50 percent of workers dislike their jobs By Molly Moseley

The good news is in: 50 percent of people feel satisfied with their jobs, the highest level in a decade. The bad news: that means the other half of the workforce feels dissatisfied.

Happiness Is A Matter Of Choice By Daniel Dias

My swimming career started in 2004, on my couch, at home. That's right, on the couch. I was watching the Jornal Nacional newscast, and they aired a story on another victory by Clodoaldo Silva in the Paralympics. That's when it struck me: I could practice a sport.

The Secret of Changing Your Reality By Deepak Chopra

A mystique surrounds people who accomplish great things as if they are favored by fate, God, or Nature to change the course of events. In the past, there was a special niche - the man of destiny - for the tiny elite of heroes (or monsters) who altered the lives of millions. What lies at the bottom of this mystique is something you and I don't experience every day: Getting the world to follow one person's will.

50 Things I Pretend To Know Now That I Am Nearing 50 By James Altucher

Every day I realize more how stupid I am. It’s OK to be stupid. But when I was 18 I thought I was a genius. Now I realize I’m an idiot.

SLEEP: Our Most Important Daily Ritual By Arne Sorenson

It might not be too surprising to hear that I spend time thinking about and studying sleep. With more than 760,000 hotel rooms, a big part of our business is about providing great sleep. Even in our most lively hotels, we want to make sure that when our guests head upstairs, they can enjoy a deep and restful sleep, sheltered from the scene continuing below.

Five Questions Students Should Be (But Aren't) Asked By Eric Termuende

Ilona Dougherty, founder of Apathy is Boring and recent recipient of Canada’s Top 100 Women in 2015 has done some very interesting research around the shift in the number of students attending university. In her recent article, she found that ‘the number of students enrolled full-time in university has more than doubled since 1980, even though there are 3 per cent fewer Canadians between the ages of 18 and 24, according to Statistics Canada. But despite being the most educated generation of all time, they face poor job prospects when they graduate.’ And so I start to wonder why.

My Message To The Next Generation Of Africans By Bill Gates.

I was 9 years old when Nelson Mandela was sent to prison on Robben Island. As a boy, I learned about him in school, and I remember seeing reports about the anti-Apartheid movement on the evening news.

You Have Permission to Lead Jphn Eades

You don’t have to be the CEO, a C-Level Executive, or run a business unit to be a leader. Take for example Kevin Nussbaum. A military veteran who has worked his way into the corporate world, now manning his post as a IT professional at a mid size company. He saw a culture that needed help and a people that needed excitement. That’s when a 21 day, 10,000 step challenge was born.

Leadership Lessons from a Great Influencer – My Daughter By Jeff Chappell

My four month old daughter consistently influences me to do things I would rather not do – without saying a word. I think it’s worth taking a look at her methods.

How To Answer The Question "Why Are You Job-Hunting? By Liz Ryan.

It is weird how job-seekers can be made to feel bad about the fact that they're currently unemployed or trying to get out of a bad job, when everybody knows that great people are unemployed or are working in lousy jobs.

Three Reasons You Feel Stuck—and How to Break Free By Deepak Chopra

Feeling stuck is one of life’s most difficult yet most common experiences. You want to move forward but feel blocked at every step. Your mind is filled with confusion and inner conflict while your body signals its discomfort with symptoms such as muscle tension, headaches, nausea, and fatigue. Your desires are thwarted and you experience a lack of fulfillment.

What Deeply Intuitive People Do Differently By Travis Bradberry.

Steve Jobs once said that intuition is more powerful than intellect. As it turns out, Jobs was onto something, and the scientific community backs him up. It seems that we’ve been giving intuition far too little respect.

Do This When You Are Dangerously Stressed By Bruce Kasanoff.

If you merely give a starving man a fish, the saying goes, you’ll feed him for a day. But teach him to fish, and you’ll feed him for a lifetime.

Why making mistakes can help your career development By Mark M-G

We all make mistakes, pretty much every day in pretty much every aspect of our lives. And it's no big deal - it's the way we're made (we're 'human' and therefore imperfect) and everyone understands that. That is, they understand it unless it's affecting them personally, at which point objectivity is all too often lost.

5 Top Reasons Why Working Late is Bullsh*t By James Kennedy

Almost one-fifth of the UK's workforce, regularly work overtime and receive no extra pay, according to recent studies. While these millions of people's' unpaid work hours can help to boost the economy, they will not see any that £30 billion themselves.

How Being Too Good Holds You Back By Marshall Goldsmith

When it comes to changing our behavior, there are two options that people usually try. The first is attempting a new behavior (like running Saturday mornings, or calling our parents on Thursday afternoons). The second option most people try is eliminating something.

How to quit without burning bridges Alex Malley.

The resignation, now there’s a scenario in professional life that many people struggle with.
Satisfying the demands of your existing role while juggling covert conversations with recruiters, interviewing, negotiating – it’s like leading a double-life before you finally arrive at the operation’s inevitable climax: breaking the news to your employer.

Lead with Courage By Douglas Conant.

When we think of courage (especially as we prepare to celebrate Independence Day in the United States), we often think of it in its most valorous incarnations — on the battlefield, in the grips of war, when the stakes are unspeakably high.