If you spend most of your time by yourself, and not by choice, alone time may feel like a burden.Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian What did I do on the weekend? On Saturday morning, I called my ...

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Running my own business over the past decade has been an exhilarating journey full of both successes and disappointments. I remember first deciding to start my own business back in 2013, shortly after ...

For over a decade, I worked in Big Tech. To be honest, I loved it. I built programs and launched cross-functional initiatives at places like Meta, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Figma. I had incredible ...

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To Jobs, the only way to become ‘three dimensional’ is to completely own the process, and the results. A 2023 study published by Gusto shows burnout is one of the main reasons mid-career workers (ages ...

Sabina Hitchen hired her husband as her VP of strategic partnerships in 2020. She was looking for someone with his skillset, and the business has grown since he joined. They work from separate rooms ...

“Table for one?” the waitress asked me with a touch of “poor dear” in her voice. She couldn’t imagine that I was excited about it. “Maybe you’d be happier at the counter, hon?” she said, folding a ...

I recently spoke with a fellow CEO about an opportunity he was given to buy back equity in his company from a few outside investors. The question my CEO friend kept coming back to again and again was ...