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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
The entrepreneurial journey can be lonely, 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…
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The startup spouse: a view from the other side of bed
Over half a million people become entrepreneurs in the United States each month. That’s a lot…
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Stop exercising and start moving
I’m moving house in T-minus 10 days. So, yesterday, after assembling 35 cardboard boxes, dismantling two…
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Will you show up with your emotions, or send an emoji instead?
If you’ve tweeted, posted to Instagram, or texted in the past few days—and who among us…
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Your smartphone is making you stupid
Among the many life lessons my partner and I learned as we purchased and moved into…
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Don’t have kids, eat less meat, and other ways to save the world
Whose fault is it that glaciers are melting, oceans are becoming cooler and less salinated, “storms…
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Amy Gallo loves a good fight. A Q&A with the woman who wrote the book on conflict.
Amy Gallo loves conflict. So much so that she believes a manager has a duty to…
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"V" in the moment of change: Q&A with diversity and inclusion expert Vernā Myers
Everyone's a little bit racist. And the sooner we all figure that out, the sooner we…
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Selfish or selective? 6 ways Millennials are changing charitable giving.
Many people think of Millennials as self-centered, selfie-snapping, uber-texting, uber-riding, narcissists. Even some Millennials share this…
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Working moms need a new F-word: flexibility
No matter the advancements we make in technology, workplace policies, and legislation, it can still be…
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