Cops and kids are playing Pokémon Go together in the streets, local businesses are tailoring their marketing around Pokémon Go, and self-professed socially awkward gamers are making new friends by the dozen. Walk around any neighborhood in America, and it’s clear that Pokémon Go is enormously popular and having a massive social impact.

Most of the developed world is downright addicted to technology. Studies reveal we spend an average 11 hours per day consuming electronic media and check our smartphones up to 85 times daily. With the majority Americans depending so heavily on technology, it’s difficult to imagine turning off all modern conveniences for even a day. But for over 300,000 people in the US, it’s a way of life. You’ve probably heard of the Amish community.

Dear Liz, I feel very deflated and misled in my new job. I would never have accepted the job offer if I’d known the real story beforehand! I work for a startup that had fantastic success with its first product but has been slow to get a follow-up product out the door. The head of Engineering was leading the product development effort and the company had no one in charge of Marketing. They created a new VP of Marketing position this year and I got the job.

Whether we call it the Sunday night blues or Sunday evening dread, we’ve all experienced the anticipatory anxiety and depression that occurs as we mentally end our weekend and prepare for the stress of another Monday morning. Fortunately, there’s a simple trick to quell this anxiety and give yourself another full evening of weekend time. The first thing you have to do is develop a plan for your Monday.

When it comes to leadership skills, charisma is perhaps the most misunderstood. Many people hold the false belief that charisma is something you’re born with, a trait that cannot be developed or cultivated. In reality, anyone can learn to cultivate charisma, motivate their team, and become a more influential leader. Remember that everything starts in the mind I’ve learned that charisma and confidence go hand-in-hand, and neither can be faked.

image credit: Pixabay I never planned to be a writer. In fact, it was something I actively avoided. As a publishing CEO, I felt it was important to steer clear of the creative process. When business side people start inserting themselves into creative work, it usually leads to trouble. So I focused on supporting other people’s creativity rather than pursuing my own.

There is a laundry list of factors that prospective students have to consider when applying to college: the ever-increasing price tag, student loan packages, college rankings, public reputation, and more. When considering whether a college is worth it or not, though, one of the most important factors is salary. How much recent graduates are earning as well as alumni well into their careers.

Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and devices are expected to exceed mobile phones as the largest category of connected devices in 2018, growing at a 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2015 to 2021. By 2021 there will be 9B mobile subscriptions, 7.7B mobile broadband subscriptions, and 6.3B smartphone subscriptions. Worldwide smartphone subscriptions will grow at a 10.6% CAGR from 2015 to 2012 with Asia/Pacific (APAC) gaining 1.7B new subscribers alone.

The hardest part of being a manager is not managing the workflow or the department’s operations. The hardest part of being a manager is dealing with the hundreds of ‘people’ issues that swirl around us at work! It’s not easy being a manager. Even the best managers slip up at times and say or do things that make their team members grit their teeth.

Unless you inherited the family business, it’s pretty hard to become a manager without having been an employee first. Every manager knows how frustrating it can be to put up with a supervisor’s annoying quirks, just as every rank-and-file employee does! Managers can make missteps in their dealings with employees and most of them do. On top of that, employees have their own annoying quirks. Here are 25 things employees do that drive their managers crazy.