Author Adam Alter says he was able to condense his 80,000-word book "Irresistible" into a nine-minute TED talk by focusing on a single concept from the book. "The one thing you want to do is avoid cramming everything you know in a presentation," he said.

Ron Rivera, head coach of the Carolina Panthers, likens the leadership skills he gained growing up in a military family to the lessons he imparts to his football players, including delegation, working toward a common goal and supporting a sense of family and good culture.

To craft an effective cold email, write an attractive subject line, keep it short and ask the recipient for something simple, says BirchBox CEO Katia Beauchamp, who shares a story about emailing Steve Jobs.

Whether people are replaced by robots in the workplace might hinge on personality traits that robots can't yet replicate, a study has found. Researchers conducting a 50-year data analysis have discovered people with high maturity and strong interest in arts and science are less likely to be replaced because their jobs depend on "non-routine cognitive tasks" and "social intelligence tasks."

Job candidates should be suspicious of opportunities when they are asked to work on a "free trial" basis or the interviewer dodges salary questions, Nikki Volpicelli writes. Another red flag is when a company has little to no reputation or social media presence.

Mother's Day is a holiday that immediately led to fights in and out of courtrooms over its origin and purpose, writes Brian Handwerk. The day's origins were as a 19th-century anti-war movement, and when the holiday went national in the early 1900s, Anna Jarvis battled to claim ownership of the idea and to fight efforts to commercialize the day.