Limiting the hours you work in your job forces you to work only on the things that really matter, says Time etc. founder Barnaby Lashbrooke. "I think self-awareness is probably the hidden weapon in the whole productivity piece," says Lashbrooke, who went from 100-hour weeks to a 35-hour week by using the Eisenhower Matrix to prioritize tasks and a Google calendar to set a time limit on each task.

"To align talent with long-term business needs, hire employees that are rapid learners keen to acquire new skills and are conscientious," writes Boston College professor Heide Abelli, a member of Forbes' Human Resources Council. This article covers nine aspects of matching talent to needs and points out that upskilling and reskilling might be needed.

It's hard for people to quit things they've invested time and money in, which is why leaders need to remind people that business, like poker, is a long game, and quitting in the short-term can be a benefit to long-term goals, says former professional poker player Annie Duke, author of "Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away." "If people are afraid of quitting until it's so certain that that's the only choice -- which is well beyond the point at which they should have walked away -- that's a problem for you as an organization," Duke says.

After laying off about half its workforce last week and making some people sleep in their offices to meet deadlines Elon Musk imposed, Twitter is asking dozens of workers to return. Some of the 3,700 former employees, many of whom found out about their layoffs when their work logins blocked them, are suing the company for not providing the warning about mass layoffs that federal law requires.

I've heard of "dad strength" and I know what a "dad bod" is all too well, but I'd never heard of "dad brain." Don't miss some of the literary gems in this piece. For example, this description of the cortical area of the brain: "It's a passive, unfocused region. Great for a deep-thinker with no dependents, to be sure, but not too useful for someone on 24/7 diaper-changing duty."

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. My husband took one week off with our first child and one day off with our second child. My mom, who raised six children, was here to help!