Pursue leadership opportunities and mentors as soon as possible, writes Mark Hall, who asked seven business leaders what they would tell their younger selves. They also advise focusing on excelling at each point on your career continuum instead of wishing you were somewhere else on it.

Public-sector hiring managers are rebranding job titles and accelerating the hiring process, as it's getting harder to fill state government positions, writes Charisse Jones. Despite their reputation for stability, these jobs are becoming less lucrative due to vanishing government pensions and higher private-sector salaries.

LinkedIn has added two features to Messenger that help you decide when and where to meet others while you're chatting with them, writes Hannah Cutler. One feature allows you to access your calendar and share your availability, while the other finds nearby locations for face-to-face meetings.

Companies should have a strategy for managing older employees, including a phased-retirement program. An abrupt or early retirement can be difficult financially for workers, but having them stay on full-time indefinitely also creates problems for employers.

If a troubled reputation plagues someone at work, they need to move on, says Suzy Welch. Other reasons for departure include failing to find inspiration from the employer's mission or a path forward in the organization.

Your boss is less likely to learn you're looking for another job if you work with recruiters who are used to communicating discreetly, says career coach Toni Patterson. Turn off notifications when updating your LinkedIn profile and avoid conducting search activities on computer systems at work, writes Cathie Ericson.

It's OK to forget about achieving the perfect work-life balance and simply try to control the chaos by enjoying breaks in the action instead of filling them with busy work, writes Elisette Carlson. "With this shifted perspective, I am less anxious, more fulfilled and am not constantly beating myself up," she writes.

Scientists say they have found a part of the human brain continues neurogenesis until death unless stopped by Alzheimer's disease, and published the study in the journal Nature Medicine. The topic of human brain cell growth has been widely debated, but other scientists praised the study, and University of Southern California assistant professor Michael Bonaguidi called it a "technical tour de force."