Bold moves in your career can be challenging if you are already feeling burned out as a result of competing personal and professional priorities, writes speaker and author Christie Hunter Arscott. The solution lies "in getting smarter around the needs, expectations, and desires of those who matter to you and have a stake in your career and time and energy investments to produce the best returns," Arscott writes.

High performing individuals, such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, have three key traits, writes entrepreneur Randy Garn. These include being open to necessary risks, thinking big and making time to explore their curiosity, Garn writes.

Companies can become more attractive to talented employees by providing mentoring, opportunities to develop new skills and gain promotions, or ways to change the pace of work for those nearing retirement, writes Dave Coffaro. "A mindful approach to capitalizing on team members' ability to contribute in a different way than people who are earlier in their career creates talent-sharing opportunities that often are overlooked," Coffaro writes.

Boundaries, healthy debate and outside expertise are some of the nine reasons Ali Assadkhan says he and his two brothers have successfully worked together to run natural health company Vitasave. Each sibling should take responsibility for one core area, Assadkhan notes.

Studies show gardening and being around nature may benefit one's physical and mental wellbeing, and a recent study showed even houseplants are capable of providing this benefit, notes Lauriane Suyin Chalmin-Pui, Ph.D., writing in an article on World Economic Forum. Dr. Chalmin-Pui recommends indoor gardening as a worthwhile hobby for this reason, as well as for plants' abilities to remove pollutants and humidify the air.

This is not a very happy Happy Hour story, but it might explain why it has been difficult to find a pint of your favorite craft beer - or why you are paying so much more when you do find it!

I am Janet Connor Kahler, editor of Your Career. I have been with SmartBrief for 13 years in a variety of jobs, including my current job as content production manager. I have experience in hiring, training and managing workers and have taught college courses that include resume writing and job interviewing. I am based in Columbia, S.C., so I'm very familiar with remote work. And my daughter is working with me as we speak, and it's going great!