating events." The gummies are also lower ABV, and make it "easier to monitor consumption in a clearer way," according to Goldsmith.

After setting up a store in London's Berwick Street Market and selling £1,000 ($1,273) worth of product in their first week, the duo have since gone on to launch an ecommerce site and into Harvey Nichols, John Lewis, and a number of other retailers. They've also launched three other products — an edible alcoholic fragrance, a tablet to enhance the colour and taste of a drink, and a sherbet dipper.

Goldsmith plans to launch two new products a year, with a goal of becoming recognized in the US and "continuing to forge the space between retail and food & beverage."

"Alcohol is a prominent part of society, yet it hasn't had a huge innovation other than 'alcopops,'" she said. "Younger audiences want playful gifts, they want innovative flavours, surprise, and delight."

68. Action Bronson — Rapper and TV personality

Action Bronson might have seemed a surprising choice to host his own food documentary series, but by God does it work. "F---, That's Delicious," which airs on Viceland, follows Bronson and his posse as they travel the world eating incredible food and eulogizing over it in his unique way.

Bronson recently announced that he was parting ways with Vice after six years, but it's unlikely the last we'll see of him in the food space. His second cookbook in the "F---, That's Delicious" series, "Stoned Beyond Belief," came out in March this year.

67. Dr Rob McInerney — Founder of IntelligentX

With a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Oxford, Dr Rob McInerney decided to take his knowledge from the forefront of AI to the food and beverage market — and specifically, to booze.

Dr McInerney is the founder and CEO of IntelligentX, a company which creates high-tech consumer products, founded in 2015. Their first creation? The world's first AI beer.

Naturally, it's a craft beer, and is made through a complex algorithm which optimizes beer recipes using customer feedback. The idea is that the algorithm learns a drinker's tastes, and then alters the beer to suit them. All the consumer has to do is follow a URL printed on the side of the bottle which takes you to a quick survey of questions such as: "Would you like the beer to have more, the same or less hop aroma?"

66. Jake Dell — Owner of Katz's Deli

Jake Dell may not be a Katz, but he's been in the 131-year-old deli — the oldest Jewish deli in New York — as long as he can remember. He told Delish: "There are a lot of staff members from the store who've been with us 20, 30, 40 years, who definitely remember me in diapers."

The third generation owner, Dell took over the operations in 2009. Since, he has brought iconic New York institution Katz's— made famous by that scene in "When Harry Met Sally" — into 2019 by modernizing its systems and processes, opening a second location, and launching nationwide shipping and a monthly straight-to-your-door subscription service all while staying true to the family-run roots of the business (and the pastrami on rye).

In May he told Business Insider: "We do not believe in changing pretty much anything... You come here because you want that nostalgia, and that tradition, and that food that you know and love."

Read more:How Katz's became the most legendary deli in NYC

65. Samantha Wasser — Founder of By. Chloe

Wasser has built her career on the establishing of fast-casual dining outlets, but what's distinguished her work from others is its distinctive branding. In 2015, Wasser founded By. Chloe, an all-vegan fast comfort food restaurant which, after having taken the US by storm, is now making waves across the pond — the new London branches regularly have hungry vegans and non-vegans alike desperate to get their hands on the legendary plant-based mac and cheese queuing down the street. Last year, Wasser opened DEZ, a healthy Middle Eastern fast-casual concept in NYC's Nolita.

Read more: Popular vegan-food chain By Chloe is taking a bite out of the $1 billion CBD business

64. Gary Robinson — Executive Chef at The Balmoral and former Head Chef to The Prince of Wales

Gary Robinson has seen it all — not only was he head chef to Prince Charles for eight years (and the youngest head chef to a senior British Royal of all time), but he's been executive chef at the British Embassy in Washington DC, Director of Restaurants at Condé Nast, and Executive Chef at London private members' club The Conduit. A month ago, he took on the post of Executive Chef at iconic hotel The Balmoral in Edinburgh.

By focusing on local, seasonal, ethically-sourced, and renewable ingredients farmed with environmentally responsible agriculture practices, Robinson is focused on "giving artisanal suppliers a voice and a platform" — something he learned from his time with Prince Charles.

"We grew a lot of our own vegetables, we shot a lot of our own game, caught a lot of our fish fish, foraged a lot of our own mushrooms… I'm very proud of my time with him," he told Business Insider last year.

"He taught me how to work the land and make the best of the environment and not screw with the climate. If I can do my little bit here through the food we're doing and the attitude we're putting into that and 'join the crusade,' if you like, then I think we will make the difference."

His new role is certainly fitting with this idea. Talking about local Scottish suppliers, he told Business Insider: "It's a massive part of my next six months, getting the small people represented, working with people who don't have the ability to get into the bigger cities. We can help do that."

63. Prince Charles — Prince of Wales and founder of Duchy Originals (now Duchy Organic)

It all started with an oaten biscuit.

25 years ago, Prince Charles set up an organic food brand to sell the produce grown on the Prince of Wales Highgrove House estate.

Today, it is the second largest organic brand in the UK with over 300 products on the shelves in Waitrose, which is the brand's supermarket partner. Sales of Waitrose Duchy Organic products provide a donation to The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation, which supports causes across the UK in education, community support, conservation, and more.

Read more:Prince Charles is 70 — here's the best photo from every year of his royal career

62. Deepak Sekar — Founder and CEO of Chowbotics

Dr. Deepak Sekar is founder and CEO of Chowbotics, the food robotics company behind "Sally the Salad Robot." A technology grad who previously held positions at SanDisk, Monolithic 3D Inc., and Rambus, Sekar set out to build a robot that could eliminate tasks like stirring and chopping to make food prep more convenient and fun.

Sally the Salad Robot can create custom, calorie-counted salads with up to 22 ingredients in about a minute, making the concept a 2018 finalist in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards.

60 & 61. Lisa Helfman & Dr. Shreela Sharma — Cofounders of Brighter Bites

Non-profit Brighter Bites aims to fight childhood obesity in low-income communities by providing free produce, recipes, and bilingual nutrition education.

Since its inception in Texas in 2012, the organisation has provided over 18 million pounds of free produce — donated or reclaimed from food growers, distributors, and food banks — to more than 265,000 people across 125 sites in Houston, Dallas, Austin, New York City, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and Southwest Florida.

Using schools as pick-up spots, the founders claim Brighter Bites is the only evidence-based program that both reduces food waste and addresses the public health issue of childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy food and nutrition education among underserved children and their families.

58 & 59. Micah McFarlane and Jacqui Thompson — Founders of Revel Spirits

What do you do when everyone is using agave to make tequila? Make something else entirely, of course.

That's what Micah McFarlane and Jacqui Thompson did back in 2012, when they decided to start making agave-based spirits in the Mexican state of Morelos — meaning it couldn't be called tequila. The called it Avila, and it's made using a blend of the processes used to make its sister spirits tequila and mezcal. Revel Avila is currently available in three expressions: blanco, reposado, and añejo.

"Many consumers and even some industry professionals aren't aware there is a whole world of agave spirits outside of Tequila, each with its own distinct qualities and characteristics," McFarlane told The Spirits Business last year.

Read more:This is the real difference between tequila and mezcal

They were recently crowned "Tequila Reposado of the Year" at the 2018 New York International Spirits Competition and won silver and gold in the 2018 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

56 & 57. Daniel Sutton & Hana Sutton — Founders of Sutton and Sons, London's first vegan "chippy"

Sutton and Sons is a family-run mini-chain of three traditional British chippies based in north and east London. One of their restaurants, however, is somewhat less traditional, in that it is entirely vegan. While vegan restaurants serving plant-based versions of the classic British dish isn't unique, Sutton and Sons was the first fully vegan chippy in London.

Their "fish" is made from banana blossom that's been marinated in seaweed and samphire and then deep-fried in their own batter. What's more, the menu at their exclusively vegan branch in Hackney also includes "prawn" cocktail, "scampi," "tofish," "chicken," and "fish" burgers, battered vegan sausages, and vegan pie and mash, proving that the plant-based amongst us needn't miss out.

Read more:We got a vegan and meat-eater to try London's first vegan 'fish and chips' — here's what they thought

55. Amanda Thomson — Founder of Thomson & Scott

What do you do if you value your health, but also love a glass of bubbles from time to time? Enter, Thomson & Scott. The company's first wine was originally named Skinny Prosecco, and, as the name would suggest, is a lower-sugar and thus lower-calorie version of everyone's favorite Italian bubbly.

Amanda Thomson founded the company in 2013 and started trading properly as a business in 2015, and the range has now expanded to include Champagne and Sparkling Rosé too, although "Skinny" has been dropped from the names.

Regardless, the Champagne contains up to 0.1g of sugar per litre, the Sparkler Rosé is 3g, and the Prosecco is 7g, compared to around 12-15g in standard Prosecco (Champagne generally ranges from 12-32g depending on the dosage).

Oh, and if you're worried this might mean a lower alcohol quotient, fear not: Thomson & Scott Prosecco is 11% ABV and its Champagne is 12%. All the products are vegan, too.

Unlike some "skinny" alcohol brands, Thomson & Scott has been embraced by the fashion set for its elegance and tastiness, and is now available around the world. This year, the brand launched its first alcohol-free sparkling wine, Noughty.

52, 53 & 54. Ariel Booker, Perry Alexander Fielding, & Josh White — Founders of CanOWater

Inspired by the devastating amounts of plastic and rubbish that had washed up on a beach during a trip to Thailand in 2015, friends Ariel Booker, Perry Alexander Fielding, and Josh White created CanOWater, sleek-looking tall aluminum (the most recyclable material on the planet) cans of Austrian water with resealable lids. The cans, which cost 99p ($1.25), are now stocked in over 5,000 UK locations (in chains like Tesco, Harrods, Whole Foods, and even on Amazon). The brand is also the official on-the-go water for Buckingham Palace and is stocked in the House of Commons.

The company, which cites triple-digit year-on-year growth, claims to have taken over 5 million plastic bottles out of circulation, replacing them with the recyclable can. Environmental impact aside, CanOWater claims there are also fewer health hazards involved with drinking water from an aluminium can than from a plastic water bottle.

Read more:How three guys in their 20s launched a canned water brand supported by supermodel David Gandy

51. Marina O'Loughlin — The Sunday Times food critic

The faceless critic Marina O'Loughlin, who, staggeringly, has managed to keep her anonymity a secret for the past 13 years of restaurant reviewing, is one of the most renowned and respected writers in the industry.

Though a few restaurant insiders are, of course, aware of what O'Loughlin looks like — or at least have a few key descriptors — the majority are in the dark like the rest of us. As a result, one of the most influential critics in the world is treated just like any other hungry punter, and her reviews are fittingly brutal at times.

50. Clerkenwell Boy — Anonymous London food Instagrammer

One of the biggest names on the Instagram food scene in London is Clerkenwell Boy, and what makes his success even more admirable is that he's managed to remain anonymous. Yes, no one knows who the man with nearly 200,000 followers is.

Very little is known about the unidentifiable influencer aside from the fact that he has a full-time job in the City and is originally from Sydney — he moved to London from Australia after university to travel round Europe. His Instagram page was originally just a place to document his food and travel adventures but now, despite his secret identity, Clerkenwell Boy has emerged as one of the most reputable sources of food inspo in the British capital.

From bubbling chilli cheese toast to the creamiest cacio e pepe, Clerkenwell Boy's pictures are the ultimate in food porn, providing his salivating followers with neverending additions to their "to-eat" lists. Even more impressive is that the unidentifiable influencer says he takes all his photos on his phone. He also cofounded the award winning global initiative #CookForSyria in October 2016 and has raised close to £1 million ($1.3 million) for charity through supper clubs and two bestselling recipe books.

49. Jiro Ono — 93-year-old chef and owner of three-Michelin-starred Sukiyabashi Jiro

At 93 years old, Jiro Ono, subject of the hit documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi," is still the chef and owner of three-Michelin-starred Sukiyabashi Jiro, a tiny Japanese sushi restaurant below street level in Tokyo which seats just 10 people.

Learning and perfecting the art of sushi since age nine, Ono has served world leaders, including former US president Barack Obama in 2014 and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, as well as plenty of celebrities like Katy Perry.

Working alongside his eldest son, Yoshikazu Ono, Jiro is known for creating entirely modern methods for sushi preparation, such as massaging octopus for 45 minutes, maintaining rice at body temperature, or hand-toasting seaweed over charcoals.

According to an interview Anthony Bourdain did with Munchies in 2016, Ono "exercises every day so that he can stand erect so that he won't look pathetic" and is able to continue making his sushi, which is considered to be the best in the world.

"He looks at you and examines the shape of your mouth and your left hand and right hand as he forms his nigiri," Bourdain said.

In 2016, Bourdain even said he'd want his final meal on earth to be at Sukiyabashi Jiro, saying it "serves some of the finest quality sushi anywhere on the planet."

48. Jordan Salcito — CEO and Founder of Drink RAMONA, Inc.

Jordan Salcito walked away from the opportunity to open a restaurant because its policies would have been discriminatory to women, landed a role working for David Chang as the Beverage Director of Momofoku, then launched her own company.

Salcito started out as a hostess, then a prep cook in New York City, then moved on to work as sommelier and manager at Eleven Madison Park, working harvest in Burgundy every year.

She told Business Insider she was asked to open a restaurant with two male partners, but part of the contract involved a clause stating equity would only be granted with "active partnership" — which meant that if she got pregnant and went on maternity leave, she'd lose her partnership stake.

Instead of giving up, she launched a small wine company, Bellus Wines, landed her job at Momofuku, and while she was on maternity leave, launched her own line of canned, organic wine spritzers called RAMONA.

"I don't enjoy beer, I don't think it's delicious, [but] beer had a stronghold on market for a very long time," she told Business Insider, adding that meanwhile, with wine, "a long list isn't the way to connect to it."

"A fine glass of wine doesn't have to come in a crystal glass," she said.

Salcito has raised two rounds of capital, gained global distribution with Whole Foods, and gained fans like Kanye West. The message? Always follow your intuition.

47. Gabrielle Hamilton — American chef and author

Four-time James Beard award winner Gabrielle Hamilton is chef and owner of wildly-successful 30-seat New York City bistro Prune alongside her wife, Ashley Merriman.

When she opened Prune in 1999, she had no formal culinary training, and no experience either as a restaurant chef or of running a business.

Somehow, it still worked — after winning the James Beard Best Chef in New York City award in 2011 and 2012, she took home Outstanding Chef by the foundation last year.

Hamilton is also a talented writer and is the author of memoir "Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef," which Anthony Bourdain once described Hamilton's book as "simply the best memoir by a chef. Ever."

Perhaps more interesting, though, are the five rules Hamilton and Merriman swear by at Prune — and how they think they relate to the outside world. "Be thorough and excellent in everything that you do," they say, "be smart and funny," "be disarmingly honest," "work without division of any kind," and have a belief in "servant leadership," or the idea that "to serve is to lead."

"I think there's not a single problem in the building or in the world that can't be fixed with these five instruments," Hamilton told Quartz.

45 & 46. Sam Bompas & Harry Parr — Cofounders of Bompas & Parr

Describing exactly what it is that Bompas & Parr does is not easy. To really understand, you need to experience their work. The company started out in 2007 as creators of edible food art using jelly, and since then, it has evolved to combine culinary genius and cutting-edge technology in multi-sensory, often immersive events and installations.

"Architectural foodsmiths" and "real life Willy Wonkas" Sam Bompas and Harry Parr now employ a team of 20 who design never-before-seen creations such as an inhalable cloud of gin and tonic, an underground lagoon hosting rum-soaked parties, and a chocolate climbing wall.

44. Erik Lorincz — One of the world's best bartenders

There wasn't a single cocktail bar in Lorincz' home country of Slovakia when he decided he wanted to be a bartender at the age of 21.

Now, he's one of the most famous bartenders in the world, best known for his eight-year stint as Head Bartender at the American Bar at The Savoy in London, which was crowned World's Best Bar in 2017.

He told Business Insider that growing up, he went to film a cocktail competition in Prague with his camcorder then watched it on repeat, eventually returning to the city to go to bar school.

After helping the owner of the school launch Slovakia's first cocktail bar, he realized most information he found about cocktails online was in English, so he decided to learn the language — and what better way than by moving to England?

In London, he went to language school, eventually finding a job in a bar, then rising through the ranks to end up at The Savoy.

Throughout his career, he has been asked to create a cocktail for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, consulted on a Bond film, and has won countless awards.

Having left The Savoy last year, Lorincz is now the owner of a line of bar tools called BIRDY and just launched a debut bar of his own, Kwānt London, alongside Mourad Mazouz, owner of two Michelin-starred restaurant Sketch.

He believes modern bartending should be celebrated in the same way as chefs, by experimenting with the likes of fermentation, distillation, and long, slow cooking.

41, 42 & 43. Sunaina, Karam, and Jyotin Sethi — Founders of JKS Restaurants

The Sethi siblings are the founders of JKS Restaurants, the company behind many of the best restaurants in London today.

From Michelin-starred Gymkhana to Hoppers, named in the Michelin Bib Gourmand list, everything they touch turns to gold. Established in 2008, the JKS group encompasses restaurants created by the Sethis themselves, and those where the siblings partner with and invest in young and ambitious food talent.

The siblings all bring different skills to the table — while former banker Jyotin oversees the finances as managing director, sommelier Sunaina is very much front of house, overseeing operations and wine buying, and Karam is the culinary mastermind of the family who also scouts new talent.

Their ever-growing restaurant empire comprises both their own restaurants, and others in which they've invested — all have been lauded by the industry and the public. The millennial siblings show no signs of slowing down now.

40. Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo — Fiol Prosecco cofounder

Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo popped up in the media a couple of years ago when he married Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain in the grounds of his family estate in Italy. The Italian noble is PR director of events and entertainment at Italian fashion house Moncler, but it's his side-hustle that we're interested in.

Passi de Preposulo is the cofounder of fast-growing, premium prosecco brand Fiol.

The Italian is hoping to disrupt the prosecco market with his higher-end offering, and make it a recognizable brand in a market that's been saturated by innumerable low-cost options. It's going well so far — they've won gold at the Drinks Business' Prosecco Masters awards two years in a row.

Read more:Jessica Chastain's fashion executive husband has his own brand of fizz — and he wants to make it the Belvedere of the prosecco world

39. Sacha Lichine — Owner of Château d'Esclans, creator of Whispering Angel rosé

Whispering Angel is not only credited with spearheading rosé's recent revival, but the pale pink Provençal wine has also achieved cult-like status amongst millennials. Thought to be the biggest-selling rosé in the world, Whispering Angel produces in excess of seven million bottles a year — despite the brand only launching in 2007. It's also the best-selling imported French wine in the US, according to Nielsen.

The man behind the brand is Sacha Lichine, who was born in Bordeaux and has worked in every aspect of the wine industry. He acquired Chateau d'Esclans in Provence in 2006, having predicted the rosé boom. He's subsequently created a world class brand and has contributed to the unprecedented growth of the global rosé market more generally.

Read more: This is the world's most popular rosé

38. Brittany Stark — Inventor of the original Freakshake

Freakshakes may be a regular find on restaurant menus around the world now, but the extravagant milkshakes were first created by one young woman in New York in 2015, and that woman was Brittany Stark. Working as the social media manager for Black Tap Burger at the time, Stark was originally wiped from history after restaurant owner Joe Isidori took credit for the creation.

However, it's since been revealed that Stark was the true inventor of the freakshake. "What was meant to be an Instagram stunt turned into a food phenomenon and it brings me joy that these desserts brought people from all around the world together," Stark told Business Insider.

37. Clarence Friedman — Founder of Inspired Start

Inspired Start is the first baby food designed to introduce eight common food allergens (which account for 90% of serious allergic reactions in the US) to babies over the age of four months. It's made by Adeo Health Science, whose CEO is Friedman.

Prior to launching Inspired Start, Friedman worked as a biochemist at Pfizer, where his work focused on immunology pathways.

By gradually introducing babies to small doses of allergens, parents can help their children reduce the risk of developing lifelong food allergies.

 The products are now sold by over 200 major grocers across the US.

Read more: I'm using a new fruit puree for babies to safely introduce allergens to my five-month-old daughter — and she can't get enough of it

34, 35 & 36. Nils Leonard, David Foster & Richard Kieswick — Founders of Halo

Ad man Nils Leonard, the former creative chairman of agency Grey London, paired up with master coffee brewer David Foster and coffee entrepreneur Richard Kieswick in 2016 to found Halo, the world's first fully home compostable coffee capsule.

59 billion coffee capsules were produced globally in 2018, and 95% were made of plastic and aluminium destined for a landfill where they'll remain for 500 years. Halo, made from a 100% natural blend of sugar cane and pulp paper, is changing the game — it can be thrown in the home food bin or compost and will break down in four weeks or less. Its box, labels, and inserts are also all 100% compostable.

The company relaunched in November with £1.5 million ($1.9 million) in investment, and it hopes to push its big competitors in the industry — hint, hint, Nespresso — to follow suit.

33. Benjy Leibowitz — Founder of INHOUSE

Leibowitz became head maitre D' of the NoMad, Eleven Madison Park's sister restaurant, at just 23 years old. There he set up a reciprocity network for connecting top maître D's and best-in-kind restaurant regulars — and it was a great success.

The network grew until Leibowitz could no longer handle his workload at the NoMad and his project at the same time. So, he rolled the dice and turned his network into a high-end members' club called INHOUSE, which now counts Fortune 500 CEOs among its subscribers.

The idea is that INHOUSE members are treated like regulars at whichever restaurant in the network they choose to dine at — from knowing what wines they're into, to where they like to sit, to whether they have a sweet tooth.

After closing their last round of funding, the team is looking to expand into London and across the US, starting in San Francisco and Los Angeles, then Chicago, Miami, or Seattle.

Read more: A $1,550-a-year private members' club for restaurant regulars just raised $2 million to expand around the globe

32. Meghan Markle — Creator of "Together: Our Community Cookbook"

While perhaps not the most obvious choice on this list, The Duchess of Sussex made a statement when she chose to make her first solo project as a royal the launch of a charity cookbook.

Markle had the idea for "Together: Our Community Cookbook" after she met the women at the Hubb Community Kitchen, a group of women who came together after the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in west London to prepare fresh food for their families and neighbours.

The book features 50 recipes from the women at Hubb, as well as a foreword from Markle, and a portion of the proceeds from its sales go towards the community.

Speaking at the book launch last year, Markle said: "The power of food is more than just the meal itself. It is the story behind it. And when you get to know the story of the recipe, you get to know the person behind it."

31. Greg Lambrecht — Founder of Coravin

Greg Lambrecht may be an inventor of medical devices, but he also loves wine — so he used this background and his knowledge of physics, mechanical engineering, and nuclear power to create a device which allows bottles to be accessed and resealed without ever taking the cork out.

Coravin, which he founded in 2013, pushes a non-coring needle through the cork while it's still in the bottle without allowing oxygen to get in. When wine is poured, it's replaced with argon gas — meaning a bottle can still taste good up to 18 months later, which is a game-changer for bars and restaurants looking to expand their wine lists without throwing out half-empty bottles.

The latest edition, the Coravin Model Eleven, also includes an LED display which monitors battery life, pour size, and tells you when the system needs cleaning, Bluetooth connectivity to the Coravin app, which helps users discover new wines or track those they already own in a "virtual cellar," and an automatic pouring function, which allows users to pour the perfect amount with one motion.

29 & 30. Matt Cortland & David Duckworth — Cofounders of The Cauldron

In 2017, Business Insider reported that a Harry Potter-inspired pub with "magic" working wands and floating candles was coming to London. Initially launched as a pop-up, the concept has been so successful its founders, Matthew Cortland and David Duckworth, now have two permanent bars in New York City and London. The duo have a Kickstarter campaign to thank for The Cauldron pub in New York, The Blind Phoenix speakeasy in London, and their immersive potions experiences, which all use technology and the Internet of things to allow fans to brew molecular cocktails or pour drinks using working wands.

Read more:I visited New York City's new magical-themed pub with working wands. Here's what it was like.

27 & 28. Beanie Espey & Rebecca Jago — Joint managing directors of The Last Drop Distillers

Jago and Espey might have the coolest job in the world — they're rare spirit hunters. The pair took over The Last Drop Distillers from their fathers Tom and James who, between them, have created some of the world's most iconic liquor products. 

Their jobs are to source, bottle, and sell incredibly rare, high-quality product to high-profile clientele.

One week they might be cruising through the winding lanes of rural Cognac on the way to an indiscriminate barn filled to the rafters with casks and demijohns of aged brandy. The next they'll be scouring the Douro Valley for a port so old that time (almost) forgot about it.

Read more:Meet the rare liquor hunters who travel the world looking for priceless booze

The Last Drop's latest release is a Cognac from 1925, which had been hidden from the advancing Nazi forces in a false barn wall.

25 & 26. Dominik Richter & Thomas Griesel — HelloFresh cofounders

Recipe delivery services may be 10 a penny now, but back in 2011, no one had heard of the concept.

HelloFresh was a game-changer. It was started by Richter and Griesel, who shared the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy wholesome, home-made meals with no preparing, no shopping, and no hassle.

At the start, the duo spent their nights testing all the recipes themselves, and packaged and delivered the recipe boxes full of ingredients by hand. Now, HelloFresh delivers 65.6 million meals to over 2.48 million households in the US, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Australia, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand.

Read more: HelloFresh has launched special Mother's Day meal kits — I tried the boozy brunch box and was impressed by the quality of the food

24. Ben Hulme — International Head of Wine, Chocolate & Seasonal Buying at Lidl in Germany

Having joined Lidl straight out of university with a place on the retailer's buying graduate scheme, it wasn't long before Ben Hulme was Head of Beers, Wines, & Spirits in the UK, and he soon moved to Lidl's head office in Germany to take on the role as International Head of Wine & Spirits Buying, and then International Head of Wine, Chocolate, & Seasonal Buying.

While Hulme has been in charge of Lidl's alcohol selection, the budget supermarket has won reams of awards for its booze and its reputation in the market has been completely transformed. Most recently, for example, Lidl's Queen Margot Blend Scotch Whisky, which costs under $18, was named the best in the world at the World Whiskies Awards. 

Hulme recently confirmed to Business Insider that he will be leaving the company in the coming months, and we're excited to see what he does next.

Read more:A bottle of £6.99 Chianti from Lidl has been ranked among the best wines in the world

23. Patrick Brown — Founder & CEO of Impossible Foods

Patrick "Pat" O'Reilly Brown is the chief executive and founder of Impossible Foods, the company at the forefront of the plant-based "meat" movement. He founded the company in 2011, and in 2016 the now famous Impossible Burger launched in restaurants.

Unlike traditional vegetarian and vegan burgers, which are typically crumbly in texture and made mainly from pulses, the Impossible Burger is remarkably close to meat in taste and texture, and has since spawned a wave of similar products launching across the globe.

Designed to be good for both people and the planet, and to appeal to meat-eaters as well as veggies, the "meat" can also be eaten as meatballs or mince for the likes of tacos. The company claims that each time someone eats one of their burgers as opposed to a meat version, they save the equivalent of a 10-minute shower's worth of water and 18 driving miles of greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this year, Burger King rolled out Impossible Whoppers across the US.

Read more: This Silicon Valley startup behind the veggie burger that 'bleeds' just fixed its biggest problem

22. Abi Barnes — CEO and cofounder of Allergy Amulet

Suffering with life-threatening allergies from a young age led Barnes to develop the Allergy Amulet: a portable device which can tell you whether a food contains certain allergens. With a law degree from Vermont Law School and a master's degree from Yale University, Barnes launched the device in 2018.

Simply swipe a single-use test strip over your food, insert your strip into the Amulet, and in a minute's time you'll have the result via an app on your phone. It's intended to make eating out a lot safer for those with allergies, and has been designed to look as good as it is practical.

Read more: This wearable allergy-detection strip could save your child's life

21. Toni Petersson — CEO of Oatly

It wasn't long ago that asking for a dairy-free milk alternative in your coffee got you nothing but a perplexed eyebrow raise. Now, practically every café you go to caters to the lactose-intolerant and plantbased amongst us. Sure, you can get everything from soya and coconut to hemp and macadamia milk these days, but general consensus is that the most delicious dairy-free milk is oat.

Oatly is not only the biggest brand on the scene, but also the first company to invent oat milk.

Oatly not only froths up to make creamy lattes like regular milk, but the brand also has fun packaging that moves away from the preachy ethos of some plant-based food products. And people love it. There was actually an Oatly shortage in the US last year. Many dairy consumers now opt for it over cow's milk, not just in hot drinks but smoothies and porridges, too.

The company was started in Sweden 25 years ago, but the brand's recent meteoric rise, however, is largely down to CEO Toni Petersson, who came on board six years ago. A former restaurateur, he believes Oatly can contribute to society by helping people upgrade their lives without taxing the health of the planet.

Read more: Oat milk is popping up in coffee shops everywhere — here's why baristas love it

20. Adam Breeden — Cofounder of Social Entertainment Ventures

Now the cofounder of holding company Social Entertainment Ventures, Breeden has been the brains behind London going-out hotspots like bowling venue All Star Lanes, Bounce ping pong, Flight Club darts bar, and Puttshack digital golf.

Not only have his concepts changed the nightlife scene in the UK capital, but they've also hit US shores with locations in Boston and Chicago — and there's more to come, with plans to put a "groundbreaking twist on bingo" in the works.

Read more:This former dishwasher turned 'social entertainment' bar founder changed drinking culture in London and the US — and he's about to launch a new £6 million concept

19. Hawker Chan — Chef of the world's only Michelin-starred street food

Hawker Chan became the first Michelin-starred street food chef in 2016, and his famous soya sauce chicken dish (S$2, or $1.42) continues to be the cheapest Michelin-starred dish in the world.

Normally served at Singapore's Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle and off-shoot Liao Fan Hawker Chan, Chef Chan also attracts hour-long lines when he travels with his cooking — people lined up four hours at a three-day pop-up in London this year.

Chef Chan started as a hawker in Singapore. Hawker centers are open-air collections of inexpensive street food stands beloved in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and beyond.

"Since I got this Michelin star, I hope all the small shops in the hawker centers will all work hard," he told Business Insider. "There will be a day where they can achieve this too. My own wish is every day to be a good chef. I'd be very happy."

Read more:We tried the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal — here's what it's like

16, 17 & 18. Charles Rolls, Tim Warrillow, and Charles Gibb — The cofounders and North American CEO of Fever-Tree

"If 3/4 of your drink is the mixer, mix it with the best." This is the belief of Charles Rolls and Tim Warrillow, the cofounders of upmarket tonic brand Fever-Tree, which has been reaping not only the benefits of the continued gin renaissance, but also of putting as much importance in the mix and people historically have done in their choice of spirit.

Fever Tree launched in 2005 with the aim of providing "high-quality mixers" to cater for the growing demand of premium spirits — gin in particular.

In 2017, Rolls proved the brand's success when he made £73 million ($95 million) by selling 3.9% of the shares in the company. Both founders then made a further £103.5 million ($131.8 million) when they sold another round of shares last year.

The brand's revenue stood at £102.2 million ($130.2 million) in 2016, up 73% from £59.3 million ($75.5 million) in the previous year.

Now, the brand is looking to dominate North American under the leadership of former British Army captain Charles Gibb, who will run the brand's first ever global office from Brooklyn, New York City. They should be in safe hands — in his role as CEO of LVMH's Belvedere Vodka, he managed to make the brand the official vodka of James Bond film "Spectre." 

Read more: The founder of Fever Tree tonic water just made £73 million by selling shares

14 & 15. Justin Woolverton & Doug Bouton — Cofounders of Halo Top

Halo Top is the low-calorie ice cream that has disrupted the industry, creating a whole new market and dozens of new companies wanting a scoop of the action.

Essentially, it makes low-fat, low-sugar ice cream that's also so low in calories you can eat a whole tub and only consume 360 (compared to over 1,000 in a tub of regular ice cream). But the reason Halo Top has become so popular is it actually tastes good, too.

Justin Woolverton and Doug Bouton are the two former lawyers behind the brand's success. The duo founded the brand in 2012 and Halo Top is now available in 12 countries across the globe — and continues to expand. Consumers buy it as an every-day product, compared to, say, Ben & Jerry's or Häagen-Dazs, which most people only treat themselves to occasionally. Needless to say, Woolverton and Bouton eat ice cream every day.

Read more:Americans are going crazy for this low-calorie peanut butter cup ice cream

13. Sarah Kauss — Founder and CEO of S'well

Kauss launched S'well in 2010 with the mission of ridding the world of plastic water bottles by coming up with something that fused fashion and function — and the reusable stainless steel water bottles truly took the world by storm.

Kauss used her passions for fashion, hydration, and philanthropy to come up with the concept for the bottle, which has the ability to keep liquid cold for up to 24 hours or hot for up to 12, and comes in a range of sleek and stylish designs.

S'well has since inspired a number of knockoffs and lookalike bottles, but the company remains unique — it now produces a range of stainless steel straws and accessories like drink-thru caps, and, as a partner of UNICEF, it has donated $1.4 million since 2017 and is focused on clean and safe water efforts around the globe

Kauss herself sits on the UNICEF USA New York Regional Board and has been recognized as one of Fortune's "40 Under 40," while S'well has been named the fastest-growing female-led company.

Next, Kauss plans to push S'well into the food category in summer 2019 through the launch of S'well Eats and S'nack by S'well, products which the company claims will "transform the on-the-go dining experience" by minimizing single-use plastic.

Read more:'It's sort of unbelievable': A reusable water bottle that won over Starbucks' CEO could reach $100 million in sales this year

12. Ben Branson — Founder and CEO of Seedlip

Launched in 2015 out of Branson's kitchen, Seedlip is the world's first non-alcoholic spirit, made using water, natural botanical distillates, and extracts.

After discovering long-forgotten distilled non-alcoholic herbal remedies found in "The Art of Distillation," published in 1651, Branson capitalized on the opportunity to create a high-end drinking experience without alcohol that didn't previously exist in bars and restaurants or at home — a bottle retails for £27.99 ($35), so it's certainly not cheap, but the drink certainly dispels the idea that those not drinking must either have water or sweet, unhealthy alternatives.

The idea was clearly a genius one. In just three years, the brand had grown from being hand-bottled in his kitchen to having a team of 65 people worldwide, including offices in the UK, LA, and Sydney, and is now served in more than 6,000 high-end cocktail bars, hotels, restaurants, and retailers across 25 countries.

Its impact has also been wider than just its own sales, which alone have been impressive (it sold 50,000 bottles in the UK in January 2019 alone, and cites 270% year-on-year volume growth) — the brand claims to have pushed more than 5,000 bars and restaurants in the UK to offer more non-alcoholic options, and has sparked a number of other launches in the non-alcoholic category, which is now worth £100 million ($127.4 million) in the UK.

9, 10, & 11. George Clooney, Rande Gerber, & Mike Meldman — Cofounders of Casamigos

Friends George Clooney, Rande Gerber, and Mike Meldman founded Casamigos tequila by accident in 2013 while hanging out at their homes in Mexico.

In June 2017, after turning it into the fastest-selling tequila in the world and changing perceptions of the spirit from a shot for party-goers to a civilized sipping drink, they sold it to Diageo for $1 billion.

They told Business Insider that since then, they remain as involved as ever — they even launched a mezcal last year — but just have "money to do things we couldn't before" with sales doubling since Diageo came on board.

Read more: The $1 billion sale of George Clooney's tequila company just made him 2018's highest-paid actor — here's the story of how the brand was set up by accident

8. David Chang — Chef, restaurateur, TV personality

It's hard to keep up with Dave Chang.

Momofuku, Chang's company, now owns 10 sit-down restaurants in three countries and is a part owner of Christina Tosi's 14 dessert and bakery restaurants, Milk Bar, as well as the seven locations or concessions of Fuku, a chain of quick-service chicken counters.

He also produces and stars in the Netflix show "Ugly Delicious," which has been renewed for a second season, is working on a new media company with former Wired editor-in-chief Scott Dadich, and has a weekly podcast.

This year he's opening restaurants in Las Vegas, New York and West Hollywood. He also just became a father.

7. Massimo Bottura — 2018's best chef in the world

His three Michelin-starred restaurant Osteria Francescana, based in the small town of Modena, Italy, was named the best in the world at the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2018 awards, having previously topped the list in 2016.

You may also have seen Bottura — and Francescana — on the first ever episode of the Netflix original series "Chef's Table," which followed Bottura from his childhood of stealing pieces of his grandmother's tortellino from under the kitchen table to working in New York City, training with renowned chef Alain Ducasse in Paris, and eventually opening Francescana, where he finds innovative ways of turning traditional Italian dishes into something entirely modern yet nostalgic.

Last year, he told Business Insider the stories behind his dishes, and they're surprisingly relatable — more so than his most iconic one, fittingly titled "Oops! I dropped the lemon tart."

As 2018's best chef in the world, Bottura believes he has a responsibility to change the world — he's attempting to combat homelessness and the food waste crisis in one with his nonprofit Food for Soul, which uses his image to raise money and build "refettorios" — or high-end community kitchens — across the world, so far in Milan, Rio de Janeiro, London, and Paris.

Read more:I met the best chef in the world, and the story behind his most iconic dish is surprisingly relatable

6. Dominique Crenn — First American woman to receive three Michelin stars

As co-owner and chef at three-Michelin-starred San Francisco restaurant Atelier Crenn, Dominique Crenn is known for her inventive fine French cuisine.

Having worked in the kitchens of revered restaurants across the globe, Crenn decided to open her own establishment in January 2011, and Atelier Crenn achieved its first Michelin star in October of the same year, followed by a second one in 2012, which made Crenn the first female chef in the US to receive this honor.

But Crenn didn't stop there — in November 2018 she beat her own record by being awarded a third Michelin star. 

She now owns two restaurants in San Francisco, having opened Petit Crenn in the summer of 2015. The restaurant is an ode to the home cooking of Brittany, inspired by the dinner parties held by Crenn's mother and grandmother, where she first became mesmerized by the art of cuisine and dining. And in March 2018, Crenn opened Bar Crenn, a wine bar which pays homage to the Parisian salons of the early twentieth century and has since received a Michelin star. 

As much as she champions French cuisine, Crenn focuses on sustainability and encourages diners to think about the origins of what they're purchasing and their global impact. 

In May 2019, Crenn announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, but said she was going to try her best not to let it slow her down: "As I work through this new challenge I will be in my kitchen as much as humanly possible because being there, engaged in my craft, and with those I love so dearly is what fuels me," she said. 

Atelier Crenn was named as the 35th best restaurant in the world by World's 50 Best Restaurants on Tuesday.

5. Ryan Chetiyawardana AKA Mr Lyan — Founder of 2018's best bar in the world

One of the most influential bartenders in the world, Ryan Chetiyawardana, better known as Mr Lyan, was the brains behind the official best bar in the world for 2018, Dandelyan.

Originally starting with London bar White Lyan in 2013, the first cocktail bar in the world to use no perishables (including no fruit or ice), Mr Lyan continues to focus on sustainability and waste reduction while keeping drinks innovative and delicious — and it seems to be paying off, as award after award keep coming his way.

Things never get boring, either — in April, he launched all-day cocktail bar Super Lyan in Amsterdam's Kimpton De Witt hotel, Lyan's first venture outside the UK. Meanwhile, earlier this year the award-winning Dandelyan shut down and reopened as cocktail spot Lyaness— and the reception has been just as warm.

4. Daniela Soto-Innes — The world's best female chef for 2019

28-year-old Soto-Innes, described as a "fun-loving" chef, was recently awarded the accolade of World's Best Female Chef for 2019 by The World's 50 Best Restaurants — the youngest ever winner of the award.

Best known as the protégée of Enrique Olvera, with whom she opened New York's Cosme restaurant in 2014, the Houston-born chef doesn't follow the traditional rules of fine dining — according to 50 Best, there's "no rule of silence" in her kitchen, which features music and pre-service exercises.

However, perhaps most importantly, her kitchen is filled with two-thirds women and mostly immigrant cooks ranging in age from 20 to 65 who she says would otherwise likely be driving taxis and working in laundromats.

She told 50 Best: "Cosme is somewhere where people from all cultures — Russia, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil — come to the US to make a little bit more money for their families. And they happen to come to a place where they actually enjoy what they're doing, instead of being in a laundromat or being an Uber driver or having any kind of other job that you usually come to the US to do when you want to send your family money."

In 2017, she and Olvera also opened casual eatery Alta, and the pair will launch in Los Angeles this year with adjoined restaurants Damian and Ditroit.

She said. "I've learned to empower the young cooks and the older cooks and that I shouldn't be ashamed of my age at all. I should embrace it and I make sure that everyone follows their dreams."

Cosme was named as the 23rd best restaurant in the world by the World's 50 Best Restaurants on Tuesday.

3. Clare Smyth MBE — The world's best female chef for 2018

Awarded the title of Best Female Chef in the World by the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2018— in a time when only four of the top 50 restaurants were being run by women — Smyth remains the first and only female chef to ever run a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in the UK, which she did while at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.

After growing up in Northern Ireland and starting work at one of the best restaurants at age 15, Smyth moved to England and trained with the likes of Heston Blumenthal before working in Gordon Ramsay's kitchen and eventually becoming head chef, gaining three Michelin stars (and an MBE for services to hospitality in 2013).

Ramsay once told her she wouldn't last a week — now, she owns two-Michelin-starred restaurant Core, which she opened in 2017, and even catered the royal wedding reception of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle last year.

"We still have a real lack of women recognised at the top of the industry and we have to do something about that — we're not going to change it by ignoring it," she told 50 Best last year. "Sometimes you have to go over the top by recognizing women and giving them a platform so that we can really start to change things and recorrect the balance."

2. Anthony Bourdain — Late chef, author, and documentarian

The death of Anthony Bourdain last year rocked not only the culinary world, but also anyone that had the privilege of watching the documentarian at work.

At the time of his death, he was filming season eight of his CNN travel series "Parts Unknown" — a show that Barack Obama said made us "a little less afraid of the unknown."

Through his long-running documentaries and writing, Bourdain changed the way millions of people think about travel, restaurants, and cooking.

As Josh Barro wrote for Business Insider: "Food is as good a reason as any to go on living. And I believe that by evangelizing about the joy that can come from food — how a single oyster can change your life — Bourdain helped some people out there in the world find their reason to carry on, even as he ultimately could not find that reason for himself."

Read more:Anthony Bourdain leaves a legacy of joy in adversity he should have been proud of

He is undoubtedly one of the most influential voices the world of food has ever heard. Tuesday, June 25 would have been his birthday. Rest in peace, Mr Bourdain.

1. Asma Khan — Chef and owner of Darjeeling Express

It's fair to say Asma Khan didn't get into cooking via the traditional route. She didn't train at Le Corden Bleu and she didn't work her way through the ranks under a Michelin-starred chef.

Khan was born into Indian royalty, but moved to the UK to be with her husband in 1991 when she was 22 years old. She graduated with a PhD from King's College London after turning down a place at Cambridge, specialising in British Constitutional law, which she later said was "an excuse to write about politics."

Cooking started off as a relief from homesickness, and grew into a supper club, which, in turn, has grown into one of the most respected restaurants in London: Darjeeling Express.

Her kitchen is run entirely by South Asian women, many of whom, like Khan, are second daughters. Unlike the births of boys, births of a second girl are mourned in India instead of celebrated. Part of the proceeds from Darjeeling Express goes to Khan's Second Daughters Fund, which raises money to send "celebration packages for the birth of the second daughter and continue to support her through her education."

"It isn't about the money, the accolades, it is a platform for me to talk about politics and race," Khan recently told Eater.

Though she might not be in it for the trophies, that hasn't stopped her from racking up the awards.

Khan has been voted "Female Entrepreneur of the Year" at the Asian Restaurant Awards, "Entrepreneur of the Year" in the Asian Women of the Year Awards, and this year she became the first British chef to be featured in Netflix's Emmy-nominated series "Chef's Table." 

The chef celebrates her 50th birthday in July, and in typical Asma Khan style, she told Business Insider she's marking the occasion with a trip to Northern Iraq to open an all-female cafe for ISIS survivors.

What have you got planned for your birthday?

• Advertisements are everywhere you look, even if you don't notice them.
• Some ads, however, are a pleasure to look at — they break through the clutter and make you laugh.
• Here are 24 of the funniest, most clever ads from the likes of Apple, McDonald's, Bose, Volkswagen, and others.
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Advertisements are everywhere you look, even if you don't notice them. But sometimes, an ad is so amusing and clever that it catches your attention and stays with you.

Most ads are annoying and unavoidable. According to ad agency Red Crow Marketing, the average person living in a city 30 years ago saw up to 2,000 ad messages a day, compared with 4,000 to 10,000 ads today.

We compiled print ads that are, in fact, not a waste of time. They're creative, charming, and have clear messages. While some come from relatively unknown companies or products, others are for major brands like Volkswagen, McDonald's, FedEx, and Apple.

Here are 24 of the funniest and most clever ads to ever be printed.

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Soap brand Life Buoy's unconventional ad turned a pug into a loaf of bread to stress the importance of using soap. "You eat what you touch." (Indonesia, 2009)

Bose took noise-cancellation to a new level when it highlighted the sound quality of their headphones over their look. Untitled. (New Zealand, 2006)

McDonald's magazine ad for extra-large coffee was too big to fit on two pages, aside from some ring stains on the corners. "Extra large coffee." (Sweden, 2008)

Orbit used crying animals to advertise its chewing gum. "Don't let lunch meet breakfast." (Israel, 2012)

The Van Gogh Museum Cafe in Amsterdam used a broken coffee cup to allude to the tortured Dutch artist cutting off his own ear in a subtle ad aimed at art lovers. Untitled. (Netherlands, 2013)

Kraft took the power of strong bones to the extreme with a broken mousetrap. "With extra calcium for stronger bones." (United Arab Emirates, 2007)

Timotei hair products proved that it could even tame a lion's mane. Untitled. (France, 2005)

Eurostar advertised its rail service between Paris and London with unique British caricatures. "It's Summertime in London." (France, 2007)

DHL used a clear plastic sheet in its magazine advertisements to illustrate how quickly it ships across Asia. Untitled. (China, 2007)

In another ad from Bose advertising their noise-canceling headphones, the world is guaranteed to be as quiet as a family of mimes. Untitled. (Singapore, 2009)

Apple's 2007 MacBook Pro was thinner than most laptops in its day, making this magazine ad almost (but not quite) true to life. Untitled. (USA, 2007)

FedEx, like DHL, wanted a clever way to show it could ship around the world, so it ran with the idea of neighbors. Untitled. (Brazil, 2010)

Lazer bike helmets are so good, according to this ad, that your head won't be in any danger. Untitled. (Belgium, 2008)

WMF, the German tableware maker, used two magazine pages to show how sharp its knives were. (Thailand, 2008)

Sedex, the supply chain company, used extreme illustrations like this one to prove its speed. "Trust us. We deliver it fast." (Brazil, 2009)

Volkswagen, known for its unique advertising, dressed a mountain goat (an off-road animal) like a poodle (a city animal) to show its cars could have the best of both worlds. "Touareg. The luxury off-road." (Brazil, 2009)

Heinz hot ketchup's sizzling fry speaks for itself. Untitled. (USA, 2005)

Chupa Chups advertised its sugar-free lollipops by using those universal sugar-lovers, ants. "Ants" (Spain, 2005)

Italian carmaker Fiat took a city family to the country, using the slogan, "We should all get out of the city from time to time." "Squirrel" (Spain, 2006)

Glassex window cleaner's glass is supposedly so clean it'll look like an illusion. "Magician." (Italy, 2006)

Faber-Castell's colored pencils are so true to life you won't be able to tell the difference. "True Colours." (Germany, 2011).

The makers of Softlan fabric softener must have asked themselves, what would wrestling be like if it smelled great? "Wrestling." (Malaysia, 2009)

Mouthwash brand Listermint used a priest with bad breath to show how important a clean mouth is. "Sermon." (Australia, 2008)

Tetra dental snacks illustrated what a dog's breath really looks like. "Bad Dog Breath?" (Germany, 2009)

• Bus drivers move huge numbers of Americans to and from their destinations every day.
• The job is more lucrative in some states than others.
• Transit and intercity bus drivers tend to make more than school and special-client bus drivers in most states.
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Bus drivers are a crucial part of most cities' transit infrastructures, and the job is more lucrative in some states than others.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program publishes annual estimates of the median earnings for workers in the US employed in several hundred occupational groups around the country. The data includes two categories for bus drivers: Public transit and intercity (i.e., Greyhound) bus drivers, and school and special-client (such as elderly or disabled passengers) bus drivers.

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The above map shows median annual wages from May 2018, the most recent period for which data is available, for the first category: transit and intercity bus drivers. Typical wages for those drivers range from $26,110 in Oklahoma to $67,040 in New York.

School and special-client bus drivers tend to make less in most states than their transit and intercity driver peers. Median annual wages for drivers in this category range from $18,160 in Alabama to $44,630 in Alaska. This map shows median wages for school and special-client bus drivers on the same scale as the above map:

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• People who make a lot of money feel stressed about the amount of time they have to spend it, according to economist Daniel Hamermesh.
• Rich people have more incentive to work a lot, since they are sacrificing more dollars per hour by not working than low-earners. 
• Even when they don't work, high-earners feel pressure to spend their time on costly experiences.
• Low-earners feel less stressed about how they spend their time, but more stress about actually making money.
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Stress at work has an income divide.

High-earners work more because they feel rushed to make and spend money, while low-earners feel less stress over work, according to economist Daniel Hamermesh, who recently released his book "Spending Time: The Most Valuable Resource."

On average, Americans have more money than they had 50 years ago, Hamermesh argues, but they have the same 24 hours in a day to spend it all. Median household incomes have increased in the past 50 years (though real wages haven't budged). The time we spend on things like sleeping, eating, and personal grooming haven't changed substantially.

"Our incentives drives us to do things differently," Hamermesh said in an interview with Business Insider. "The amount of income we have, which differs substantially across people, leads us to spend the time differently as we have differently."

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On top of the already scarce amount of time Americans have, the country works harder than every other developed nation. European countries like France and Germany have mandated paid vacation days. Even Japan, where people have died from working too much, created a new national holiday and encouraged companies to allow their employees leave early on Fridays.

The US, meanwhile, is the only developed country that does not have a federal paid vacation policy.

High-income earners have more options on how to spend their money compared with low-income earners — meaning when you have a lot of money, you're "stressed" about how you're going to spend it.

When they eventually do take time off, high-earners have so much money saved that they have an incentive to spend it on things that cost a lot of money per hour. Rich people today invest their money less in designer goods and more in luxury lifestyles, such as high-end gym memberships, multi-million dollar vacations, and exclusive hotels. 

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Therefore, high-earners get stressed because they feel like they don't have enough time for the costly leisure activities they think like they need.

"We really can't cut back on things too much," Hamermesh said. "While our incomes [keep] on going up, we feel more and more rushed."

On the flip side, low-income earners feel less rushed for time, as they don't have the money to spend on luxury travel or other experiences. In his book, Hamermesh found low-earners spend more time watching TV and sleeping than high-earners. 

While low-earners aren't stressed about the time they have to either spend working or relaxing, they are stressed about their income. More and more people at the bottom 60% of income earners report feeling "stressed," and the stress gap between the rich and poor has widened in the past two decades.

"I'm not sympathetic with the rich guy who says how stressed he is. He could choose to work less, give away his income, and he wouldn't be as rushed for time," Hamermesh said. "On the other hand, the low-income individual just isn't living very well. To me, that's much more important."

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