When you co-sign for a loan, you are saying that if the person you are co-signing for doesn't pay the debt, you will. That loan will appear on both of your credit reports along with the payment history. If the other person doesn't pay, and the account beco …

To study American history is often an exercise in learning partial truths and patriotic fables. Textbooks and curricula throughout the country continue to center the white experience, with Black people often quarantined to a short section about slavery and …

 Your job title isn’t the only thing that determines how influential you are. Every word you use at work expresses your personal brand, from your confidence and authority to your depth of knowledge. And it’s verbs–those action words that should be the engi …

 Something remarkable has happened since the onset of social media. For the first time in history we have gained the powers to build relationships with people all over the world, and to maintain those relationships with hardly any contact. We never need to …

A while back, I was asked to give an hourlong presentation where I talked about my key principles of personal finance. I chose to give a presentation where each slide was available for about a minute with one simple rule on each slide, giving me a minute t …

The health authorities have identified one of their top concerns as they wage war on diabetes: white rice. It is even more potent than sweet soda drinks in causing the disease.Sharing his battle plan to reduce the risk of diabetes, Health Promotion Board c …

Do you think you got enough sleep this past week? Can you remember the last time you woke up without an alarm clock, feeling refreshed, not needing caffeine? If the answer to any of these questions is “no,” you are not alone. Two-thirds of adults throughou …

1. Your brain will start feeling fuzzy, fast.The effects of poor sleep on cognition, memory, learning and processing can be seen with just one night of tossing and turning, says Augelli. "We need sleep as a part of memory consolidation and learning, so whe …

Travelling induced jet lag isn’t the only thing that causes untimely fatigue. Ignoring your biological rhythms can lead to chronic exhaustion, too, something that feels so much like jet lag that Till Roenneberg and his team, at Ludwig-Maximilian University …

 Cal Newport and I teach a course called Top Performer that shows you how to deeply understand your career, build rare and valuable skills, and translate those skills into work you love.In anticipation of new sessions, I’ve been writing some lessons on car …