Afraid Success Has Passed You By? To Be Remarkably Successful, Science Says Time (and Mastery) Is Truly On Your SideA VC friend told me he estimates the average age of the entrepreneurs who pitch him is somewhere around 25, if only because most of the most valuable tech companies were launched by young entrepreneurs.Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he started Facebook. Bill Gates was 21 when he started Microsoft.
Cal Newport, the man who never procrastinatesThis Georgetown professor, podcaster, and best-selling author of ‘Deep Work’ and ‘So Good They Can’t Ignore You’ has the key to meeting goals and having free time.
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How to Succeed in an Era of VolatilityOne cold, hard truth laid bare by the pandemic is how vulnerable a business can become when strategic foresight and operational flexibility are low on the list of priorities for boards and leadership teams.
3 Sleek Resume Templates That Hiring Managers RecommendWe sat down with a career coach and a hiring manager to learn what companies are looking for in resume layout.
Europe’s pay-to-pee culture, explainedTwo summers ago, Pauline Frommer was at the train station in Dijon, France, when she had to run to the automatic bank machine for an emergency withdrawal. Her purchase couldn’t wait. As temperatures rise in Europe, travelers will need to stay hydrated to avoid heat-related illnesses.
The Reason My Son Refuses to Get a Job in College Is Ridiculous. I Made the Mistake of Telling Him So.My son is 19 years old and in college. He refused to get a job his first two semesters because he was too busy with his girlfriend, with whom he ended up sharing his dorm.
What It’s Like to Work With Madonna on a Movie Set“I just don’t think people are comfortable with me doing well in other areas besides music,” Madonna told Matt Lauer when he asked her about the misadventure of Swept Away.
6 charming places in Europe that will pay you to move thereIf the high cost of living or toxic political climate in the United States has become too much, there are a handful of European countries that are more than happy to welcome new residents — so much so that they'll pay you.
Why work four days a week when you can work six? Greece gives it a shot.While the four-day workweek has picked up steam in many European countries and even at some U.S. companies, Greece is going in the opposite direction.
From TV news to cybersecurity: the 5 steps I took to completely change careersIf you told me five years ago that I’d be working today as a cybersecurity strategist at Splunk—and cohosting a podcast on cyber threats—I wouldn’t have believed a career change like that was even possible.
No publisher, no problem: the authors earning a fortune by going it aloneIn 2012, the American dystopian fiction writer Hugh Howey entered the rarefied ecosystem of blockbusting authors when his book Wool began selling in numbers that netted him a monthly salary of $150,000.
Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App StoreCloudflare, the publicly-traded cloud service provider, has launched a new, free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models. Some AI…
The Color of Your Sunglasses' Lenses Matters More Than You ThinkOn sunny days, it's always important to wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from the sun's UV rays. However, it can be difficult to choose the right pair -- especially since sunglass lenses come in many different colors and shades, including brown, gray, green and more.
Notion’s CTO explains what’s next for the productivity behemothFuzzy Khosrowshahi is Notion’s new chief technology officer, helping the once-tiny startup scale its engineering team now that it’s a $10 billion behemoth. He joined in December after three years at Slack and 15 at Google, where he helped launch Google Sheets.