Imagine logging off for a day to hit an impossible number of crowded city venues, help your best friend overcome depression, and trap your nemesis in your house. Nice, right? by Joe Berkowitz The point of a pointillist painting is that the closer you look, the less...

[Source Images: Komarova Anastasiia/iStock, BlindTurtle/iStock] BY DAN FORMOSA4 MINUTE READ Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I was part of a research team investigating the design of health equipment, including masks. Masks are important for protecting healthcare...

ROCHESTER, MN—In an effort to help working individuals improve their fitness and well-being, experts at the Mayo Clinic issued a new set of health guidelines Thursday recommending that Americans stand up at their desk, leave their office, and never return. “Many...

Four techniques for storing knowledge you might otherwise forget Thomas Oppong Follow Oct 16 · 5 min read Photo: tunart/Getty Success is largely based on what you know — everything you know informs the choices you make. And those choices are either getting you closer...

While reducing your mind’s tendency to wander can be a valuable result, it’s not the only benefit you might see. [Photo: JD Mason/Unsplash] BY STEPHANIE VOZZA3 MINUTE READ If you’re one of the millions of people who’ve downloaded a mindfulness app...

And their relationships grow because of it Michael ThompsonFollow Apr 8 Photo by Andrik Langfield on Unsplash “The definition of success is when the people you love, actually love you back.” — Warren Buffett The beauty of getting older is that patterns begin to...

Careful, your resentment is showing. Tesia BlakeFollow Mar 24 I’ve been surrounded by negative people my whole life, and I’ve only recently learned to shut my ears to their comments before they drive me completely crazy. Negative people are the pessimists of the...

In your career, you earn currency with those in power. Unfortunately, most people focus on building up their performance while forgetting to build their relationship currency. [Photos: Westend61/Getty Images] BY VIVIAN GIANG2 MINUTE READ Attracting a sponsor takes...

Rob MarchantFollow Feb 22 Poet on a Mountain Top, Ming Dynasty Many of us go through life trying to impose our will on the world. Sometimes it works — we finally get the promotion that we’ve been battling for, after endless late nights and newly-sprouted silver hairs;...

Feeling nervous about a big job interview or a company-wide presentation? These small adjustments can help you fake it until you make it. [Photo: Lennon Cheng/Unsplash] BY JUDITH HUMPHREY4 MINUTE READ Most of us have heard about “power posing” and the art of faking...