Scott Barry Kaufman on the benefits of quieting your ego and how having more faith in humanity leads to greater faith in yourself.

How acknowledging that transformation is slow and subtle — not dramatic and overnight! — will help you be kinder to yourself.

Sebene Selassie on confronting your inner critic, finding emotional clarity, and asking: “What am I not willing to feel?”

Forget about other people’s rules. Why working from personal principles is the best approach to productivity.

Paul Jarvis on why more isn’t better, staying small is good for business, and setting “upper bounds” reduces your stress.

BuzzFeed’s Anne Helen Petersen on errand paralysis, fake burnout cures & why we’re all obsessed with being better workers.

Jocelyn K. Glei on why inefficiency is a strength when it comes to making remarkable creative work.

Deep Work author Cal Newport on why we need a digital declutter, his new theory of attention, and the magic of “analog social media.”

Jocelyn K. Glei on her “busyness breakdown,” why 50% of Americans are experiencing burnout, and what we can do about it.

Thomas Page McBee on fighting implicit gender bias at work, creating better power dynamics, and facing your “shadow self.”