Leaders who develop a habit of positive energy demonstrate traits such as helping employees advance, earning their trust and expressing gratitude, writes Kim Cameron, a professor and founder of the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan. "Positively energizing leadership is developed; it is not inherent," he writes.

Everyone has a stress trigger: an event that gets them off-balance and fills their mind with negative emotions, but instead of avoiding them, people should inspect them to learn more about themselves, according to Bianca Finkelstein, CEO of High-Rise Soul Academy. "Even the ones we want to dismiss as petty can point to the false beliefs that hold us back from success," Finkelstein wrote.

Changing habits is a matter of renewing your commitment, creating consequences, getting help and injecting fun into otherwise dreary tasks, writes Eric Barker, citing from University of Pennsylvania professor Katy Milkman. "Making hard things seem fun is a much better strategy than making hard things seem important," Milkman says.

Many jobs were lost at the onset of the pandemic, which means you are not alone if you have a coronavirus-related gap on your resume. Here is how to address it if it comes up in an interview.

Wall Street recruiting is not keeping pace with demand even with offers of $100,000 a year for junior staff, further escalating the war for talent. Experts say that many institutions are over-hiring in order to prevent potential staffing issues.

There are six TEDx Talks -- each under 20 minutes -- that can help teachers and others prepare for the new school year by addressing issues such as chronic exhaustion, cultural humility and emotional intelligence. Among the TEDx Talks highlighted in this article is by therapist and author Sarri Gilman, who demonstrates how to set boundaries.

Relax ... there isn't some new study claiming Adirondack chairs give people tuberculosis. Nope, this article tells the fascinating history of the Adirondack chair, which was invented as part of the "wellness cure" that was all the rage back when city-dwellers used to escape to the mountains in an effort to treat their tuberculosis.