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.