Edwin H. Friedman, discussing leadership, wrote that when anxiety is high, reason becomes ineffective. True leaders work to bring anxiety down, so that thought, listening and complex problem solving ...

Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. By Sabrina Tavernise A nerdy economics essay recently went ...

Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens. While she writes about most things edible and potable (and accessories dedicated to those topics,) her real areas of expertise ...

Managing your inbox is a never-ending task, which is why we should seek to simplify it as much as possible. When emails pile up, you start overthinking what you need to do—I know I do, anyway. But if ...

An inside look at an opaque process by Paul Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev Over the past 30 years, venture capital has been a vital source of financing for high-growth ...

Getting good sleep is critical. A 2018 study found that people who sleep for five to six hours are 19 percent less productive than people who regularly sleep for seven to eight hours per night. People ...

A newly engaged elementary school teacher who confessed to “making out” with an 11-year-old boy in her classroom broke down in tears as she was sentenced to six years in prison, just half of what ...

David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, including meal kit services, food subscriptions, kitchen tools and cooking tips. David earned his BA from ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...