Pexels.com The adjustment from college to the real world can feel like a serious shock. Gone are the days of sleeping in late, midday workouts, and late nights with friends. Working a 9-5 is a major adjustment in your early twenties, and as you grow into your late twenties it can be difficult to know if whatyou’reexperiencing is just the “daily grind” or a total lack of work-life balance that’s adding to your overall stress levels.

Being a sensitive person in the workplace can often feel like a double-edged sword. Your colleagues likely appreciate your generous nature, depth of personality and sense of dedication. On the other hand, when it comes to tough realities of the workplace like receiving feedback, your emotions can run unchecked. Maybe you’re completely crushed by constructive criticism or you’ve noticed that your attention to detail can slip into perfectionism.

Two guesses where it goes. (Image provided by TarDisk) Sois a little touch-sensitive strip above the keyboard enough to make you trade in your trusty old MacBook Pro or Air for the new laptops revealed by Apple yesterday? No? Or maybe you’re offended that a supposedly flagship machine is usingwhat is possibly the worst keyboard that Apple has ever developed (seriously, every key press on the MacBook is a tiny funeral for my fingers). Either way, you’re not alone.

Having no experience can be one of the biggest deterrents to launching a business. In fact, 66% of millennials dream of starting their own company yet are delayed in getting started because they either think they aren’t ready or are afraid to fail. The trouble is, you can read hundreds of books on personal development, entrepreneurial mindset, and business strategy and still feel like you’re not prepared.

(Photo credit: Shutterstock) Has this ever happened to you? You finished a job interview and someone asked how it went, but you weren’t really sure. You had been a little nervous when you arrived at the interview, so you focused on answering the hiring manager’s questions – and forgot to pay attention to the hiring manager’s nonverbal communication. That happens a lot.

Stock Snap IO Whether you’re a young, ambitious professional or someone desiring to move forward faster in your career, it can often be difficult to wait in line for your big break or career opportunity to happen. Yes, patience is required as a professional, but being patient does not mean being complacent. Complacency often kills drive and ambition, so it’s important to strike the appropriate balance between pushing yourself forward and learning in your current position.

(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) First, the bad news. There are no shortcuts on the path to becoming an exceptional public-speaker. Now, the good news. Anyone who puts in the work can radically improve their communication skills. In the now famous TED Talk, My Stroke of Insight, Harvard researcher Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor takes her audience on an 18-minute journey of her life before, during and after a stroke.

Dear Liz, I am in a bind. Four years ago I had an employee working for me we can call Allison. She was a very sweet lady to work with, but completely unsuited to working as an account manager in a marketing agency. When I got to the agency Allison had been there for six months. She had no idea what was going on with her accounts. I was shocked. She should never have been allowed to operate with the independence that she had.

Business as we know it is changing. But some business leaders aren’t convinced that it will affect them or their business. But the truth is, business is changing at a fundamental level. Some of the key leadership challenges of today include the advent of big data, data becoming a major business asset, AI taking over, platform businesses challenge traditional suppliers, the sharing economy, 3 D printing, robots becoming more intelligent, and more.

Shutterstock Talent management is one of those topics that never seems to get old, whether it’s governments pondering the skills of their population or companies striving to ensure they have the competencies they require to thrive. Indeed, a recent study from the Manpower Group found that nearly half of all American companies are struggling to fill the vacancies they have open at the moment.