Career Advice & Insights

OnePoll surveyed 2,000 Americans and found that cursing is the main way people show “frustration,” at 63%, followed by “yelling” at 49% and “crying” at 39%. People turn to music for stress relief most often at 50%. Read More

Looking at three years of Kickstarter data, the university found that women were more likely than men to have their startup ideas funded. Why? Because they were trusted more. Read More

When you interject your awesome point in a meeting, will your colleagues consider you assertive or rude? The answer may, unfortunately, depend on your gender, according to new research from Stanford’s Katherine Hilton, a doctoral candidate in linguistics. Read More

Stress does not get evenly distributed at work, a new survey of 4,500 people from the Mental Health Foundation has found. Turns out, age makes a significant difference in whether you find the workplace an oasis or a stressful nightmare. Read More

Here is the transcript (and video) of Tim Cook’s commencement speech to Duke’s Class of 2018. Read More

We know that people have a habit of moving to certain cities and states to make their money go further during retirement, but recent research shows that people who haven’t yet reached their Golden Years think they’ll have a tough time financially during that chapter in their lives. Read More

Here are excerpts and video of Oprah Winfrey’s commencement speech to USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism’s Class of 2018. Read More

Here are excerpts and video of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman’s commencement speech to Howard’s Class of 2018. Read More

Many of the greats embraced the concept of “Amor Fati.” To not only accept everything that life brings you, good or bad, but to love it. To embrace it. To revel in it. Every single bit of your life. Yes, even the truly horrible, awful, regrettable, don’t-ever-want-to-think-about-it-again moments. Read More