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Friends
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Caroline Beaton on October 17, 2018

A fast-acting and lasting treatment for cynicism, civic constipation, and electile dysfunction.

A fast-acting and lasting treatment for cynicism, civic constipation, and electile dysfunction.

Career
Why Millennials Need Quarter-Life Crises

Caroline Beaton on September 12, 2017

Our career is chugging along per usual when a simple question falls from the sky and shatters our OK routine: “Is this it?”

Our career is chugging along per usual when a simple question falls from the sky and shatters our OK routine: “Is this it?”

Productivity
How to Simplify Your Career

Caroline Beaton on August 15, 2017

A simple career hinges on a deep, daily understanding of what’s necessary.

A simple career hinges on a deep, daily understanding of what’s necessary.

Narcissism
Why Millennials Are Obsessed With Self-improvement

Caroline Beaton on May 29, 2017

Millennials may be perceived as narcissistic, lazy, entitled, and fragile, but we're more determined to improve ourselves than the generations calling us that.

Millennials may be perceived as narcissistic, lazy, entitled, and fragile, but we're more determined to improve ourselves than the generations calling us that.

Motivation
3 Ways Millennials Can Manage Their Ambition-Related Stress

Caroline Beaton on May 28, 2017

Though responsible for great success and progress, ambition can also cause feelings of worthlessness, mania and anxiety. Neuroscience now explains why.

Though responsible for great success and progress, ambition can also cause feelings of worthlessness, mania and anxiety. Neuroscience now explains why.

Environment
The Work Humans Are Wired to Do

Caroline Beaton on May 23, 2017

While humans have evolved beyond just hunting and gathering, we're all still wired to fill basic human needs.

While humans have evolved beyond just hunting and gathering, we're all still wired to fill basic human needs.

Conscientiousness
7 Things the Most Conscientious People Avoid Doing

Caroline Beaton on May 22, 2017

For millennials struggling to adapt to the real world, as I did, embodying this trait could be the key to a successful, happy adulthood.

For millennials struggling to adapt to the real world, as I did, embodying this trait could be the key to a successful, happy adulthood.

Stress
Millennial Duck Syndrome

Caroline Beaton on May 20, 2017

When entrepreneurship wasn't as effortless as I first thought, I felt like I'd failed.

When entrepreneurship wasn't as effortless as I first thought, I felt like I'd failed.

Burnout
When You're Tapped Before Age 30

Caroline Beaton on May 19, 2017

Until we permanently alter the behaviors exacerbating our exhaustion, we'll remain rutted in perpetual recovery.

Until we permanently alter the behaviors exacerbating our exhaustion, we'll remain rutted in perpetual recovery.

Leadership
Millennials, This Is Why You Haven't Been Promoted

Caroline Beaton on April 24, 2017

If you’re ambitious but stuck on Level 1, here are six possible reasons. (Warning, tough love ahead.)

If you’re ambitious but stuck on Level 1, here are six possible reasons. (Warning, tough love ahead.)