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Getting defensive when someone criticizes your work shows that you care, but it can block forward progress. Do this instead.

Getting defensive when someone criticizes your work shows that you care, but it can block forward progress. Do this instead.

Whatever your profession, chances are your ego gets in the way sometimes. I’ve led design firms and coached creative professionals on how to bargain for better pay. And I’ve repeatedly seen people’s egos swing from one extreme to the next—getting inflated in one moment and deflated in another.

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Self-affirmations may feel corny and strained, but these four statements can help remind you how prepared you really are.

Self-affirmations may feel corny and strained, but these four statements can help remind you how prepared you really are.

You’re hours away from that big presentation you’re scheduled to give, and you’re feeling anxious. Jittery. Your palms are already sweaty. The familiar recommendation to just take a deep breath may not quite cut it—and might actually hurt your delivery. So what can you do instead?

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Amid the glitz and glitter of Las Vegas, the Pentagon’s secretive research arm held a competition setting bots against each other.

Amid the glitz and glitter of Las Vegas, the Pentagon’s secretive research arm held a competition setting bots against each other.

In a massive conference room at a hacker conference inside a hotel with a giant Eiffel Tower on top, celebrity astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi is taking on an unusual gig: hosting a real-time cybersecurity contest where automated bots compete instead of humans. The room is packed with thousands of onlookers because DARPA—the Pentagon’s highly secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—wants private industry to develop autonomous cybersecurity tools to do things humans can’t or won’t. At the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, millions of dollars in prize money is being given away to contestants who range from wonky university researchers to employees of some of the world’s biggest defense contractors.

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At first, these Buffer dads planned to take only a week off when their kids were born. Here’s what they learned by spending more time away.

At first, these Buffer dads planned to take only a week off when their kids were born. Here’s what they learned by spending more time away.

Around the world, fathers are increasingly being offered the same or similar leave as mothers (though in the U.S., it is typically unpaid time). In many cases, tech is leading the way. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently took two of the four months of paid leave Facebook allows.

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You can get even, or you can take the high road—where the outlook’s much better for your health and career.

You can get even, or you can take the high road—where the outlook’s much better for your health and career.

Depending on how you see it, there’s more than just death and taxes on the short list of things life throws at pretty much everybody. There’s also unfairness (which cynics might even see as the umbrella term for both death and taxes), as many a parent has informed a 5-year-old who’s too young to know what taxes are but has no trouble grasping what’s not fair.

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The Olympic organization, multinationals, and fans will likely be targets for cybercriminals, experts say.

The Olympic organization, multinationals, and fans will likely be targets for cybercriminals, experts say.

This month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro aren’t just a showcase of the greatest athletes from around the globe: They’re already a target for the world’s online criminals, experts warn.

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Is there a way to tackle discoloration and wrinkles without harsh chemicals? This beauty brand thinks so.

Is there a way to tackle discoloration and wrinkles without harsh chemicals? This beauty brand thinks so.

Two years ago, April Gargiulo founded the beauty brand Vintner’s Daughter because she couldn’t find an all-natural skincare product that kept her troubled skin under control.

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