The hidden price of leaving a big cityIt may improve your quality of life. But good luck if you lose your job. Ever since hordes of Americans began fleeing big coastal cities during the pandemic, I've been wondering when — or if — they'd return.
The Surprising and Sobering Science of How We Gain and Lose Influence“We rise in power and make a difference in the world due to what is best about human nature, but we fall from power due to what is worst.”
The Secret Negotiating Power You Have When You Get Laid OffEmployers recognize losing a job can be traumatic and sometimes use that to their advantage.
Inside My Days as a Content BotIn the summer of 2007, I was freshly out of college and searching for jobs with increasing desperation. I had worked unpaid internships at a newspaper and a literary journal; I’d written music reviews. None of this, it was becoming apparent, screamed “employable.
How ‘work zones’ can help create better focus, according to a neuroscientistDo you struggle to stay on task when working? Spatial association –aka work zones – is the neuroscientist-backed method to help you create better focus.
RIP office bestie. Here’s the upside to a diminishing need to have a friend at workWhat comes to mind when you hear office best friend? Lunch buddy? Trusted collaborator? A confidant when you need to vent? All of the above? This friend may be the best part of your job—the extra oomph so everything else is doable.
EPA administrator Michael Regan on undoing the toxic legacy of power plants in the USThe Environmental Protection Agency rolled out new rules today meant to crack down on pollution from power plants. It forces existing coal-fired power plants and newly built gas plants to capture nearly all of their planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions.
Want to Be More Focused, Productive, and Successful? First, Get the Goose Out of the BottleWhen I worked with teams to improve productivity, I sometimes started with a little exercise. I asked for three volunteers and spaced them out so we made a loose circle. Then I opened a can of three tennis balls and said, "I'm going to say someone's name and toss them the ball.
Boeing’s problems were as bad as you thoughtExperts and whistleblowers testified before Congress today. The upshot? “It was all about money.” Boeing went under the magnifying glass at not one, but two Senate hearings today examining allegations of deep-seated safety issues plaguing the once-revered plane manufacturer.
New documentary shines a light on ultra-processed foodsMany of the food industry’s problems can perhaps be summed up by the humble buttered popcorn jelly bean. Love or hate this sweet treat, its 1989 introduction was a chewy harbinger of food scientists’ ability to make any food taste like any other food.
A ‘World-Changing’ Underwater UFO—Caught on Video—Is a Legit Threat, Says Ex-Navy OfficerA retired U.S. Navy admiral believes that the government should look to the oceans to help solve a mystery in the skies. Rear Admiral Timohy Gallaudet, former Oceanographer of the U.S.
‘Our Relationship Ended Because He Was Too Close With His Ex’Esther Perel is a psychotherapist, a best-selling author, and the host of the podcast Where Should We Begin? She’s also a leading expert on contemporary relationships.
Do you need to worry about “forever chemicals”?In 1992, Sandy Wynn-Stelt and her husband Joel bought a house they loved in a wooded area near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Here’s how Sequoia teaches founders to find product-market fitSequoia Capital is one of the best-performing venture firms in Silicon Valley, thanks to bets on companies including Apple, Cisco, Google, Instagram, and Stripe.
People are afraid of self-driving cars — can the industry change that?Self-driving cars have an image problem. They stumble into construction zones, block ambulances, run red lights, and even injure the occasional bicyclist or pedestrian. Forget the fact that most autonomous vehicles operate each day safely, anonymously, and without fanfare.