Changing careers as you get older can feel daunting, but it is achievable with careful planning. Age stereotyping and financial pressures are common barriers, but the pandemic and increasing retirement age have shifted perspectives on career longevity. Career experts suggest focusing on transferable skills, aligning new roles with personal needs, and considering additional education or certification.

Cheering on employees is a vital part of coaching because it offers positive feedback and reassurance while also opening the door for deeper, more challenging conversations about performance and future goals, writes John Baldoni, executive coach and leadership speaker. "It is the role of a coach to disrupt current perceptions -- not because they are necessarily wrong -- but because doing so opens the doors to deeper self-understanding," Baldoni writes.

At Optima Office, a flexible work arrangement called "flextirement" helps baby-boomer employees transition from full-time work to retirement. This program allows employees to work between 12 to 25 hours a week, and the company benefits from retaining experienced staff who mentor younger employees and contribute their expertise.

A global Gallup report found 20% of employees feel lonely at work, with people younger than 35 and those who work remotely reporting daily loneliness more than others. "If employees are engaged -- if they find their work meaningful and feel connected to their team members and organization -- their likelihood of loneliness is substantially lower," writes Gallup's Ryan Pendell.

"The Magnificent Seven" is the moniker given to the tech giants powering the stock market to new highs: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. While shareholders are making big money off of Big Tech, the same isn't necessarily true for those who work at those companies. The median employee pay at two of those companies is well below the US national median pay.

If you're reading this on a screen, you're probably holding your breath or breathing shallowly and you don't even realize it, succumbing to something former Microsoft executive Linda Stone calls "email or screen apnea." Shallow breathing can send stress signals to the brain, says science journalist James Nestor, who recommends being aware of your breath, doing some breathing exercises during the day, watching how dogs and babies breathe to remind yourself of a natural rhythm and taking frequent breaks from your screen to breathe deeply.

Can you believe it's been almost a year since the demise of the Titan submersible captured the world's attention? This deep dive from Wired looks at the years of missteps that led to the tragedy, including some details that have not been previously reported. Just like the movie "Titanic," you know how this article about Titan is going to end ... but that probably won't stop you from reading all of it.