A smart way to handle anxiety — courtesy of soccer great Lionel Messi
What separates the very best in the world from the remaining 7 billion of us? Exceptional talent often looks like an act of revolution — a person doing something in...
Feeling unseen by your boss? Here’s what you can do
Ever have your hard work — including your successes — go unnoticed by your manager? Fixable, TED’s new podcast, is here to do just that — to fix the problems...
Let’s stop calling them “soft skills” — and call them “real skills” instead
We persist in hiring and training as if we’re running a bowling squad, as if easily measured skills are all that matter. What causes successful organizations to fail? What makes...
There’s a know-it-all at every job — here’s how to deal
Lucia dreaded interacting with her colleague Ray. Meetings that were scheduled for an hour would last two; once Ray started talking, he wouldn’t stop. “There’s no doubt he was a...
The 7 types of people you need in your life to be resilient
When you say you have “work stress,” what exactly do you mean? Chances are, you’re not talking about major things such as layoffs, fireable offenses or obvious wrongs; instead, it’s...
Perfectionism holding you back? 3 ways to shift the habit
“Perfectionism is a symptom of something,” Thomas Greenspon PhD, an expert on the topic and a recovering perfectionist himself, told me. “It’s not the disease.” At its core, perfectionism is...