Thought of the day: a popular Stoic paraphrase often linked to Epictetus, “Wealth…
I have moved between Ireland and Southeast Asia year after year for a while now, and one thing has crept up on me quietly.
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We tend to think detachment means becoming cold or disengaged, but occupational…
Detachment has a chilly reputation.
We’re taught that failure is the price of ambition, but psychologists studying…
Ambition has a standard story about failure.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi spent decades studying thousands of people at the moments…
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi did not find the deepest form of human aliveness where modern culture often tells us to look for it.
Why the first year of retirement can be a difficult adjustment
My dad spent the better part of forty years walking into the same office.
Researchers from Penn State and Duke tracked more than 700 children for 20 years…
A 20-year study of more than 700 children found that how a five-year-old got on with others predicted adult employment and college graduation, holding up even after early reading level was taken into account.
Why careers and caregiving can crowd out friendship by midlife
The loneliness that arrives in midlife is often not a sign of failing at relationships. It tends to fall on the people who spent two decades being the reliable one, and left no room for themselves.
Microsoft counted 275 daily pings among its most heavily contacted users, with a…
Microsoft’s interruption estimates apply to the top 20 per cent of users by received ping volume. The 275 total covers 24 hours; the two-minute gap covers an eight-hour workday.
When British firms trialled a four-day week for the same pay, the real surprise…
In Britain's biggest four-day-week trial, 71 percent of employees said they felt less burnt out by the end.
Research suggests the happiest retirees may share two habits — a handful of…
Retirement advice often assumes the point is to stay busy — that the calendar needs filling.
Many people who followed the blueprint their parents handed them — work hard, stay…
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Why quiet employees are not necessarily disengaged
Most workplaces have one: the person known as the quiet one.