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Will Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce retire after this football season? Kelce has not yet delivered a public answer to this question, and there’s widespread speculation. But his choice of words when speaking about this decision may tell us which way he’s leaning. It’s a lesson for every communicator. Your choice of words carries meaning, whether you realize it or not. Sometimes that word choice can reveal more than you intended. The Chiefs just finished a dispiriting season, the first in Kelce’s pro career in which the team did not make the playoffs. Kelce’s current contract with the team ends in March. As many have pointed out, he’s a shoo-in for the Hall o…

Personality is one of the most underrated predictors of career success in the world. Defined by scientists as the range of habits and typical behaviors that make us who we are—and different from others—and with more than a century of robust academic evidence on how it impacts work and other real-life outcomes, here are some fascinating facts to digest: (1) The simplest and most reliable way to understand someone’s personality is to look at their scores (position) along five universal traits, namely emotional stability (how calm, composed, and non-anxious you are), extraversion (how sociable, assertive, and energetic you are), agreeableness (how kind, polite, and frien…

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Economic forecasting has never been easy, and it becomes even more challenging in the face of unprecedented events like COVID-19 lockdowns and extraordinary levels of fiscal and monetary intervention. This was followed by a rapid cycle of interest rate hikes, adding further complexity. Look no further than the fact that for three consecutive years (2022, 2023, and 2024) economic forecasts at large significantly underestimated mortgage rates. Recently, however, forecasters have fared better. Among the 17 mortgage rate forecasts rounded up by ResiClub …

Here’s the sad truth about sports score apps: Most of them aren’t all that interested in actually telling you the score. After all, where’s the money in providing straightforward information like that? The modern sports score app has to do more. It must bombard you with banner ads and betting odds, implore you to create an account and opt into notifications, sell you some tickets, and show some videos to keep engagement up. The scores themselves are an afterthought. Fortunately, there’s an alternative that tells you the outcomes of every major sporting event without distractions. And the same sort of resources are available to bring minimalist magic to your ne…

This Presidents’ Day, I’ve been thinking about George Washington—not at his finest hour, but possibly at his worst. In 1754, a 22-year-old Washington marched into the wilderness surrounding Pittsburgh with more ambition than sense. He volunteered to travel to the Ohio Valley on a mission to deliver a letter from Robert Dinwiddie, governor of Virginia, to the commander of French troops in the Ohio territory. This military mission sparked an international war, cost him his first command and taught him lessons that would shape the American Revolution. As a professor of early American history who has written two books on the American Revolution, I’ve learned that Wash…

If you’ve been dreaming of adding a mid-sized SUV to your cart alongside a bulk pack of granola bars and a new air fryer—well, we’re not quite there yet. But that day is getting closer: Amazon has officially rolled out its car-buying program. But before you prepare your driveway to make room for a two-ton Prime delivery, you should know that buying a car on Amazon isn’t exactly like buying a Kindle. Here’s the lowdown on how it works, who it’s for, and why you definitely can’t return a Hyundai to Whole Foods. What’s for sale Right now, your options are limited. The main partner for new vehicles is Hyundai. If you’re in the market for a Santa Fe, a Tucson, or a…

A viral X post from late last year pitted images depicting two hustle-culture lifestyles side by side: tech bro hoodie and Notes app icon on one side, a business suit and a copy of Cal Newport’s Deep Work on the other side. “Left guy will most likely beat the right guy,” it concluded. “Guy on the left makes more money but guy on the right is happier,” one user commented. Whether it’s “grind mode,” “routine maxxing” or some other high-octane “sleep when you’re dead” approach to work, the right specific approach within that umbrella is unclear. It’s the question plaguing young founders and Silicon Valley types. Maybe some aim to lock in, grind away from 9 to 9 …

AI inspired many employers to take a wait-and-see approach to hiring in 2025, but new data suggest they’ll be returning to the market in search of certain skills in 2026. According to Upwork’s In-Demand Skills 2026 report, demand for AI-specific proficiencies have more than doubled on the freelancer platform over the last year. But at the same time, nearly half of employers also say they’re also putting a premium on human skills, like creativity, emotional intelligence, resilience and innovation. “When we look at the fastest growing skills in terms of demand, AI is all over it. That’s not surprising,” says Dr. Gabby Burlacu, licensed organizational psychologist an…

After 15 years as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook announced in an open letter that he is stepping away from his role at the end of this year to become executive chairman. In the letter, he also shared the first thing he does every morning—and it’s a habit that all leaders can lean into. “For the past 15 years I’ve started just about every morning the same way,” Cook wrote in the letter. “I open my email and I read notes I received the day before from Apple’s users all over the world.” “You share little pieces of your lives with me and tell me things you want me to know about how Apple has touched you,” Cook continued. “About the moment your mom was saved by her Apple W…

A new streaming service is betting that comedy doesn’t need to be a category; it can be the whole platform. On May 5, comedy distribution company 800 Pound Gorilla Media will launch Gorilla Comedy+. The boutique streaming service will feature a 250-plus-title library of stand-up specials, including new sets from Patton Oswalt, Pete Holmes, Emmy Blotnick, Jourdain Fisher, and Nish Kumar, alongside the company’s existing catalog. Gorilla Comedy+ is partnering with Cineverse, using its AI-powered Matchpoint platform to build apps across devices. The service will handle distribution and onboarding, while Cineverse’s tech stack will also enable interactive features layered…

For investors hurtling toward retirement, sitting tight with stocks has been the path of least resistance in recent years. Stocks, especially U.S. names, have soundly outperformed bonds. However, recent events should serve as a wake-up call to take some risk off the table and give bonds a closer look. Stocks have recently encountered some volatility but they’re still near all-time highs. That provides pre-retirees and retirees with an opportune time to scale back equity exposure and plow the proceeds into safer assets like cash and high-quality bonds. The benefits of de-risking The key benefit that bonds confer to a retirement-decumulation portfolio is their lower…

A researcher revealed that the vibe-coding platform Lovable exposed users’ chat histories with AI models to other users accessing the platform through an API (application programming interface). X user @weezerOSINT, reported the exposure in a post on Monday. “I made a Lovable account today and was able to access another user’s source code, database credentials, AI chat histories, and customer data are all readable by any free account,” the researcher wrote. The post included a screenshot of another Lovable user’s project code and chats, along with an unresolved ticket for the bug that allegedly caused the data leak. Lovable has a mass data breach affecting every …

For 30 days, a drum roller compacted dirt on a 30-acre airport extension in Austin, Texas, without a human behind the wheel. According to the contractor, Dynamic Site Solutions, the machine dropped daily downtime from six hours to under one hour, nearly doubling its productive hours on site while registering zero accidents thanks to a safety system that is designed to avoid any ‘Wile E. Coyote tries to catch the Roadrunner with an ACME steam roller’ outcome. The technology behind it is an aftermarket robotic brain built by Crewline—a four-person startup headed by CEO Frederik Filz-Reiterdank and CTO Mohamed Sadek—that can be installed on an existing steamroller in ab…

What comes to mind when you think of sports sunglasses? Maybe it’s rec spec goggles or big, mirrored cycling sunglasses. While these glasses are fine for action, they’re not exactly what you’d call stylish. Warby Parker is looking to change that with the launch of Warby Parker Sport, a collection of performance sunglasses starting at $195. “I’m really proud of where we ended up where these are glasses that have all of the great function of great sports glasses, but something where you’re not going to look back in 10 years and think, why was I wearing this crazy shield on my face?” Warby Parker co-founder and co-CEO Neil Blumenthal tells Fast Company. The l…

In a video uploaded to X, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that military members would no longer be required to get the flu vaccine in order to serve. “We’re seizing this moment to discard any absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities,” Hegseth declared. “In this case, this includes the universal flu vaccine and the mandate behind it.” In a memo accompanying the video announcement, the decision to seek the flu vaccine is described as “voluntary” for all active and reserve service members and for civilian personnel serving in the Department of Defense. “Our new policy is simple: If you are an American Warrior entrust…

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a new rule that could reshape how independent workers are classified in the United States. After nearly two decades of legal battles, policy swings, and political fights, the agency is once again attempting to clarify one of the most contested questions in modern labor law: Who gets to work independently, and under what rules? For me, this debate isn’t theoretical. I have been living inside it for nearly 20 years. Today, as the chief legal officer for a platform dedicated to connecting independent healthcare workers with open shifts, I have seen our legal system struggle to truly take care of the exact workers it says it…

Oracle recently laid off thousands of employees by email. While headlines focused on the losses, another story is also unfolding quietly among those who remain, in offices, Slack channels, and video calls. If you survived a layoff, you’re likely feeling a complicated mix of emotions. You may feel relieved to keep your job. You may feel guilty because your colleague didn’t. You might feel frustrated, maybe angry, at how it was handled. And maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed being expected to carry all the responsibilities they were handling. Underneath all of it, there’s anxiety: am I next? These emotions are real, and they won’t disappear just because someone in le…

When Tim Cook’s tenure as CEO of Apple was still young, tech-industry pundits obsessed over one aspect of his new gig above all others. After returning to the company he cofounded, Jobs presided over an incredible run of epoch-shifting products: the iMac, iPod, iTunes Music Store, iPhone, iPhone App Store, and iPad. If Cook didn’t extend that streak, conventional wisdom went, Apple’s glory days would be over. That was always a silly way to look at the situation. In 2013, two years into the Cook era, I wrote that even the Jobs years were marked as much by relentless incremental progress as by sudden breakthroughs. Cook was a logistics wizard, not a product mastermind like…

Most leaders are familiar with imposter syndrome. You know that nagging feeling that you don’t belong in the room despite clear evidence that you do. But there is another phenomenon quietly affecting high performers, and it’s rarely named. I call it “identity dysmorphia.” It happens when your internal perception of yourself lags behind who you have actually become. You may feel uncertain, underqualified, or invisible. Meanwhile, colleagues, peers, and teams experience you as capable, influential, and even transformative. The disconnect is subtle but powerful. You are operating at a higher level than your internal identity recognizes, which creates tension between how …

Starting next year, Deloitte and Zoom are cutting back on some of the most treasured employee benefits, Business Insider reports. Zoom is cutting parental leave from 22 to 24 weeks down to 18 weeks, while non-birthing parents will get 10 weeks instead of 16. As for Deloitte, broader cuts to PTO, pension plans and IVF funding will impact employees in support roles like administrative services, IT and finance. Experts warn that Deloitte and Zoom may be paving the way for other companies to follow their lead. “It legitimizes that action for everybody else,” former Google head of human resources Laszlo Bock told Business Insider. The announced cuts struck a …

You can feel everything—the frustration, irritation, and fear—and still choose your response from a place of calm. That’s what the Stoics (thinkers from ancient Greece and Rome) have taught me. Stoicism is staying calm when life isn’t, focusing on what you can control, and not wasting energy on what you can’t. I’ve been studying Stoic philosophers for years, and the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus has transformed my relationship with myself and how I work. I now practice the art of making the most of the gap between feeling and action. These four Stoic teachings can help you become your best self at work. 1. You control the response The many e…