Over the last decade, Cal Newport has become something of a modern workplace ombudsman. A professor of computer science at Georgetown, his books have addressed the ways in which technology can be a ...

Many people recognize that it would benefit them to be less stubborn, rigid, or set in their ways. An event might precipitate this interest in being more flexible. Perhaps a challenge arises that ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Although worrying a bit is normal, for some people, worrying can be a dominant element of a ...

Why are some people compulsive talkers? And how can we fix it? Author Dan Lyons, a self-proclaimed talkaholic, set out to understand why it's so hard to keep quiet.Illustration by Ben Wiseman for TIME ...

One factor with an outsized impact on worker wellbeing is the extent to which people experience “time poverty,” which Cassie Holmes, a professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, defines as “this ...

President Biden’s approach to his own stutter highlights the stigma that the condition still brings. By David Leonhardt About three million Americans — or almost 1 percent of the population — speak ...