Actress Viola Davis on Perfectionism

Actress Viola Davis, the star of How to Get Away With Murder, recently commented in AARP: "The work of acting is fantastic, but being a celebrity sometimes ...

Jim Carrey's Search for Fulfillment

What will enough ever be "enough"?

Comedian Jim Carrey presented a similar struggle at this year's Golden Globes ceremony. Before announcing the nominees ...

Psychologists Identify the 'Imposter Syndrome'

In 1978, two American psychologists, Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes, observed what they called "the impostor syndrome." They described it as a feeling ...

Astronaut Goes On Strike In Outer Space

In 1974 Colonel William Pogue became the first American to go on strike—in space. The astronaut was part of the last, and longest, manned mission ...

We Pretend To Be Busier Than We Are

An article on Quartz begins, "In an era of limitless technology and information, life can feel at once empowering and overwhelming—especially ...

Dustin Hoffman's Biggest Fear: Failure

Dustin Hoffman, a double Oscar-winner, and a screen legend in no danger of having that title taken away. But he's worried about the future. In an ...

Novelist Amy Tan on Pressure from Mom

The New York Times interviewed the Chinese novelist Amy Tan, a woman who has written some powerful books about the immigrant and minority experience in ...

Judd Apatow: Success Can't Heal You

In an interview with Rolling Stone, director Judd Apatow responded to the interviewer's statement: "You've said that as an entertainer, all ...

Decline in Sleeping Hours Reduces Productivity

According to Charles Czeisler, the chief of the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, over the past five decades ...

Dying Man Longed for Work-Life Balance

After his inoperable brain cancer was diagnosed, Eugene O'Kelly, the 53-year-old CEO of a major accounting firm, wrote a guidebook on how to die. ...