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Fearless children often turn into insecure adults. How do people manage to stay confident in the face of failure?

You have to understand people.

New research from Henry Siu at the University of British Columbia and Nir Jaimovich from Duke University shows just how much the world of routine work has collapsed.

Research is piling up on how ineffective and stressful open office plans can be.

Tesla Motors says it is making a foray into the challenge of how to use the sun’s energy when it isn’t shining, with a fleet of battery systems for homeowners, businesses and utilities.

Parenting decisions that were commonplace a few decades ago are now cause for 911 calls and visits from a police officer or someone from child protective services.

How to Influence People: The Most Overlooked Secret

What makes a leader? Knowledge, smarts and vision, but also the ability to identify and monitor emotions and manage relationships.

What helps us to take responsibility for our mistakes? A recent study says the key might lie with your belief that people can change.

A new survey reveals what employees care about most. Money doesn't make the list.

Dorie Clark examines how rapid social and technological change disrupted our definition of what a meaningful and successful professional life looks like.

When the most selective universities in the United States sent out their admissions decisions for the Class of 2019 a few weeks ago, they also publicly announced—somewhat proudly—how few students they actually admitted this year. In most cases, fewer than one out of ten students were accepted to places such as Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton.Such numbers and the anxiety they produce among high-school students and their parents frustrates Ben Nelson. He graduated from one of those institutions, the University of Pennsylvania, in the mid-1990s. That’s when it was slightly eas

In a recent memo, CEO Tony Hsieh addressed those who aren't behind the company's new management philosophy.

Most of the news/advice/insight you run into is merely seen. You might acknowledge that something is happening, that something might work, that a new technique is surfacing. Sometimes, if you work at it, you actually hear what's being said. You...

A hundred and fifty years ago, when people finally began organizing to eliminate child labor in American factories, they were called anti-business. There was no way, the owners complained, that they could make a living if they couldn’t employ ultra-cheap...

The greatest presentation lessons will never be found in a book on using PowerPoint (or any other presentation tool). Advice and lessons are found in different places. I have always said that some of the greatest advice on presenting on...

Automating some of your social media content may be beneficial for both you and your audience, but follow these six tips when you determine your strategy.

Six Colors by Jason Snell and Friends

A company study found that a manager’s technical skills were far less valued by employees than people skills.

Have you got any contacts that have extensions in their phone numbers? If you do, you'll know that adding extension information to your contacts can give your iPhone fits when placing calls. There is, however a trick. When creating a contact, instead of this: Jenny 866-5309 x1982 Do this: Jen

Bound Gaps Solved Last year, Yitang (Tom) Zhang published a paper in the Annals of Mathematics titled "Bounded Gaps Between Primes." The abstract for the

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Yesterday I published a post on forty blog topics for WordPress freelancers. Now I'm giving you forty blog topics for entrepreneurs.

Great meta-collection of resources on how to create a podcast

John Oliver delivers an update on the historic election in India, the largest in human history. Spoiler Alert: Narendra Modi won. Connect with Last Week Toni...

Find out how your presentation slides can pass the Glance Test. If 3 seconds doesn't get the point across, the slide may need improvement.

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Zappos, Medium, and David Allen have all embraced the non-hierarchical management system. Should your company adopt it too?