Credit: Shutterstock Why do some people make life, work, and success look so easy? Are they genetically gifted? Do they know something the rest of us don’t? Or, have they created certain habits that allow them push forward while the rest of us get stuck in the muck? Curious after a witnessing an extreme reaction to a Facebook post by a friend that read, “No matter what I do, I can’t seem to get ahead.

Shutterstock If you’re thinking about making a big career change, you’re not alone. More and more people are making at least one big shift during their professional life, and they’re doing it successfully. Chances are, you already know that you need to tailor your resume, learn how to tell your career story and explain your transition in a compelling way. So you’re good to go, right? Not necessarily.

Eat a lot more fruit and vegetables: Eight servings, to be exact You know fruit and veg are healthy, but did you know they can make you happier than a major positive life event like a promotion or a major raise? Scientists at the University of Warwick, Great Britain and the University of Queensland, Australia followed more than 12,000 randomly selected people for two years.

Aren’t convinced you should work in tech? These insane tech company perks might change your mind. Note: All information taken from Glassdoor unless otherwise specified. Pexels.com Google - Google has certainly earned the spot at the top of this list: not many companies can top what they offer. It’s not that strange for companies to provide free meals…but not many let employees choose from over 30 cafes serving anything from Indian food to fresh fruit smoothies.

This is Mentoring Moments (#37), a series of WOW-you-need-to-know-these stories from successful women of multiple generations. Mentoring Moments is now a podcast. Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University in NYC and author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the American Dream.

Shutterstock More and more final candidates for senior roles are being asked to present their 100-day action plans as part of the interview process. The question is an obvious test that has a hidden trick in it. Shame on you if you walk into a late round interview without a plan for what you are going to do leading up to and through your first 100 days. And shame on you if your plan is all about you.

(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention is earning high marks for its “emotion.” The word—“emotional”—appears in about half a million links to articles about the speech. There are several ways that speakers can incorporate emotion into their presentation, and Michelle Obama used every one of them. The speech is short.

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I’ve been in my job for 11 months. At first it was fun. I was learning a lot. Over the past six months or so I’ve noticed that my boss, who is very “chipper” and upbeat, loves to say, “I want to hear your ideas!” but when my teammates and I have ideas, the boss doesn’t want to hear them. She cuts us off as soon as we bring up an idea, or she says, “We’ll think about that in due course.

Shutterstock It’s not easy being a creative thinker in the typical corporate or institutional workplace. It can be hellish, in fact! Managers say, “I want out-of-the-box ideas!” but they seldom mean it. When you show up with new ideas and new perspectives, managers can get threatened very easily. Your fellow employees can get threatened, too. I was taught to shut my mouth and do what I was told as a very young child and you probably were, too.

Shutterstock I became an HR person in 1984. I managed Customer Service and Operations before I was put into my first HR job by my awesome boss, John Brady, who told me when I came back from vacation “You’re the HR Manager now.” I was like “What?” I was sad to leave my team in the Order Processing department. We had a fantastic crew and we had fun.