💼 Layoff Anxiety

The corrosive dread of professional expendability, where every meeting invite and organizational restructuring becomes a potential death sentence for one's livelihood and identity.

The Great Risk Shift

by Jacob S. Hacker • 2006

Income swings five times more than in the 1970s; the safety net was dismantled on purpose.

3.81

274

📉 Financial Fragility 🛡️ Safety Net Erosion 💼 Job Insecurity 👴 Retirement Crisis 🏥 Health Insurance Crisis

The Great Risk Shift 87%

Income swings five times more than in the 1970s; the safety net was dismantled on purpose.

by Jacob S. Hacker 2006

3.81

274 ratings

📉 Financial Fragility 🛡️ Safety Net Erosion 💼 Job Insecurity 👴 Retirement Crisis 🏥 Health Insurance Crisis

Rise of the Robots

by Martin Ford • 2015

Productivity soars, wages stagnate, and education won't fix it. The real economics of automation.

3.96

10k+

🤖 Technological Unemployment 🧠 Artificial Intelligence 📉 Income Inequality 💰 Basic Income 🔮 Future Of Work

Rise of the Robots 87%

Productivity soars, wages stagnate, and education won't fix it. The real economics of automation.

by Martin Ford 2015

3.96

10k+ ratings

🤖 Technological Unemployment 🧠 Artificial Intelligence 📉 Income Inequality 💰 Basic Income 🔮 Future Of Work

Not Working

by D.W. Gibson • 2012

What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.

3.68

🎙️ Oral History 💸 Economic Precarity 🔨 Work And Identity 📉 Great Recession 🔄 Career Transitions

Not Working 87%

What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.

by D.W. Gibson 2012

3.68

60 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 💸 Economic Precarity 🔨 Work And Identity 📉 Great Recession 🔄 Career Transitions

Company

by Max Barry • 2006

His new company has no clients and no product. Asking why is a firing offense.

3.76

7k+

🏢 Corporate Satire 🏭 Office Dystopia 🖤 Dark Comedy 🪴 Cubicle Life 📋 Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

Company 87%

His new company has no clients and no product. Asking why is a firing offense.

by Max Barry 2006

3.76

7k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Satire 🏭 Office Dystopia 🖤 Dark Comedy 🪴 Cubicle Life 📋 Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

Dying for a Paycheck

by Jeffrey Pfeffer • 2018

120,000 American deaths each year trace not to accidents but to how workplaces are managed.

3.71

599

🏥 Workplace Health ☣️ Toxic Work Culture 😰 Job Stress 💸 Economic Insecurity ⏰ Overwork

Dying for a Paycheck 87%

120,000 American deaths each year trace not to accidents but to how workplaces are managed.

by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2018

3.71

599 ratings

🏥 Workplace Health ☣️ Toxic Work Culture 😰 Job Stress 💸 Economic Insecurity ⏰ Overwork

The Corrosion of Character

by Richard Sennett • 1996

Flexible work promised freedom. It delivered the slow erosion of loyalty, trust, and a stable self.

3.94

2k+

🪤 Precarious Labor 🎭 Work And Identity 🏭 Post-Fordist Economy 📖 Critical Theory 🏢 Corporate Alienation

The Corrosion of Character 87%

Flexible work promised freedom. It delivered the slow erosion of loyalty, trust, and a stable self.

by Richard Sennett 1996

3.94

2k+ ratings

🪤 Precarious Labor 🎭 Work And Identity 🏭 Post-Fordist Economy 📖 Critical Theory 🏢 Corporate Alienation

All the Cool Girls Get Fired

by Laura Brown • 2025

A layoff is common. Master the exit: severance, network, story, sanity, and the comeback you design.

3.86

759

🪂 Layoff Recovery 💪 Career Resilience 🪪 Identity And Work 💰 Financial Self-Defense 🤝 Professional Networking

All the Cool Girls Get Fired 86%

A layoff is common. Master the exit: severance, network, story, sanity, and the comeback you design.

by Laura Brown 2025

3.86

759 ratings

🪂 Layoff Recovery 💪 Career Resilience 🪪 Identity And Work 💰 Financial Self-Defense 🤝 Professional Networking

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety

by Jen Lancaster • 2020

Never safer, never richer, never more anxious. The culprit: how we now eat, post, and parent.

3.37

6k+

🪞 Cultural Anxiety 📖 Anxiety Memoirs 📱 Social Media Anxiety 🏆 Status Anxiety 📡 Attention Economy

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety Summary

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety 86%

Never safer, never richer, never more anxious. The culprit: how we now eat, post, and parent.

by Jen Lancaster 2020

3.37

6k+ ratings

🪞 Cultural Anxiety 📖 Anxiety Memoirs 📱 Social Media Anxiety 🏆 Status Anxiety 📡 Attention Economy

The Future of Work

by Darrell M. West • 2018

Automation threatens half of all jobs. Our safety nets were designed for a different economy.

3.47

203

🏭 Workforce Automation 📉 Job Displacement 🚗 Gig Economy 🪪 Social Safety Net ⚖️ Technology Policy

The Future of Work 86%

Automation threatens half of all jobs. Our safety nets were designed for a different economy.

by Darrell M. West 2018

3.47

203 ratings

🏭 Workforce Automation 📉 Job Displacement 🚗 Gig Economy 🪪 Social Safety Net ⚖️ Technology Policy

Can't Even

by Anne Helen Petersen • 2020

Millennial burnout is not a personal failure. It is the bill for decades of broken promises.

3.91

9k+

👥 Millennial Generation 🔥 Burnout 💸 Economic Precarity 🎓 Higher Education Crisis 📱 Gig Economy Critique

Can't Even 86%

Millennial burnout is not a personal failure. It is the bill for decades of broken promises.

by Anne Helen Petersen 2020

3.91

9k+ ratings

👥 Millennial Generation 🔥 Burnout 💸 Economic Precarity 🎓 Higher Education Crisis 📱 Gig Economy Critique

A World Without Work

by Daniel Susskind • 2020

Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.

3.83

2k+

🏭 Technological Unemployment 📊 Automation Economics 🌅 Post-Work Society 💰 Universal Basic Income 📈 Inequality Economics

A World Without Work 86%

Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.

by Daniel Susskind 2020

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏭 Technological Unemployment 📊 Automation Economics 🌅 Post-Work Society 💰 Universal Basic Income 📈 Inequality Economics

Boreout!

by Philippe Rothlin • 2008

You spend more energy looking busy than working. The diagnosis and the exit strategy.

3.15

🥱 Workplace Boredom 😶 Work Disengagement 🎭 Fake Busyness 😞 Career Dissatisfaction 💣 Workplace Self-Sabotage

Boreout! 86%

You spend more energy looking busy than working. The diagnosis and the exit strategy.

by Philippe Rothlin 2008

3.15

26 ratings

🥱 Workplace Boredom 😶 Work Disengagement 🎭 Fake Busyness 😞 Career Dissatisfaction 💣 Workplace Self-Sabotage

Self-Talk for a Calmer You

by Beverly D. Flaxington • 2013

Anxiety wears your own voice. Learn to recognize it, challenge it, and talk yourself calm.

3.48

🧘 Anxiety Management 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 💬 Self-Talk 🧐 Inner Critic ✨ Affirmations

Self-Talk for a Calmer You 86%

Anxiety wears your own voice. Learn to recognize it, challenge it, and talk yourself calm.

by Beverly D. Flaxington 2013

3.48

79 ratings

🧘 Anxiety Management 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 💬 Self-Talk 🧐 Inner Critic ✨ Affirmations

Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness

by Miya Tokumitsu • 2015

Loving your job is what your boss wants. It is also making you tired, compliant, and broke.

3.91

501

🏃 Critique Of Hustle Culture ⚠️ Labor Precarity 🎓 Student Debt 🙅 Anti-Self-Help 👁️ Workplace Surveillance

Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness Summary

Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness 86%

Loving your job is what your boss wants. It is also making you tired, compliant, and broke.

by Miya Tokumitsu 2015

3.91

501 ratings

🏃 Critique Of Hustle Culture ⚠️ Labor Precarity 🎓 Student Debt 🙅 Anti-Self-Help 👁️ Workplace Surveillance

The Good Enough Job

by Simone Stolzoff • 2023

Work became a religion that demands everything. Here is how to believe less.

4.12

9k+

🧘 Work-Life Balance 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🛑 Anti-Hustle Culture 🎯 Redefining Success 🪪 Professional Identity

The Good Enough Job 86%

Work became a religion that demands everything. Here is how to believe less.

by Simone Stolzoff 2023

4.12

9k+ ratings

🧘 Work-Life Balance 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🛑 Anti-Hustle Culture 🎯 Redefining Success 🪪 Professional Identity

The Algorithm

by Hilke Schellmann • 2024

Why you should fear the algorithms that hire and fire: they're biased, unscientific, and watching.

3.84

429

🏢 AI In The Workplace 💼 Hiring Practices ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 👀 Workplace Surveillance 🤖 AI Ethics

The Algorithm 86%

Why you should fear the algorithms that hire and fire: they're biased, unscientific, and watching.

by Hilke Schellmann 2024

3.84

429 ratings

🏢 AI In The Workplace 💼 Hiring Practices ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 👀 Workplace Surveillance 🤖 AI Ethics

Flux

by April Rinne • 2021

Thriving in flux means running slower, trusting more, and knowing when enough is enough.

3.92

276

🧭 Navigating Uncertainty 🦎 Adaptability 🐢 Slow Living 💼 Portfolio Careers 🤝 Trust Building

Flux 86%

Thriving in flux means running slower, trusting more, and knowing when enough is enough.

by April Rinne 2021

3.92

276 ratings

🧭 Navigating Uncertainty 🦎 Adaptability 🐢 Slow Living 💼 Portfolio Careers 🤝 Trust Building

Survival Skills for Freelancers

by Sarah Townsend • 2020

A freelancer's guide to staying afloat when income dips, isolation hits, and burnout looms.

4.27

149

💼 Freelancing 💰 Freelance Finance 🧯 Burnout Prevention 🎭 Imposter Syndrome ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Survival Skills for Freelancers 86%

A freelancer's guide to staying afloat when income dips, isolation hits, and burnout looms.

by Sarah Townsend 2020

4.27

149 ratings

💼 Freelancing 💰 Freelance Finance 🧯 Burnout Prevention 🎭 Imposter Syndrome ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Getting a Job

by Mark Granovetter • 1995

The finding that changed sociology: casual acquaintances land you jobs that close friends cannot.

3.64

🏢 Labor Markets 🕸️ Social Networks 💼 Economic Sociology 🏭 Sociology Of Work 🔍 Job Searching

Getting a Job 86%

The finding that changed sociology: casual acquaintances land you jobs that close friends cannot.

by Mark Granovetter 1995

3.64

50 ratings

🏢 Labor Markets 🕸️ Social Networks 💼 Economic Sociology 🏭 Sociology Of Work 🔍 Job Searching

Do Nothing

by Celeste Headlee • 2020

Medieval peasants rested half the year. Your burnout isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural system.

3.85

11k+

🏢 Workplace Culture 🔥 Burnout Recovery 📉 Productivity Critique 📜 History Of Work 🏖️ Leisure Advocacy

Do Nothing 85%

Medieval peasants rested half the year. Your burnout isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural system.

by Celeste Headlee 2020

3.85

11k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🔥 Burnout Recovery 📉 Productivity Critique 📜 History Of Work 🏖️ Leisure Advocacy

How to Calm Your Mind

by Chris Bailey • 2022

Your brain on striving: why calm, not grind, is the real productivity upgrade.

3.81

2k+

🔥 Burnout Recovery 📱 Digital Detox 🧠 Dopamine Science ⏳ Productivity Critique 😰 Chronic Stress

How to Calm Your Mind 85%

Your brain on striving: why calm, not grind, is the real productivity upgrade.

by Chris Bailey 2022

3.81

2k+ ratings

🔥 Burnout Recovery 📱 Digital Detox 🧠 Dopamine Science ⏳ Productivity Critique 😰 Chronic Stress

The Sorrows of Work

by The School of Life • 2019

Work fulfillment is nearly impossible by design. The reasons are structural, not personal.

3.84

505

🏭 Sociology Of Work 💰 Capitalism Critique 🧠 Workplace Psychology 🔍 Anti-Self-Help 🔨 Meaningful Work

The Sorrows of Work 85%

Work fulfillment is nearly impossible by design. The reasons are structural, not personal.

by The School of Life 2019

3.84

505 ratings

🏭 Sociology Of Work 💰 Capitalism Critique 🧠 Workplace Psychology 🔍 Anti-Self-Help 🔨 Meaningful Work

Slack

by Tom DeMarco • 2001

Efficiency that cuts every buffer leaves organizations that can sprint but never pivot.

4.02

2k+

🔄 Organizational Change ⏳ Efficiency Critique 🔥 Overwork And Burnout ⚠️ Risk Management 🔗 Systems Thinking

Slack 85%

Efficiency that cuts every buffer leaves organizations that can sprint but never pivot.

by Tom DeMarco 2001

4.02

2k+ ratings

🔄 Organizational Change ⏳ Efficiency Critique 🔥 Overwork And Burnout ⚠️ Risk Management 🔗 Systems Thinking

Start.

by Jon Acuff • 2013

A five-stage path out of average, starting with the inner critic that keeps you small.

3.96

8k+

🛡️ Fear Management 💼 Career Fulfillment 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🎯 Priority Setting 🗺️ Life Design

Start. 85%

A five-stage path out of average, starting with the inner critic that keeps you small.

by Jon Acuff 2013

3.96

8k+ ratings

🛡️ Fear Management 💼 Career Fulfillment 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🎯 Priority Setting 🗺️ Life Design

The Power of Self-Coaching

by Joseph J. Luciani • 2004

The root of unhappiness is one habit. Five steps to end the control spiral yourself.

3.81

317

🛡️ Overcoming Insecurity 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Techniques 🪁 Letting Go Of Control 🗣️ Negative Self-Talk 🎯 Perfectionism Recovery

The Power of Self-Coaching 85%

The root of unhappiness is one habit. Five steps to end the control spiral yourself.

by Joseph J. Luciani 2004

3.81

317 ratings

🛡️ Overcoming Insecurity 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Techniques 🪁 Letting Go Of Control 🗣️ Negative Self-Talk 🎯 Perfectionism Recovery

Go It Alone!

by Bruce Judson • 2004

Build a substantial business alone by outsourcing everything but the one skill that makes you money.

3.92

1k+

🧑‍💻 Solopreneurship 🔄 Lean Methodology 📦 Outsourcing ⚙️ Business Systems 💰 Bootstrapping

Go It Alone! 85%

Build a substantial business alone by outsourcing everything but the one skill that makes you money.

by Bruce Judson 2004

3.92

1k+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Solopreneurship 🔄 Lean Methodology 📦 Outsourcing ⚙️ Business Systems 💰 Bootstrapping

Private Government

by Elizabeth S. Anderson • 2017

The workplace is an authoritarian state that most economic thought pretends does not exist.

3.94

856

🏛️ Workplace Authority 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🗽 Republican Freedom 💰 Market Critique ✊ Labor Rights

Private Government 85%

The workplace is an authoritarian state that most economic thought pretends does not exist.

by Elizabeth S. Anderson 2017

3.94

856 ratings

🏛️ Workplace Authority 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🗽 Republican Freedom 💰 Market Critique ✊ Labor Rights

The Technology Trap

by Carl Benedikt Frey • 2019

The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?

4.10

657

🏛️ Economic History 👷 Labor Economics 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🤖 Technological Unemployment ⚖️ Inequality And Technology

The Technology Trap 85%

The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?

by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019

4.10

657 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 👷 Labor Economics 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🤖 Technological Unemployment ⚖️ Inequality And Technology

Less

by Marc Lesser • 2009

Stillness beats busyness. A Zen CEO on doing less and getting the right things done.

3.43

298

🧘 Workplace Mindfulness 🪷 Stillness Practice ☸️ Zen Buddhism 🐹 Busyness Critique 🔕 Distraction Management

Less 85%

Stillness beats busyness. A Zen CEO on doing less and getting the right things done.

by Marc Lesser 2009

3.43

298 ratings

🧘 Workplace Mindfulness 🪷 Stillness Practice ☸️ Zen Buddhism 🐹 Busyness Critique 🔕 Distraction Management

The Burnout Epidemic

by Jennifer Moss • 2021

Six systemic failures cause burnout. None live inside the employee; all are fixable by leadership.

3.71

714

🏢 Workplace Culture 🧠 Organizational Psychology 🔥 Burnout Prevention 💚 Employee Well-Being ☣️ Toxic Workplaces

The Burnout Epidemic 85%

Six systemic failures cause burnout. None live inside the employee; all are fixable by leadership.

by Jennifer Moss 2021

3.71

714 ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🧠 Organizational Psychology 🔥 Burnout Prevention 💚 Employee Well-Being ☣️ Toxic Workplaces

Surviving AI

by Calum Chace • 2015

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

3.88

608

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work

Surviving AI 85%

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

by Calum Chace 2015

3.88

608 ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work

Calm The Fuck Down

by Sarah Knight • 2018

One question tells you what matters. Then a five-point scale sorts the rest.

3.41

11k+

🧠 Anxiety Management 🚑 Mental Triage 🤬 Profane Self-Help 🎯 Locus Of Control 💭 Overthinking Relief

Calm The Fuck Down 85%

One question tells you what matters. Then a five-point scale sorts the rest.

by Sarah Knight 2018

3.41

11k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 🚑 Mental Triage 🤬 Profane Self-Help 🎯 Locus Of Control 💭 Overthinking Relief

Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety

by Sally M. Winston • 2022

Anxiety about the future is a habit, not a prophecy. The protocol is acceptance, not struggle.

3.99

657

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🏃 Avoidance Coping 💭 Catastrophic Thinking 🔍 Metacognition

Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety 85%

Anxiety about the future is a habit, not a prophecy. The protocol is acceptance, not struggle.

by Sally M. Winston 2022

3.99

657 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🏃 Avoidance Coping 💭 Catastrophic Thinking 🔍 Metacognition

The Freelance Academic

by Katie Rose Guest Pryal • 2019

Academia pays you in prestige. Convert your expertise into a freelance career you control.

4.21

🚪 Leaving Academia 💼 Freelance Career 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 💰 Income Diversification ✍️ Freelance Writing

The Freelance Academic 85%

Academia pays you in prestige. Convert your expertise into a freelance career you control.

by Katie Rose Guest Pryal 2019

4.21

34 ratings

🚪 Leaving Academia 💼 Freelance Career 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 💰 Income Diversification ✍️ Freelance Writing

The End of Burnout

by Jonathan Malesic • 2022

Burnout is a cultural crisis, not a personal illness. The cure is fewer hours and real leisure.

3.73

587

📊 Sociology Of Work 🧯 Burnout Recovery 🏢 Workplace Culture ✊ Anti-Work Critique 📉 Labor Economics

The End of Burnout 85%

Burnout is a cultural crisis, not a personal illness. The cure is fewer hours and real leisure.

by Jonathan Malesic 2022

3.73

587 ratings

📊 Sociology Of Work 🧯 Burnout Recovery 🏢 Workplace Culture ✊ Anti-Work Critique 📉 Labor Economics

Stopping the Noise in Your Head

by R. Reid Wilson • 2016

Anxiety wins when you seek comfort. Beat it by demanding more discomfort, not less.

4.02

496

🧠 Anxiety Management 📋 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💬 Self-Talk 🎯 Distress Tolerance 🤞 Uncertainty Tolerance

Stopping the Noise in Your Head 85%

Anxiety wins when you seek comfort. Beat it by demanding more discomfort, not less.

by R. Reid Wilson 2016

4.02

496 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 📋 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💬 Self-Talk 🎯 Distress Tolerance 🤞 Uncertainty Tolerance

Designing Your New Work Life

by Bill Burnett • 2020

You don't have to quit: a designer's method to reframe any job into one you want.

3.79

2k+

🛠️ Career Design 💡 Design Thinking 🏢 Office Politics 🏠 Hybrid Work 💼 Gig Economy

Designing Your New Work Life 85%

You don't have to quit: a designer's method to reframe any job into one you want.

by Bill Burnett 2020

3.79

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Career Design 💡 Design Thinking 🏢 Office Politics 🏠 Hybrid Work 💼 Gig Economy

Fire Your Boss

by Stephen M. Pollan • 2004

Depose your boss mentally, follow the money, and always fish for your next job from day one.

3.67

150

📋 Career Advice 💼 Managing Upward 🤝 Personal Networking 🧠 Workplace Pragmatism 💰 Financial Independence

Fire Your Boss 85%

Depose your boss mentally, follow the money, and always fish for your next job from day one.

by Stephen M. Pollan 2004

3.67

150 ratings

📋 Career Advice 💼 Managing Upward 🤝 Personal Networking 🧠 Workplace Pragmatism 💰 Financial Independence

Work Won't Love You Back

by Sarah Jaffe • 2021

From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.

3.94

5k+

✊ Labor Organizing 🧡 Passion Economy 🎭 Emotional Labor 🔥 Burnout Culture 📝 Unpaid Internships

Work Won't Love You Back 85%

From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.

by Sarah Jaffe 2021

3.94

5k+ ratings

✊ Labor Organizing 🧡 Passion Economy 🎭 Emotional Labor 🔥 Burnout Culture 📝 Unpaid Internships

The Worry Trick

by David A. Carbonell • 2016

Your mind's alarm system has been tricked. The counterintuitive way to disarm chronic worry.

3.78

3k+

🧠 Anxiety Management 📋 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔄 Worry And Rumination 👐 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🔀 Counterintuitive Solutions

The Worry Trick 85%

Your mind's alarm system has been tricked. The counterintuitive way to disarm chronic worry.

by David A. Carbonell 2016

3.78

3k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 📋 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔄 Worry And Rumination 👐 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🔀 Counterintuitive Solutions

Trust Yourself

by Melody Wilding • 2021

High sensitivity meets high ambition: stop overthinking and make your emotions fuel your career.

4.14

673

🫧 High Sensitivity 🧠 Overthinking 💡 Emotional Intelligence 🚧 Boundary Setting 💼 Workplace Psychology

Trust Yourself 85%

High sensitivity meets high ambition: stop overthinking and make your emotions fuel your career.

by Melody Wilding 2021

4.14

673 ratings

🫧 High Sensitivity 🧠 Overthinking 💡 Emotional Intelligence 🚧 Boundary Setting 💼 Workplace Psychology

Open to Work

by Ryan Roslansky • 2026

The threat isn't robots. It's the competitor who adopted AI. A 90-day playbook.

3.47

308

🏢 Future Of Work 🧭 Career Development 🤖 Ai In Business 🧠 Human Skills ⚙️ Task Automation

Open to Work 85%

The threat isn't robots. It's the competitor who adopted AI. A 90-day playbook.

by Ryan Roslansky 2026

3.47

308 ratings

🏢 Future Of Work 🧭 Career Development 🤖 Ai In Business 🧠 Human Skills ⚙️ Task Automation

The Van Gogh Blues

by Eric Maisel • 2002

Creative people crash for a different reason: they demand meaning from a universe that offers none.

3.99

455

🧠 Existential Psychology 🎨 Artistic Depression ✨ Meaning Making 🧱 Creative Blocks 😰 Creative Anxiety

The Van Gogh Blues 85%

Creative people crash for a different reason: they demand meaning from a universe that offers none.

by Eric Maisel 2002

3.99

455 ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 🎨 Artistic Depression ✨ Meaning Making 🧱 Creative Blocks 😰 Creative Anxiety

Press Reset

by Jason Schreier • 2021

Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.

4.05

8k+

🎮 Video Game Industry 🛠️ Tech Labor ⏰ Crunch Culture 📉 Job Precarity 🎭 Art Vs Commerce

Press Reset 85%

Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.

by Jason Schreier 2021

4.05

8k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Industry 🛠️ Tech Labor ⏰ Crunch Culture 📉 Job Precarity 🎭 Art Vs Commerce

The Unspoken Truths for Career Success

by Tessa White • 2023

What your manager won't teach you about getting paid, promoted, and heard at work.

4.26

550

🧭 Career Strategy 🏛️ Office Politics 📢 Self-Advocacy 🗣️ Feedback Culture 💰 Salary Negotiation

The Unspoken Truths for Career Success Summary

The Unspoken Truths for Career Success 85%

What your manager won't teach you about getting paid, promoted, and heard at work.

by Tessa White 2023

4.26

550 ratings

🧭 Career Strategy 🏛️ Office Politics 📢 Self-Advocacy 🗣️ Feedback Culture 💰 Salary Negotiation

Ripe

by Sarah Rose Etter • 2023

Her only constant is a black hole. At a Silicon Valley startup, it begins to feed.

3.58

34k+

🖥️ Tech Dystopia 🏢 Corporate Alienation 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Trauma 🩺 Bodily Autonomy 💼 Toxic Workplace

Ripe 85%

Her only constant is a black hole. At a Silicon Valley startup, it begins to feed.

by Sarah Rose Etter 2023

3.58

34k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Dystopia 🏢 Corporate Alienation 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Trauma 🩺 Bodily Autonomy 💼 Toxic Workplace

Clarity First

by Karen Martin • 2018

Workplaces drift toward ambiguity. The hidden costs far exceed the effort of getting clear.

3.99

181

🏢 Organizational Performance ⚙️ Operational Excellence 🎯 Clarity And Focus 🗺️ Strategic Alignment 🔄 Process Improvement

Clarity First 85%

Workplaces drift toward ambiguity. The hidden costs far exceed the effort of getting clear.

by Karen Martin 2018

3.99

181 ratings

🏢 Organizational Performance ⚙️ Operational Excellence 🎯 Clarity And Focus 🗺️ Strategic Alignment 🔄 Process Improvement

Stop Overthinking

by Nick Trenton • 2021

Overthinking is anxiety in disguise. Use its own playbook to break the spiral.

3.73

9k+

😰 Anxiety Management 🌀 Overthinking 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🧠 CBT 🎛️ Emotional Regulation

Stop Overthinking 85%

Overthinking is anxiety in disguise. Use its own playbook to break the spiral.

by Nick Trenton 2021

3.73

9k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Management 🌀 Overthinking 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🧠 CBT 🎛️ Emotional Regulation

Monkey Business

by John Rolfe • 2000

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

3.97

6k+

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

Monkey Business 85%

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

by John Rolfe 2000

3.97

6k+ ratings

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

Hope and Help for Your Nerves

by Claire Weekes • 1969

Your symptoms aren't the problem. The fear of them is, and that fear can be unlearned.

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😰 Anxiety Self-Help ⚡ Stress Management 🦁 Facing Fear 🌊 Acceptance-Based Coping 💓 Somatic Symptoms

Hope and Help for Your Nerves 85%

Your symptoms aren't the problem. The fear of them is, and that fear can be unlearned.

by Claire Weekes 1969

4.24

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😰 Anxiety Self-Help ⚡ Stress Management 🦁 Facing Fear 🌊 Acceptance-Based Coping 💓 Somatic Symptoms

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