Category: Career

Finding your career “path” can be hard when you start your first job. These principles can help you with your career decision-making process.

Finding your productivity techniques … Managing worry … The Jedi “religion” … What your desk says about you … The world’s oldest paystub … Teambuilding via board games

Talking about your career path with your boss can raise your anxiety level, but such discussions are necessary to help you clarify your future goals. You should never have doubts about what you’re working toward each day.

Tech Insider’s Chris Weller offers techniques based on cognitive studies to help you learn quicker and more effectively.

Lynn Jansheski is an executive assistant at Adaptive Biotechnologies, a biotech company fo­­cused on the adaptive immune system. Jansheski began her time with Adaptive Biotechnologies about a year and a half ago after being recruited by an HR manager she had worked with previously.

Texting bosses and co-workers … Drinking with cats … Jumping … Birds … Empathy

The five-hour rule, a strategy touted by Benjamin Franklin, calls for setting aside one hour each weekday to focus on deliberate learning. You can use this as a tool to be more successful in the long term.

Perseverance is important, but you also have to know when to step back and realize things aren’t working. James Clear writes on his blog about the three stages of failure and how to respond to it.