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I Love My Job - but My Narcissistic Boss Makes Work Toxic

This week, a worker who is being managed by someone unpredictable and manipulative.

Middle Managers Are Facing a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Burnout. Here’s How to Help Them

Middle managers are facing high levels of dissatisfaction and burn out. Here’s how companies, leaders and employees can help them.

5 Must-Haves in Your Morning Routine Guarantee Career Success

5 must-haves in your morning routine guarantee career success, according to career experts, because they have elements that set the foundation for a productive workday.

Gen X Was Supposed to Be Peaking. Instead Their Careers and Finances Are Tanking

The stock market crash is deepening Generation X's viral career crisis

Private Equity’s Recruiting Cyclone Is Fast Approaching

Private equity firms are notorious for recruiting junior talent two years in advance. Here’s how to get ahead of the frenzy — and who should avoid it

Why Constant Interruptions Are Killing Your Strategic Thinking

The smartest thing a leader can do? Protect their time to think.

'Captain America' star Anthony Mackie: 'We're lying to our kids' when we say success comes just from hard work—luck is key, too

In many cases, "success is given [and] not earned," Mackie continued. Mackie had been an actor for over 10 years before landing the role that many consider his big break, as Sam Wilson in 2014's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," he said.

Help! A Nice Man at Church Asked Us for a Favor. We Have No Idea What We’re About to Get Into.

This is Prudie Phones a Friend, a new feature where Jenée Desmond-Harris calls a few experts for their advice to a letter writer. Submit questions to Prudence here. My partner and I—we’re a queer couple—are some of the only young people at our small church.

Forget push-ups — I'm a personal trainer and here's 3 ways to build upper-body strength and mobility using downward dog

Whether boosting mobility or building upper-body strength, you can use downward-facing dog to your advantage. Down dog, a staple yoga exercise, primarily stretches the upper back, chest, abdomen and shoulders while opening up the muscles along your posterior chain, including the hamstrings.

AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

The ability to generate high-quality images quickly is crucial for producing realistic simulated environments that can be used to train self-driving cars to avoid unpredictable hazards, making them safer on real streets.

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I'm 58 and lost my 6-figure job. Over a year of applications later, I still haven't found anything.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Pete Petersen, 58, who has been looking for work since February 2024 after he was laid off from his corporate job. Petersen spent much of his career in the consumer products healthcare division of a pharmaceutical company.

A Place Where Getting Laid Off Sucks … Less

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Two summers ago, 35-year-old Melanie Ehrenkranz opened her laptop and found that an ominous meeting had been added to her calendar.

The First Step in the Writing Process: Be Kind to Yourself

Often I am asked—as all writers are asked—what is my process. First of all, to preface this. Yes, I do get writers block. No, I don’t write every day. Yes, there are periods, sometimes months and months, when I don’t write at all. I never ever recommend this.

'Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down': Donald Trump's Return-to-Office Mandate Is Going Terribly

Since President Donald Trump mandated that remote and partially remote federal workers all must return to their offices, thousands of employees across the country have been figuring out how to navigate new commutes, seating arrangements, and a lack of supplies as basic as toilet paper and legal pads

My 6 must-have Linux apps for productivity, and why they make work easier

Since I made the jump to Linux all those years ago, I have never once found myself missing out on applications. Sure, there have been moments early on when I thought there were better options available on other platforms, but those days are in the past.

Curated by our editorsStories to fuel your mind

I Love My Job - but My Narcissistic Boss Makes Work Toxic

Middle Managers Are Facing a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Burnout. Here’s How to Help Them

5 Must-Haves in Your Morning Routine Guarantee Career Success

Gen X Was Supposed to Be Peaking. Instead Their Careers and Finances Are Tanking

Private Equity’s Recruiting Cyclone Is Fast Approaching

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Why Constant Interruptions Are Killing Your Strategic Thinking

'Captain America' star Anthony Mackie: 'We're lying to our kids' when we say success comes just from hard work—luck is key, too

Help! A Nice Man at Church Asked Us for a Favor. We Have No Idea What We’re About to Get Into.

Forget push-ups — I'm a personal trainer and here's 3 ways to build upper-body strength and mobility using downward dog

AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

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I'm 58 and lost my 6-figure job. Over a year of applications later, I still haven't found anything.

A Place Where Getting Laid Off Sucks … Less

The First Step in the Writing Process: Be Kind to Yourself

'Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down': Donald Trump's Return-to-Office Mandate Is Going Terribly

My 6 must-have Linux apps for productivity, and why they make work easier

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