How to Think About Your Career | Medium

Your career is defined by your skills and how you’ve used them, not by any external measure of your progress. It’s common to think of your career as your level within the company, or how much money you make, or your title, or..

Instead of Work-Life Balance, Try Focusing on Boundaries | Lifehacker

People talk about work-life balance as if achieving it is the precious key to happiness. Tips and tricks abound. But there are two big problems with this supposed golden ticket. First, the very phrase suggests that work isn’t part...

Thinking Positive is a Surprisingly Risky Manoeuvre | Aeon

Do you believe that positive thinking can help you achieve your goals? Many people today do. Pop psychology and the $12 billion self-help industry reinforce a widespread belief that positive thinking can improve our moods..

What Stress Can Do for You | Psychology Today

A few months ago the DO Lectures series asked me to contribute a piece to a collection of essays on stress—on a tight, stressful deadline. It just released the collection as The Stress Report, “a modern compass for a new, smarter,..

How to Change Your Personality | The Atlantic

Almost everyone has something they want to change about their personality. In 2014, a study that traced people’s goals for personality change found that the vast majority of its subjects wanted to be more extraverted, agreeable, emotionally stable,..

The Danger of Making a Backup Plan | 99U

Whatever your creative ambition is, you know it could fail. Tough, but true. Your book proposal might get rejected, your start-up might tank. Your client pitch might fall flat. That’s an uncomfortable prospect for anyone, and a sensible antidote....

Procrastinate Better | The Atlantic

Why is it that the more work I have to do, the more the internet beckons me into its endless maw of distraction? Oh Lord, I will say, appealing both to myself and to whatever blog-god might be listening, I have an hour...

Why Creatives Shouldn’t Be Afraid Of Artificial Intelligence | Co.Create

There has been much written about the 80/20 rule and how it can be applied to different facets of our lives. At work, 20% of your time should be spent on passion projects. At home, ensure 20% of your time is spent..

Bill Gates, Warren Buffett And Oprah All Use The 5-Hour Rule | Inc.com

In the article "Malcolm Gladwell got us wrong", the researchers behind the 10,000-hour rule set the record straight: different fields require different amounts of deliberate practice in order to become world class.

How Exhaustion Became a Status Symbol | New Republic

Exhaustion is a vague and forgiving concept. Celebrities say they’re suffering from it when they go to rehab and don’t want to admit to depression or addiction. You can attribute your low mood or your short temper to...