• On an adults-only cruise with Virgin Voyages, I booked a 225-square-foot sea terrace room.
• Starting at $844 a night, the room has a balcony and a queen-sized bed that transforms into a couch.
• With a rainfall shower and smart controls for mood lighting and entertainment, it felt luxurious.

For seven mornings in a row, I took rainfall showers, prepped for the day in front of a mirror with an iridescent glow, and kicked back in a roomy hammock overlooking the Mediterranean Sea — all in a 250-square-foot cabin.

In the summer of 2023, I took my first adults-only cruise with Virgin Voyages, a luxury cruise line reserved for grown-ups.

For the seven-day Mediterranean adventure aboard Virgin Voyages' Valiant Lady ship, I slept in a cabin with a sea terrace. My room was so glamorous that I spent more time in my cabin than anticipated.

The cruise sailed round-trip from Barcelona to ports in Italy and France. It had a starting rate of $5,910 for a weeklong stay for two people, a representative for Virgin Voyages told Business Insider.

While this ship isn't sailing the same itinerary in 2025, the room is still available on all Virgin Voyages cruise ships.

Here's a look at every detail that made it worth the price.

• Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments.
• Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface.
• Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of these elusive, fascinating animals.

Ghosts, goblins, spiders, and wolves don't just show up in fairytales. Some deep-sea creatures are named after frightening or mythical creatures thanks to their eerie appearances.

However, strange snouts, enormous eyes, and sharp teeth all help these animals survive the cold, dark depths of the ocean. So much is unknown about the deep sea, and these unusual adaptations can teach scientists more about what life is like thousands of feet beneath the waves.

Scientists need remotely operated vehicles to capture images and video of some of these species. Watching them in their natural habitat offers insight into the behavior of fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans that don't often surface.

Here are 15 bizarre ocean dwellers that show just how mysterious much of our own planet still is.

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• Some career advice we've heard over the years doesn't hold up.
• You don't always need to find your passion or ascend the corporate ladder to enjoy your work.
• As some employers are reluctant to hire, it's important to know what advice to follow.

Your boss might not want to know the real you after all.

One of the many bits of career advice that emerged years ago and has somehow stuck around is the idea that we should bring our whole selves to work.

That doesn't always work, and it's looking a bit threadbare with age. Now that temperatures are rising, consider office attire:

"If you love wearing tight little leather outfits that are strapped on, I don't want to see that," said Margie Warrell, a leadership consultant and author of the book "The Courage Gap."

"That's not appropriate," she said.

The whole-self idea is just one example of bumper-sticker wisdom that was meant to guide us through our careers but often doesn't hold up.

It's especially important now that caution about the prospects for the economy is causing some employers to slow or pause hiring. That hesitation is also making it harder for people who want to change jobs. So, not screwing up at work is all the more important.

Here are five bits of trite work advice — and what to consider instead.

Follow your passion

The impulse to align your work with what you love makes sense. Yet, feeling like you have to "find your passion" can also set you up to fail.

"That's probably as vague as it gets," said Jochen Menges, a professor of human resource management and leadership at the University of Zurich. "It's not an actionable goal."

He told Business Insider that a better approach would be to set goals around the emotion you want to feel in your work, like pride, even though you won't necessarily experience that every day.

"If I align my emotional needs more with what I do — with my career prospects — then I'm a lot better off," he said. That, in turn, will accelerate your career, Menges said.

Climb the corporate ladder

On a ladder, you can only go up or down.

The idea of scaling a corporate hierarchy has become outdated for many workers, Christian Tröster, an Academy of Management scholar and a professor of leadership and organizational behavior at Germany's Kühne Logistics University, told BI.

Instead, he said, people might want to think of what he called a "protean" career — one that changes shape over time.

Tröster said that rather than ascending a ladder, a better aim for many workers would be to become "psychologically successful."

"The ultimate goal of your career is feeling proud and accomplished," he said.

One practical reason you might not want to climb the ladder is that a push among some corporate leaders for "flatter" organizational structures — and an elimination of middle management — can mean there aren't as many rungs for ambitious workers to grab onto.

"Careers today are no longer linear," Warrell said. Instead, workers might opt for a lateral move, a side gig, or a so-called portfolio career — where you take on multiple jobs to earn a living while maintaining flexibility.

Warrell said workers who chart their own paths are often more fulfilled and successful than those who try to grind their way up an org chart.

Don't job-hop

Career advice once often included the suggestion that workers avoid changing jobs for at least a year to avoid looking like they weren't committed to an organization.

While a string of frequent job changes can raise concerns among prospective employers, Warrell said prohibitions on moving around often have softened.

She said "smart" job changes — even in quick succession — that indicate you're taking on extra responsibility and developing new skills can add polish, not tarnish, to a résumé.

"It can be seen as a sign of ambition, adaptability — not instability," Warrell said.

Focus on tech skills

Technical mastery — especially in hot areas like artificial intelligence — can take you far and often leave you with your pick of jobs, yet it's not the only route to career success.

AI is already taking on some coders' work, for example. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has said the company might not hire software engineers in 2025 because of its success in using AI agents to boost productivity.

In surveys, employers often say they're after so-called soft skills — abilities like communication and teamwork.

Menges said one reason soft skills are important is that humans will often be needed to evaluate what AI produces.

To help do that, he said, workers will need to rely in part on emotion for guidance. Menges said that in the 20th century, workers were often told to sequester their feelings in the workplace.

"Now, you've got to bring those emotions back because whatever AI does needs evaluation, and that evaluation comes down to how we feel about what appears on our screens," he said.

Bring your whole self to work

While it might have been well-intentioned, critics of the idea of showing up at work as the unvarnished version of yourself have long found it problematic.

Business leaders from Google's Sundar Pichai to venture capitalist Marc Andreessen have pushed back on the concept.

Ella F. Washington, a professor of practice at Georgetown University, previously told BI a better way to think about the idea is to bring your whole professional self to work.

That might mean putting aside your politics or working with people you might not like. Or, Warrell said, it could mean pushing through a bad mood.

"If one part of your whole self is that you're short-tempered and grumpy in the morning, don't bring that self to work," she said.

Do you have a story to share about your job hunt or career? Contact this reporter at [email protected].

An earlier version of this story appeared on March 3, 2025.

• At 79, my wife, Susan, has been accepted into Oxford University.
• I'm trying to support her emotionally because this will not be easy.
• I'm also trying to figure out how to finance her dreams, but it'll all be worth it.

After 25 years as a successful piano teacher, my wife, Susan, decided to go back to school for a master's degree in music theory — at 79 years old.

When I married Susan eight years ago, I knew she was a gifted teacher, one who puts in the hours needed to do her best and who genuinely cares about every student.

But then last year, Susan started to explore ways she could learn more about music and how she wanted to return home to the UK from Canada.

Almost on a lark, she applied to the oldest university in the English-speaking world: Oxford. In March, word came back that Susan had been accepted at the university that most British students dream of attending.

We couldn't be more excited, but her 80th birthday is fast approaching, and the road ahead is not easy.

Being a student at 79 will come with challenges

Susan has always been an accomplished woman. She studied the piano from the age of 5, played cello as a teenager in the National Youth Orchestra, and became a successful animator. She put her education on hold to raise a family and went back to school in Canada in her 50s.

Now, returning to university after 25 years as a self-employed piano teacher will most likely be difficult for Susan.

As a 79-year-old, completing assignments will take longer, and she can't pull all-nighters like younger students. She has to accept that seven or eight hours a day of school work will be the limit for her. Resting in between her lessons will be the most important thing for her.

Susan also has to manage her other commitments, such as doctor's appointments, a daily gym workout, and stopping for a bottle of wine on some evenings.

I'm trying to hold everything else together

My job is to support Susan through this period. I will focus on cooking, cleaning, and shopping. I will also do the laundry, watch the bills, and make sure that we have paper and toner for the printer. When it comes to her schoolwork, I'll be a sounding board, a proofreader, and an editor.

At times, when the frustration seems too much, I take the brunt of the anger and doubt.

She often asks me, "Am I too old? Do I want to work in an academic setting?" At times, she even asks, "Will I even be around long enough to finish a degree?"

Those are difficult questions to answer, but I remind her of the sheer exhilaration I see in her when doing this work. I can see it when she suddenly learns a new idea and excitedly shares it with me. I can see that Susan was born to be an academic, to do this research, and to make these discoveries.

We're still figuring out how to afford this dream

Oxford won't be cheap. We both have small pensions, retirement savings, and income from teaching and writing. We also know it would be foolish to throw everything into chasing this one incredible opportunity.

That's why I've set up a GoFundMe to raise money to make this journey possible.

I'm confident that we'll find a way to make it happen. I know it will be tight, and there will be struggles, but to see Susan back home in Britain and to see her fulfill her dream of studying at Oxford will fulfill my own dream of seeing Susan proud, successful, and happy.

Now, she will get to spend her 80th birthday at one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

• People are making false claims about AOC's net worth. One viral post said she's worth $29 million.
• The congresswoman disclosed she owned less than $50,000 in assets in 2023.
• She also reports that she has student-loan debt.

People are making false claims about Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's net worth again.

A viral post from Ted Nugent, the outspoken conservative musician, says that the New York congresswoman is worth $29 million. It's not the first time this has happened — Ocasio-Cortez is a frequent subject of misinformation about politicians' net worths.

According to the latest publicly available information, the congresswoman reported that she owns less than $50,000 in assets and has between $15,000 and $50,000 in student loan debt. Like other rank-and-file members of the House and Senate, her annual salary is $174,000.

"I am not even worth $1 million. Or a half million," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in February, responding to a since-deleted post claiming she made tens of millions of dollars. "I am one of the lowest net worth members of Congress, trade no individual stock, and take no outside income."

Forbes estimated Ocasio-Cortez's net worth last year at about $125,000 with most of her wealth in a Thrift Savings Plan — a 401(k)-style investment vehicle for government employees that doesn't have to be listed in financial disclosures.

The Forbes estimate was based on the assumption she's been putting 5% away and getting matching funds — putting her account at just over $100,000 this year.

You can look this information up yourself

Disclosures filed by House members and senators are available online. They are required to file these documents annually and include information about lawmakers' assets, outside income, debts, and other agreements.

For example, here's the "Assets" portion of Ocasio-Cortez's latest financial disclosure, which was filed in August 2024 and covers all of 2023.

It shows four accounts, totaling a maximum of $46,000. The congresswoman reports that she does not own individual stocks and has no outside sources of income.

Sometimes, the disclosures contain interesting nuggets of information. For example, her most recent disclosure shows that trips she took to South America and East Asia in 2023 were paid for by a foundation and a think tank, respectively.

In 2022, she disclosed receiving an engagement ring from her fiancé worth slightly more than $3,000.

While there's a widespread notion that members of Congress are enriching themselves through corruption the reality is generally more mundane. Most often, it's things like book deals that allow lawmakers to make extra cash on the side.

• Tech CEOs pivoted hard, and publicly, toward Donald Trump this year.
• Sometimes, it looks like they're not getting anything for their time and money.
• But it's more accurate to say Trump is helping them on some things — and fighting them on others.

Remember when all those tech CEOs lined up to give Donald Trump money and take photos with him?

They're not getting much for their efforts: Trump has frequently snubbed tech, or worse, since taking office.

That's a fairly standard take this spring, and we have been seeing a new round of it in the past few days, prompted by recent assessments of tech moguls and their relationships with Trump.

The New York Times points out that Apple's Tim Cook, who figured out how to manage Trump during his first administration, is now facing serious tariff trouble. And Bloomberg Businessweek reports that despite Mark Zuckerberg's ostentatiously pro-Trump pivot, Trumpworld remains suspicious of all things Meta — and notes that the federal government is still trying to break the company up.

All of which is true.

It's just that, as with many things Trump, you can't consistently sum up his attitude toward tech. Sometimes he's beating up the industry — and sometimes he's sticking up for it. And sometimes he changes his mind.

It's been a consistent contradiction.

For instance: The Trump administration has repeatedly yelled at Europe about fines and other punishments levied against US tech giants — something that's been a big focus for Zuckerberg and his peers.

And while Trump has once again been saying Apple will face tariffs unless it makes its iPhones in the US — despite overwhelming skepticism that this is plausible — that doesn't mean he'll keep saying it in the future. In April, for instance, Trump's administration removed impending tech tariffs on Apple — and then insisted they could return, all in one weekend.

The Times also says that Trump's recent vow to levy 25% tariffs on Apple comes after he brought up that Tim Cook didn't join him on his recent tour of the Middle East.

On the one hand, that's a bummer for Cook, who now has to clear his calendar for Trump's next junket. On the other hand: Cook visits China all the time because he has to keep China happy. So he can spend a little more face time with Trump, too.

Then yet again: Face time alone doesn't get you everything you want, all the time.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang did go with Trump on his Middle East trip, and Trump praised him for his presence. Not coincidentally: Nvidia is a partner in Trump-blessed plans for massive data centers in the Middle East.

But in April, Trump banned Nvidia from selling its most advanced chips to China — a move Nvidia says cost it $5.5 billion.

So maybe it's more accurate to say tech CEOS are getting something for all the time and money they're investing in Trump. Just not everything.

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• Ex-assistant Capricorn Clark testified that Sean "Diddy" Combs kidnapped her at gunpoint in 2011.
• She said Combs made her go with him to see Kid Cudi, "to kill him" for dating Cassie Ventura.
• She also described death threats over missing jewelry and being pushed by Combs.

A former assistant and top executive to Sean "Diddy" Combs tearfully told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that he kidnapped her at gunpoint and made threats against her life.

Capricorn Clark, the former music tycoon's employee, testified at Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial, that Combs was "furious" with her for keeping him in the dark about Cassie Ventura's 2011 relationship with rapper Kid Cudi.

Ventura, the R&B singer and the prosecution's star witness, dated Kid Cudi briefly that year while she and Combs — who dated on and off for a decade — were on a break.

Clark told the jury that Combs, armed with a gun, went to Clark's house in a rage in December 2011 and banged on the door.

"He just said, 'Get dressed, we're going to go kill'" him, Clark testified that Combs told her, using the N-word to refer to Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi.

Clark said Combs took her to Mescudi's Los Angeles home — and she characterized herself as "kidnapped."

"The way he was acting, I just felt like anything could happen," Clark testified through tears.

Last week, Mescudi testified that Combs broke into his house in December 2011 after Combs found out he was dating Ventura, who prosecutors allege is one of two women Combs sex trafficked.

Mescudi said at the time Clark called him to say that she was outside Mescudi's house — and that Combs was inside. Clark told him that Combs had "forced her physically" to drive there with him, Mescudi said.

"You have to tell Cudi to not tell the police that it was me," Clark said Combs told her.

"If you don't do that I'm going to kill all you motherfuckers," she said he threatened.

Mescudi ultimately did report the break-in to police, he previously testified.

In the days after the break-in, Combs repeatedly and angrily asked Clark when she knew about Ventura's romance with Mescudi and why she didn't tell him, Clark told the jury.

"He would say, 'I should just kill you bitches and I should cut her face,'" Clark said Combs said about herself and Ventura.

Prosecutors hope Clark's testimony will bolster the top two federal charges against Combs — sex trafficking and racketeering, which each carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

More threats and a week of lie detector tests

During her testimony, Clark told the jury that Combs had threatened her multiple times.

"I was terrified," she said as she described a time being forced to take a lie detector test after some of the rapper's jewelry was stolen.

Clark told the jury that at the time, a man who "looked like the size of two linebackers" told her that if she failed the lie detector test, "they were going to throw me in the East River."

"I was told I was unable to leave until they got to the bottom of this," testified Clark, who added that Combs' head of security, Paul Offord, had her take the lie detector test over the course of five days in a locked room.

She said she was asked whether she stole Combs' high-end jewelry, which included a large diamond cross that was out on loan from Jacob Arabo, better known as "Jacob the Jeweler."

"I'm not getting good readings. You better calm down. You're going to end up in the East River if he didn't get a good reading on this," the linebacker-esque man told her, Clark said.

Under cross-examination, Clark said she was on her way with Combs in a car to New Jersey's Teterboro when she realized that the jewelry, which had been in her purse, was missing.

Clark told the jurors that she didn't know whether the stolen jewelry was ever found, but that she continued to work for Combs, and he never mentioned it.

"I felt like if I had left it would have been written off as I had stolen it anyway," said Clark, who worked as Combs' personal assistant from 2004 until 2006 when she was promoted to the role of Combs' global brand director.

Clark said she briefly quit her personal assistant job in the summer of 2006 after Combs angrily pushed her during an argument at his Miami estate.

Combs' chef had relayed to him that Clark said, "I hate it here," Clark testified.

"If you hate it here, get the fuck out of my house," she said Combs kept repeating, pushing her through the kitchen, through the butler's pantry, and down hallways until he'd pushed her out the front door.

Clark also recalled that on her very first day working for the Bad Boy Records founder, he threatened her at nighttime in Central Park after he found out she had worked for Combs' longtime rival Suge Knight.

"He told me he didn't know I had anything to do with Suge Knight and that if anything would happen he would have to kill me," Clark said of Combs.

"I said we'll just have to see," Clark testified. "There was nothing I could do in Central Park to convince him that I was a trustworthy person."