Lisa Evans

Lisa Evans is a freelance writer from Toronto who covers topics related to mental and physical health. She strives to help readers make small changes to their daily habits that have a profound and lasting impact on their productivity and overall job satisfaction. She’s a coffee snob, magazine hoarder and amateur photographer who strikes a work-life balance through yoga and cycling. Visit her at www.lisaevans.ca.

Lisa Evans

How to pursue your dream when everyone says it won’t work

What do you do when you tell those closest to you what you want your new direction to be, but you hear “are you sure that’s the right move for you right now”?

Why reaching your goals won’t make you happier

While setting and achieving goals can improve your happiness, being unhappy now and believing you will be happy once you achieve your goals is an erroneous belief.

Are the people around you dampening your potential?

The people we are closest to have great influence over our thinking and decisions. This is how finding your true tribe can change your outlook.

How to stop being jealous of your coworkers’ successes

It’s natural to envy your friends’ promotions, but there is also a way to use that jealousy to motivate you.

How to be ambitious without getting stressed out

Stress and ambition don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Here are four ways you can maintain your ambition without letting stress take over.

How to stop being a people pleaser

By looking to the outside for validation, people pleasers tend to put aside their own ambitions. Here’s how to stop yourself before you become resentful.

This is what running a business with your spouse can do to your relationship

For some, working with a significant other sounds like a disaster. But for these couples, building a business together has strengthened their relationships.

How to stop overthinking your decisions

If you obsess over decisions, try one of these strategies to stop ruminating and move on.

How to adjust after relocating for a job

Uprooting your life and starting a new job is overwhelming. Here are a few steps to make the transition easier.

Six things introverts and extroverts can learn from each other

Extroverts can feel that introverts are antisocial, while introverts may see extroverts as overbearing. They can learn new skills from each other.

Why you should select one word to focus on all year

The word itself is not what is so powerful, but the time that you take to choose it. Through the process of selecting a word, you come face-to-face with your values and identify the things that will help move you forward to where you want to be.

How to dig yourself out of a creative rut

A creative rut is often the result of not being stretched or challenged. These six simple strategies can help you bust out of your rut.

How to feel more accomplished at the end of the day

Chances are good that you are getting more done than you think. Here are five steps you can take to end each day with a feeling of accomplishment.

How to go on a low-information diet

Disconnecting completely isn’t a realistic option, so here’s how to trim back on the daily deluge.

How to become a better conversationalist

These five tips will help you talk to anyone in any situation.

Why goal setting shouldn’t just happen on New Year’s Eve

Goal setting shouldn’t be a once-a-year event. Here are 5 tips for incorporating goal setting into your daily life.

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.

Turns out that morning people really are more productive than night owls

You might think that you are a night owl, but new research says that less than 1% of the population are actually genetically programmed to work best later in the day.

How to build a culture of trust in your company

People who trust their company have 106% more energy at work.

7 questions to help you figure out if it’s time to quit your job to start your own business

There’s a ton of risk. But the potential for reward can be oh so alluring. Answer these seven questions to see if you’re ready for entrepreneurship.

Impact

This new gene-editing method means scientists are closer to reshaping our DNA to cure disease

This mayor thinks basic income is the road out of structural inequality

There’s a new use for America’s dying malls: co-working

Creativity

Netflix is opening a production hub in NYC

HBO rebukes Trump for tweeting a Game of Thrones meme

Watch HBO’s delightful new animated series, Backstories, for Game of Thrones, Insecure fans

Co.Design

These gorgeous tiles are glazed in volcanic ash from Mount Etna

Sidewalk Labs’s ambitious smart city plans now face a legal battle

See Everlane’s first sneaker. It’s green, cheap, and so normcore-chic

Work Life

How to replace executives without a company shake-up

Why you should always ask for more money

How to confront bias without alienating people