Successful Habits

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New neuroscience reveals 4 secrets that will make you emotionally intelligent Eric Barker

? Humans are emotional and hard to predict. Trying to figure out what the guy next door will do during a pandemic can be a total mystery; call it Schrödinger’s Neighbor. Read More

Advice

The 5 best responses to ‘What are your strengths?’Steve Adcock

Imagine this: You are sitting in an interview, and you get hit with one of the most common questions that hiring managers ask their candidates. Read More

How To

Answer this question in the first 30 secs of a video call to capture everyone’s attention Laura Berlinsky-Schine

So, the next time you gear up your Powerpoint for your weekly team Zoom call, take a step back and think about how you can get your team interested in what you’re telling them. Read More

Health

This one 11-minute exercise can combat the effects of sitting all day Kaitlyn McInnis

And with the general consensus suggesting that ‘sitting is the new smoking,’ all this sitting around certainly doesn’t do us any favors. Read More

Advice

50 things that improved my life in 2020, the year of chaos Todd Brison

Optimism is a choice. Hope is an action. Love is a verb. Positivity is a mindset. None of these things happen by default. Read More

The Future of Work

If you can say ‘Yes’ to any of these 5 questions, your 2020 was successful Annamarie Houlis via Fairygodboss

Self-development is one surefire way to do better and be better in all aspects of our lives — from our relationships to our careers. Read More

Advice

These are the skills you’ll need to land a job in 2021 Samantha Hawrylack

To go along with your soft skills, you, of course, need the hard skills to do the job right. In 2021, certain hard skills are paramount to almost any job. Read More

Advice

How to work with every Myers-Briggs personality type Jonathan Thompson

The shift to remote work has given many of us a new perspective on how we do our jobs. Without the context of a shared workspace or the rhythm of a typical office day, our own personalities are having far more of a say in our performance. Read More

Advice

If you only had 15 minutes to sharpen your mind every day, here’s 1 thing you can do Thomas Oppong

Many forms of exercise can also help your brain but how much time do you invest in brain training activities and habits? … Read More

Must Reads

What jobs can you get with a business degree?

We’ve rounded up 11 different types of jobs you can get with a business degree to give you an idea of just how versatile that particular bachelor’s degree is.

The 21 jobs that are MOST likely to lead to divorce

Some jobs have a higher divorce rate than others.

The 12 best people to pick as job references

You want to pick people who have worked alongside you and think highly enough of you to sing your praises to a hiring manager.

I did 8 rounds of interviews and still didn’t get the job

“I’ve interviewed with Google twice now, and when people ask me why I don’t work there, I respond, ‘I can never seem to get past the eighth interview,’” says Steve Silberberg, who is now the founder of Fatpacking, a weight-loss backpacking company.

Myth busted: 5 ageism stereotypes that need to be broken

In the last few months, older social media personalities have been gaining traction on sites like Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tock. They’re called Grandfluencers, and they’re here to debunk pervasive ageism myths….and make a little cash doing it.

The simple eye contact trick you should use in every conversation

“When two people are having a conversation, eye contact signals that shared attention is high —that they are in peak synchrony with one another.”

How to deal with ‘The Great Resignation’ when you are a manager

Managers are worried about maintaining the talent required to keep the doors open, but they are not asking the right questions.

The flu shot may protect you from severe COVID-19 infection

New research found that the flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19, reducing the risk of suffering severe infection, like stroke, sepsis, and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

The best exercises for flabby arms — workouts you’ve never heard of

You can tone your arms with these five workouts, and we have video to show you the right form.

7 things you should never ask your boss

There are some things you should just not ask your boss — these 7 questions are things you should stay clear from in conversation.