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Can burnout actually be good for you?
Health and wellness consultant Jenny Dempsey believes it can. In fact, she credits burnout for leading…
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Empathy Lab: Building community in the workplace from the inside out
Without trying to sound too depressing, more and more experts are noting that our sense of…
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Pamela Pavliscak on the danger and promise of emotional technology
Silicon Valley is trying to crack the code on emotion. The tech world knows that research…
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Nadine Champion on truth, fear, and learning to take a punch
When Nadine Champion speaks, she shows audiences a picture of herself from back then: a ripped…
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What companies gain by hiring veterans
Few of us can begin to imagine life in the military if we haven’t ever served.…
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Why being an accomplice is better than being an ally
There’s a four-letter word that gets a lot of love, that it’s fine to say in…
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Sometimes it’s not what you say… but how you punctuate
Is there a punctuation mark that you overuse? Chances are good there is, whether or not…
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As technology advances, we question what it means to be human
Underneath questions about whether artificial intelligence can create works of art, or whether—and how—robots can take…
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How not to be an asshole when you talk to customer service
Eye contact. A friendly smile. “Please,” “Thank you,” and other good manners. It sounds like common…
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Why gendered language is everyone’s business
It was an upscale Indian restaurant near Central Park–”magnificent views of the park and upper Manhattan,…
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Dos and don’ts for marketing with memes
As ubiquitous as the devices we share them on, memes are here to stay—whether or not…
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How Not to Give a F*ck—the book that dares you to pick it up
Editor’s note: So much great business advice, so little time to read. That’s why each month…
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Stemming the loneliness epidemic one interaction at a time
As you’ve likely heard, there is an epidemic of loneliness going around. People feel profoundly disconnected…
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The startup psychologist: It’s easy to bake your issues into your company
创业可以孤独的旅程ly, all-consuming, fraught with failure, and devastating to relationships. All the…
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One-minute meditations to help you reset
It always sounds lame when someone tells you to deal with stress by taking a few…
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Tackling difficult topics head on: A conversation with Amy Gallo
The author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict and a contributing editor at Harvard…
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Volunteering your skill set can have some surprising benefits
Selfishness is underrated. Wait—hear me out! Giving, giving, giving is a surefire path to burning out.…
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3 surprising ways to volunteer your professional skills
We see you, do-gooder. You’re a busy, talented professional, so lucky and you know it. You…
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Growing up vs. adulting: the journey toward adulthood has changed
A few months ago, I learned about adulting—the modern term for twenty-somethings engaging in adult-like behavior.…
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How to elevate others at work
We all know one or two people like this at work. They walk in and—shazam—the room…