Shutterstock When I talk with women leaders about the power of a personal brand, I am struck by how often they use the word “authentic.” For example, when I interviewed Suzy Monford, Chief Executive Officer, Andronico’s Community Markets, I asked her advice for women who want to be senior leaders. Her reply: “Take a deep breath, trust your instincts, and don’t over think it.

(Photo courtesy of Shutterstock) Another meeting is coming up at work, and you’re dreading it. Like so many professionals–probably many more than you realize—it’s not a comfortable environment for you. Maybe you’re shy, introverted or you genuinely enjoy listening to others’ ideas. Perhaps it’s important to you to show respect by deferring to the leaders at the table. Situational factors can play a part too.

Shutterstock Interested in making sure that a large portion of the money you make stays with you and isn’t lost to cost of living? You might want to look into moving to a city like Cleveland, Ohio. In that particular city, the cost of living ratio – median salary to median home value – stands at 44%. Compare that to a place like New York City, where that same ratio is only 18%: with median base salary of $70,000 and a median home value of $384,100.

Shutterstock What if I told you in just 10 seconds a day, you can sleep better, make more money, reduce stress, and lose weight? Sleeping naked can do all these things and more. All you have to do is take off your clothes. While there are countless strategies floating around out there to help you improve in these areas, none is as simple—and many are less effective—as stripping down before you go to sleep.

You know that dirty feeling you get when you wake up and find you’re deeeep in your ex’s finance’s photos of a family trip to Paris in 2013? Just click click clicking through in a trance-like state? Then you give your head a shake and refocus, yet five minutes later you’re on BuzzFeed reading an article about 90′s memorobilia reminiscing about all the good times you had with your Skip-It? Yeah. Me neither.

Linkedin cofounder Reid Hoffman (Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) LinkedIn cofounder and billionaire Reid Hoffman is willing to pay $5 million to see Donald Trump’s tax returns. On Monday, Hoffman published a post on Medium calling attention to a 26-year-old veteran’s campaign on crowdfunding site CrowdPac to donate at least $25,000 to 10 veterans’ groups if Trump releases his tax returns before the final presidential debate on October 19th.

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I’m in a pressure cooker situation at work. I like my boss Gina a lot but she is in over her head. She got promoted six months ago and she’s still behaving as though she’s in her old job. She acts like a supervisor. She’s really good at managing the day-to-day activity, but she has no aptitude for longer-term planning if you ask me. Gina is as nice as can be. She likes me and she’s an easy person to work for.

Who will the billionaire investor recommend? (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images) Weight Watchers is on the hunt for a new CEO and you can expect Oprah to have a say on who moves into the corner office. The weight loss company said on Monday that their current CEO James Chambers has resigned and will leave the company on September 30.

Everybody wants to get paid more money, so we can’t blame managers for being skeptical when someone says “I need a raise!” Every manager, supervisor and team leader has heard “I need a raise!” a million times. When you decide to pitch your boss on the idea of giving you a pay increase, you need to have a good reason. Here are five things that might justify an increase in your salary or wages, and five other things that don’t.

There’s a reason so many movies start with a montage that could be titled “main character oversleeps.” Those precious first minutes, often called the most important of the day, have the power to set the tone for the ensuing 15 hours—for better or for worse. If you’re like me, for every world-beating week of 6:30 a.m.