Dave's Library

Are you good at math? A computer whiz? Well, great! Presumably your “hard skills” are a surefire ticket to a high-paying job. Well, maybe that used to be the ca…

Rule One: Take pleasure in it. It’s not just a safety net, it’s YOUR net. ¶ I’ve long been told that I “know everyone.”…

The high cost of overwork.

The other day I told you how I navigate WordPress drama. Now I'll let you know how I deal with high standards. It's all about who needs grace.

The Einstein Myth The story has become lore. Albert Einstein was a rebellious student who chafed against traditional schooling and earned bad grades.

A new Washington Post poll shows how the burden of tending to children is shaping careers.

Excessive ambition can be a cruel taskmaster. Here are a few things I've learned about keeping a realistic pace.

Not every opinion is useful.

As we get older, it gets harder to find new friends. Here’s how to break the ice, at any age.

Psychologists and behavioral scientists are looking more closely at ambiversion—a personality type that can adapt to social or solitary environments.

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I don't think we have a calling. I do think it's possible to have a caring. A calling implies that there's just one thing for you, just one thing you're supposed to do. What we most need in our lives,...

Goal-setting closed achievement gaps in a recent experiment. The key element? Students put their thoughts in writing.

The firm tells The Washington Post that it will abandon its old system for all 330,000 employees, starting in September.

What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuin...

“Tess…started her way up the dark and crooked lane not made for hasty progress; a street laid out before inches of land had value, and when one-handed clocks sufficiently sub-divided the day.”  —Thomas Hardy Imagine your life without time, without a constant sense that you’re running behind, frustrated that yet again you are losing the...

Parents have a better chance of controlling their children’s addiction to texting and gaming if they set aside family times for putting down devices.

I work in a place where nobody calls me by my name.

For 33 years, Paul Shaffer has been the warm to David Letterman's cool, the Ed to his Johnny and the Peaches to his Herb. So what happens when the world's greatest sidekick has to go solo?

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Comedian Marc Maron is tackling the most complex philosophical question of our day - WTF? He'll get to the bottom of it with help from comedian friends, celebrity guests and the voices in his own head. You loved him on Morning Sedition. You kinda liked him on The Marc Maron Show. You tolerated him on Break Room Live. Now, embrace him on a show from which he cannot be fired - WTF with Marc Maron.

“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” That’s one of those syrupy, motivational statements you see floating about the Internet. It’s often plastered on a photo of someone standing on a vista overlooking a mountain range, the ocean, a unicorn or all three if you happen to live in …