Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about strong leadership, career strategy, and managing up. Some people simply say, “Yes,” to everything, because they’re ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. Having a good friend is one of the best things you can do for ...

We make thousands of decisions every day. Some decisions we barely register, others keep us up at night. But how do you know if the decision you're making is the right one? How do you feel confident ...

As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

You might have far less time than you imagine to make a first impression. People make judgments about ability, trustworthiness, competence, and other traits in as little as a tenth of a second, ...

We sabotage our greatness in plenty of ways. You know when it happens. You're in the midst of one of those great weeks, about to hit the top rung on the ladder of life, everything going your way, when ...