World Economic Forum
10 ways to handle toxic people
To deal with toxic people effectively, you need an approach that enables you, across the board, to control what you can and …
Life WorkLife
What's life? Across our curated articles and stories, you'll find a 21st Century perspective on topics such as life lessons, creativity, mindfulness, self-improvement, and much more.
Justin Jackson
Out of Office
Often, we don’t make progress because we’re stuck in the regular rut of commuting, working all day, and coming …
Life WorkPersonal Growth
I Meet Dead People Every Day: How to avoid becoming one yourself
Travel is a necessary evil because the payoff is worth all the trouble. Travel broadens our perspectives and educates us …
Life TravelBBC
What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
Many modern urban areas have been built around cars, with huge amounts of space set aside for roads and parking. But what …
LifeThe Atlantic
Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore
Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society.
LifeThe New York Times
I Used to Fear Being a Nobody. Then I Left Social Media.
My wanting to share every waking thought became eclipsed by a desire for an increasingly rare commodity — a private life.
LifeBYU
Impostor Syndrome is more common than you think; Study finds best way to cope with it
The impostor syndrome, a phenomenon that manifests when people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and …
LifeThe New York Times
Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life
Gen Z-ers and millennials have been called lazy and entitled. Could they, instead, be among the first to understand the …
Life WorkQuartz
Photographer removes our smartphones to show our strange and lonely new world
Are you reading this on a handheld device? There’s a good chance you are. Now imagine how’d you look if that …
LifeUp and to the Right
Journaling
Many of my anxieties, worries, and decisions tend to get warped, distorted, and intermixed in my mind as I sit there mulling …
LifeThe Guardian
Underpopulated Italian region offers visitors €25,000 to move in
An underpopulated region in southern Italy is offering newcomers €700 per month for three years to live in one of its …
Life TravelCNBC
These are the world's most liveable cities in 2019
The top 10 most liveable cities in the world, and their scores according to The Global Liveability Index 2019, are:
- Vienna, …
Stanford
Meeting online has become the most popular way U.S. couples connect, Stanford sociologist finds
Matchmaking is now done primarily by algorithms, according to new research from Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld. His …
LifeBuzzFeed
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more …
LifeFarnam Street
The Danger of Comparing Yourself to Others
The most important things in life are measured internally. Thinking about what matters to you is hard. Playing to someone …
LifeHuman Parts
The Art of Waking Up Earlier Than Everyone Else
I’ve read several articles about the productivity benefits of waking up early — and I’m sure you have, too. These …
LifeAeon
Why speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser
Imagine, for instance, that you are arguing with your partner. Adopting a third-person perspective might help you to …
LifeTravel + Leisure
Would You Rather Travel With Your Phone Than a Friend? Maybe It's Time for a 'Mobilemoon'
Last month, the travel company issued the results of a survey which said, given the ultimatum, 33 percent of American …
Life TravelJustin Jackson
How to be more social at events and conferences
Too often, we think about networking in terms of what we can get. We’re doing it for ourselves; to fill our emotional …
LifeMEL Magazine
The Loneliness Epidemic Is So Bad, World Leaders Have Been Forced to Intervene
When politicians are staging national interventions to force us to connect with each other — and actually spending real money …
Health LifeThe Guardian
Listen up: why we can't get enough of audiobooks
In this time-poor, podcast-friendly world, audiobooks are booming. So what is the science behind them – and do they change …
Learning LifeThe Walrus
Why Being Bored Is Good
Technology keeps us constantly stimulated. What do we lose when we no longer have nothing to do?
LifeThe New York Times
It's Never Going to Be Perfect, So Just Get It Done
In other words, just getting it done — whether that’s a decision you have to make or work you have to do — will leave …
LifeThe New York Times
The Global Economy Runs on Parties You're Not Invited To: The robots may take over, but high-end schmoozing will never die.
The internet was supposed to pull down gatekeepers and middlemen. It was supposed to make decision-making rational, …
LifeCBS News
Two-thirds of American employees regret their college degrees
A college education is still considered a pathway to higher lifetime earnings and gainful employment for Americans. …
Career LifeBBC
The science behind why some of us are shy
To certain people, mingling at a party or talking to a crowded room is the stuff of nightmares. Why are some of us hardwired …
LifeThe New York Times
Remember the '10,000 Hours' Rule for Success? Forget About It
Folk wisdom holds the trade-off between breadth and depth to be a cruel one: “jack-of-all-trades, master of …
LifeOneZero
When Ignoring a Text Is the Polite Thing to Do
We don’t communicate the same way we used to, so why should the old rules of etiquette apply? In the era of social …
LifeJustin Jackson
The Freedom Ladder
Have you ever seen a painter use a scaffold? It’s a ladder you construct to get from ground level up to the elevation …
Life WorkCal Newport
On the Pleasures and Sorrows of Life Without Screens
When people contemplate the declutter process I suggest in my book, in which you spend 30 days away from optional technology …
Life