Sometimes making a small change to your day-to-day routine or learning a new skill can rejuvenate you, says Gianpiero Petriglieri, an associate professor at INSEAD. If you're feeling a sense of malaise, identify whether it's the job or the organization causing it.

Aspects of life seemingly unrelated to your job can be beneficial to workflow and productivity at the office, business coach Bruce Eckfeldt writes. He shares an example in which a cooking class helped him understand the importance of teamwork, clear guidelines and goals.

Abandoning the 9-to-5 workday and embracing a more flexible model could aid women's advancement, advocates say. However, companies should recognize that flexible arrangements affect everyone and not frame the discussion exclusively around women, they say.

Google has added functionality to its search engine that generates improved results for queries like "jobs near me." Google uses machine learning and AI to pull in data for each job listing.

Mention the hiring manager by name in a cover letter, as well as any mutual contacts you may have, Andy Talajkowski writes. Express enthusiasm for the position and provide examples of times you've demonstrated teamwork.

A recent study concluded that motivation levels drop following 15 minutes of meditation. Psychologist Peter Malinowski points out, however, that mindfulness meditation is a learned skill and many of the study's participants had never meditated before.

If you had invested $10,000 in Apple in 1984 and held on to it until now, your investment would be worth $3.8 million, Ryan Derousseau writes. Similar investments in 1997 and 2007 would be worth $2.5 million and $114,260, respectively.