People who present ideas without having put work into them may have trouble gaining support, Karin Hurt writes. "Build a strong reputation of contributing to other people's ideas first," she writes.

If you feel like you don't have time to get all of your work done, try scheduling two- to three-hour chunks of time for specific tasks, writes Marcelle Yeager. Try not to schedule more than a couple of major tasks per day, and use the last 15 minutes of your day to plan out the next workday.

Leaders develop themselves but must also help teams achieve more -- and watching a great leader in action can be mesmerizing and inspiring, writes Mark Miller. The effort required to mold a great team is tremendous but so are the potential returns, he argues.

The Justice Department has filed an amicus brief stating that the Civil Rights Act's Title VII does not apply to employment "discrimination based on sexual orientation." It notes that "any efforts to amend Title VII's scope should be directed to Congress rather than the courts."

If you're looking for jobs outside of your local area, use LinkedIn's keyword search to find jobs in a specific city, or use a general online job search to find employers in your city of choice. Once you've found companies where you want to relocate, find first- and second-degree connections at those companies via LinkedIn, advises Jillian Lucas.

A recent study found that participants who took a short break from difficult work to play a video game experienced a boost in mood. Participants who joined in a guided relaxation exercise or sat quietly did not experience a boost.

Much of the matter that makes up human beings and the galaxy itself may have come from many light-years away through a process dubbed "intergalactic transfer," according to a team of astrophysicists. Computer models have shown that as many as half of the atoms surrounding us have origins in galaxies "up to 1 million light-years away," said astronomer Claude Faucher-Giguere.