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March 9, 2026
A person lies in a grassy field, gazing up at the Milky Way, pondering if a happy life isn't the same as a meaningful life.
March 9, 2026
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A Happy Life or a Meaningful Life?

Many activities that create meaning are not particularly pleasant in the moment. Raising children, building institutions, caring for aging parents, pursuing difficult goals, or standing up for a cause often involve stress and sacrifice. Yet when people look back on their lives, those are the moments they consider most worthwhile.
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January 29, 2026
Explore where digital nomads, expats, and global professionals belong! Passport, currency, curry, family pics, and more make up their unique blend of home and adventure.
January 29, 2026
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Where Do Digital Nomads, Expats, and Global Professionals Belong

When someone asks “where are you from,” do you pause, calculate, wonder which version of yourself to reveal? In a world of digital nomads, hybrid work, and lives split across continents, belonging has become the question we avoid because the answer might be everywhere, nowhere, or something that doesn’t fit […]
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January 21, 2026
Exciting speakers at Workhuman Live! Meet Michelle Obama for 'A Moderated Conversation', Angela Duckworth (Keynote!), Abhijit Bhaduri, and Dorie Clark - Auto Draft!
January 21, 2026
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Workhuman Live 2026: Identity Before Skills

I am speaking on “Using Behavioral Science to Redesign Talent Management for the AI Economy”. The industrial economy valued interchangeability of talent as a way to run assembly lines. Using that mindset to operate in the AI Economy is the reason why workplaces are struggling. Your AI strategy is accidentally […]
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January 9, 2026
Here's Morgan Housel, writer of 'The Psychology of Money,' illustrated as a guide on The Art of Spending Money. His insights are invaluable!
January 9, 2026
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The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel – Book Review

In The Art of Spending Money, Morgan Housel shifts focus from how to get rich to how to stay happy once you have money. Wealth is not about the stuff you buy, but the independence you secure. Spending is an art because it’s deeply personal—what brings joy to one person might seem crazy to another.
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January 7, 2026
Cartoon depicts two people in a tug of war, with one labeled 'Work Hard' pulling against a tree, and the other 'Work Smart' pulling against a giant rock with help, avoid the error of not working smart!
January 7, 2026
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Work hard or smart – avoid this error

Workplaces reward visible effort over actual results because our brains use the “effort heuristic”—assuming that suffering and long hours signal commitment and value—creating a trap where efficient workers feel pressured to perform busyness rather than focus on outcomes. Instead of working longer hours to signal dedication, demonstrate your worth by […]
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January 5, 2026
career transformation showing the same person in three stages: as a professional doctor in medical scrubs and white coat on the left, in a transitional middle phase blending both identities, and as a rock musician in leather jacket with guitar on the right, illustrating the journey of professional reinvention and multiple possible career identities
January 5, 2026
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Career Transformation Journey & Working Identities

Herminia Ibarra in her book Working Identity argues that career change happens through action, not just analysis, challenging the idea that you must first know what you want before you can act. We build ourselves around our professions. When strangers meet, they exchange not names but occupations first. Your work […]
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December 7, 2025
Colorful book cover of "Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time" by Sheila Liming, praising the value of leisure in a busy world.
December 7, 2025
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Book Review: Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time

In an increasingly lonely world, Sheila Liming's *Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time* explores the quiet catastrophe of our inability to simply be with each other. Liming argues that our culture, driven by capitalism and technology, has stripped away the joy of unstructured time spent together.
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