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Work Smart

The apps, tips, tactics, and brain hacks to help you work smarter instead of harder.

This is what leaders often get wrong about growth mind-set

Whenever we learn something new, our instincts may lead us to internalize dangerous myths and mistakes.

This is what leaders often get wrong about growth mind-set

Why you should start your New Year’s resolutions on March 4

Here’s an argument for separating the decision to make a change from the day that you are actually putting yourself on the path to change.

Why you should start your New Year’s resolutions on March 4

Five things you should stop saying to yourself

These are things we say to ourselves that are setting us up to fail at work–or your habitual mode of looking at the world can make you act as if you did.

Five things you should stop saying to yourself

This is how you can get rid of your self-created failures

Sometimes, we are so scared of failure that we inevitably invite it into our lives. Here’s how to stop that from happening.

This is how you can get rid of your self-created failures

8 ways to trick your brain into keeping your New Year’s resolutions

When setting a resolution, the dopaminergic reward systems of your brain become more active. The challenge is keeping that up over the long haul.

8 ways to trick your brain into keeping your New Year’s resolutions

The 10 most popular work-life stories of 2018

These are the work-life stories you read and shared the most this year.

The 10 most popular work-life stories of 2018

These are the goals you should make to be a better leader

From staying calm under pressure to learning to delegate better.

These are the goals you should make to be a better leader

Ask these four questions to conduct a career audit for the past year

Take the time to reflect on your career before you set your resolutions.

Ask these four questions to conduct a career audit for the past year

How to build a killer 100-day executive onboarding plan

More than a dozen chief human resource officers from top companies offer advice on how to set yourself up for success in a new leadership role.

How to build a killer 100-day executive onboarding plan

6 ways to communicate challenging concepts to your target audience

Rather than start drafting your presentation or meeting agenda by asking, “What do I want to say?” start by asking, “What does my audience need to hear?”

6 ways to communicate challenging concepts to your target audience

Why you should completely change the way you view collaboration

Let go of the fear that someone is going to steal your ideas, and learn to adopt a collaborative mind-set.

Why you should completely change the way you view collaboration

These are the best and worst leaders of 2018

From inspiring people who broke barriers and stood up for what they believe in, to those who got caught making terrible decisions, 2018 saw the good, the bad, and the mixed from leaders across the country.

These are the best and worst leaders of 2018

7 things that are killing your startup

Since reaching a peak in 2001, the number of high-tech startups in the U.S. has seen a steady decline. Here are the seven main culprits.

7 things that are killing your startup

Stanford professor: “The workplace is killing people and nobody cares”

From the disappearance of good health insurance to the psychological effects of long hours, the modern workplace is taking its toll on all of us.

Stanford professor: “The workplace is killing people and nobody cares”

How you might unwittingly be making your bad boss even worse

No one can be a bad boss on their own. Here’s how you might be unknowingly enabling destructive behavior, and what you can do to make a change.

How you might unwittingly be making your bad boss even worse

Check yourself for these five common grammatical mistakes

No matter your industry, you need to be able to sound like you know what you’re talking about. Mastering these tricky aspects of grammar should be your first step.

Check yourself for these five common grammatical mistakes

This is what most companies get wrong about flexibility

Flexibility is one of the most important benefits people are looking for, but while many companies may have a policy on the books, they have no idea whether it’s the right policy, or who’s using it.

This is what most companies get wrong about flexibility

Gratitude schmatitude: How too much praise devalues appreciation

At what point do all the emoji-laden shout-outs begin to deafen us to meaningful praise?

Gratitude schmatitude: How too much praise devalues appreciation

Why influencer marketing is not all it’s cracked up to be

A study finds it’s sometimes more efficient–and cheaper–to spread information randomly rather than through targeted seeding.

Why influencer marketing is not all it’s cracked up to be

Why being a manager is a career change, not a promotion

This Buffer engineer shares some of the surprising lessons and takeaways of transitioning from an individual contributor to a manager.

Why being a manager is a career change, not a promotion

Impact

Why haven’t we evolved a solution to aging?

To fix the climate, we have to fix our soil

High CO2 levels will wreck plants’ nutritional value, so don’t plan on surviving on vegetables

Creativity

“The day innocence died”: How the media covered Columbine 20 years ago

That tone-deaf Ancestry ad was playing on Canadian emotions about Americans

Netflix is opening a production hub in NYC

Co.Design

An ex-Apple designer explains why Cupertino didn’t address screen addiction earlier

The real reason why luxury fashion brands love the art world

Furniture made out of old jeans is way more beautiful than it sounds

Work Life

You should take “you have too much time on your hands” as a compliment

Running a business helped me recover from burnout. Here’s how

Five things every cover letter needs and one thing to delete