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For National Women's Health Week, we beg you—get more sleep on a regular basis! Here's how to start.

But ordinary people are also starting to take a more sophisticated approach to the content they view online. It’s no longer enough to read the news – now, we want to understand the processes behind it. Fortunately, there are a few relatively effective verification techniques, which do not require specialist knowledge or costly software. Outlined below are six free, simple tools that any curious news reader can use to verify digital media.

The insane part isn't the acceptance of that fact. It's that we actually advocate it by adhering to a strange, universal set of morals that propose to make us better people at the expense of financial growth. And the longer we keep ourselves tied to a flowery idea that's meant to work only in a perfect, honest world, the longer it's going to take to wade out of the sewage. For instance, how many of you have heard ...

Setting goals is an essential technique to  accomplishing what we truly want in our lives, and more importantly —living a more fulfilling life. And the importance of goal setting is only increasing as our ability to focus continues to diminish with the rise of new media and technology.

When it comes to pitching, whether via documents like one pagers or face to face (or both!), writers tend to freak out very easily. It’s not hard to see why. After all, what’s the “right” way to pitch??

With the cold and flu season being in full throttle, many of my clients are asking for natural solutions to fighting viruses this year. So, I’ve put together top five tips for avoiding and fighting colds naturally.

I came up with these five strategies to get back in touch with my employees, no matter how busy things became.

The Hermès necktie has been the anchor of respectable business suits since its introduction in 1949. Christophe Goineau, artistic director of men's silk, explains the labor-intensive process of creating the brand's signature neckwear.

For anyone that knows and understands their cat’s behavior, you know exactly when something is out of the ordinary for them. For Sue McKenzie, she knew something was wrong with her cat, Tom, when he suddenly started being much more affectionate than normal, strangely so.

Ultimately, music is the remedy for a number of issues — but perhaps in a more literal sense than you might’ve thought.

Early in my career, when I was a college coach, I thought the solution to my problems was these two words: “if only.” If only I had more scholarship money, we’d win more. If only I had a better budget, we’d win more. If only I had better facilities, we’d win more.

Today marks the 125th birthday of famed British novelist Agatha Christie, a pioneer of detective fiction best-known for creating enigmatic characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple along with suspenseful whodunits like “Murder on the Orient Express” and “The Mousetrap.” But even Christie’s less-publicized accomplishments are impressive. Below, a few highlights that may surprise you.

As is true with most of the world's richest people, much of his wealth may be attributed to mindset.

Those who have switched to the SAE’s approach swear by it, however, some drivers can’t adjust to not using the outside mirrors to see directly behind the car and miss being able to see their own car in the side mirrors. To them we say, “Have fun filling out those accident reports.”

Graphic designers love to judge books by their covers. At restaurants and bars, they can’t stop being critical when entering the place or taking the menu in their hands. Most restaurants have poorly designed menus, making the food a little less tasty for our fellow designers. Hopefuly, some designers work hard on helping the other restaurants and bars to get stunning menu designs, like the following ones.

You have a library card and you know the library is more than just a “Netflix for books.” Maybe you know about your library’s ebook offerings and maybe you know you can borrow audiobooks or DVDs. But how can you make the absolute most out of your local library? Here are 6 tips for becoming a power user of the public library.

Even though this is easier said than done, the things that you have to do to become the next millionaire are theoretically fairly easy.

Examples of how to apply these methods in the most powerful ways will also be supplied, helping to ensure that those who apply these lessons can stop wishing for change in their personal lives – and use the amazing power within themselves to make it happen once and for all.

IN GETTING THERE: A BOOK OF MENTORS, THE LAUDED CREATOR CANDIDLY REVEALS HIS YEARS OF STRUGGLE—AND HIS EVENTUAL PATH TO SUCCESS.

"January Jones is the undisputed expert on whining. Her laugh-out-loud book left out only one tiny detail--whining burns calories! Truly, the cure for whining isn't just her fabulous book, but January Jones herself." --Diane Heavin, Founder of Curves International

And will never do again. It was a great time to be a New Yorker.

Here’s a question for you: Do you control your day or do you simply react to it? Or to put it another way—how often do you feel like all you did was keep your head above water?

What do cats think about? Here are some funny examples of cat logic… Let us know if you've had similar experiences with your cat or any different examples you liked to share with us, so we can continue to understand the cat… or not! :)

I once bought a rug. It was pretty, it was on sale, and I said what the heck, it’s only $20, and took it home and put it on my floor. Days later, I bought new pillows; the old ones didn’t match the rug. Before I knew it, I’d also bought new plants, a chair, and a ton of other accessories. That $20 spiraled into hundreds of dollars worth of new stuff. This is the Diderot Effect in action.

Making an impressively designed resume from scratch may be a bit of a challenge, especially if you don’t do design for a living. But if you want to give your resume a visually stimulating edge, grab any of these resume templates below.

The suave spy was on home turf at the weekend but he certainly has more stamps in his passport than most…

If you’re tired all the time you’re not alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have gone so far as to call Americans’ lack of sleep a “public health epidemic.”

Do you proofread your book after it’s been laid out for print or formatted for e-reading? You should. Proofreading is the last stage of the editorial process and its goal is to catch any errors that the writer, editor, and book designer or formatter have missed.

The rigors of entrepreneurship demand sacrifices, and if you don't make those sacrifices you'll never be able to succeed. Business is, at its core, a give-and-take process. The more you invest, and the more you're willing to part with, the more you'll reap in rewards in kind.

Most of you have probably spent a considerable amount of time staring at the colors of photos in programs like Photoshop, but how good are your eyes at discerning colors? iGame’s Eye Test is a simple online test that will assess the quality of your color perception through a simple game format.

How to succeed at self-sabotage.

From Richard Branson and Apple’s Angela Ahrendts to Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec and Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal, 50+ Influencers reveal how to get through their doors — and what it takes to succeed once you’re in.

My husband and I study history, specifically the late Victorian era of the 1880s and '90s.  Our methods are quite different from those of academics. Everything in our daily life is connected to our period of study, from the technologies we use to the ways we interact with the world.

When faced with setbacks and challenges, we’ve all received the well-meaning advice to “stay positive.” The greater the challenge, the more this glass-half-full wisdom can come across as Pollyannaish and unrealistic. It’s hard to find the motivation to focus on the positive when positivity seems like nothing more than wishful thinking.

How to hang a sweater on a hanger and not stretch it out...

How much can hard work in school and when applying for scholarships reduce the overall costs of getting a college degree? Well, in our family’s experience, it’s amounted to nearly $150,000 so far. (I say that because we have two more children to put through college.)

Everyone knows Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”—and almost everyone gets it wrong.

Ever wondered what Arnold ate to build one of the most recognizable bodies in the world? Here, The Oak shares 13 of his core nutrition philosophies!

Actually, design can prove to be much more important for your fledgling business than you may imagine. When you run an online business, visitors’ judgements of it always depend on tiny details in your design.

Beginning with his first novel in 1847, Anthony Trollope wrote at an incredible pace. Over the next 38 years, he published 47 novels, 18 works of non-fiction, 12 short stories, 2 plays, and an assortment of articles and letters.

Tired of sardine can-style seats, endless delays and bad service? Try these airlines, which Travel + Leisure readers have chosen as the best in the sky.

John Singer Sargent's Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) is an icon of the Met's collection. Each year, visitors flock to The American Wing to muse on the eccentric glamour of this bold portrait featuring the American wife of a French banker. Ordinarily we think Madame X looks quite splendid in gallery 771, where she is seen with other grand-manner portraits of the period. Surrounded by Sargent's portraits of the Wyndham sisters and Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, Gautreau appears quite distinct from the elegant high-society portraits.

During the 1940s and 50s, Hollywood entered a “noir” period, producing riveting films based on hard-boiled fiction. These films were set in dark locations and shot in a black & white aesthetic that fit like a glove. Hardened men wore fedoras and forever smoked cigarettes. Women played the femme fatale role brilliantly. Love was the surest way to death. All of these elements figured into what Roger Ebert calls “the most American film genre” in his short Guide to Film Noir.

Then Jobs said, "This is how I do it. I take a sheet of paper, and I say, 'If my company can only do one thing next year, what is it?' Literally, we shut everything else down."

We all know that language can affect our behavior. For example, chances are you would react much differently to hearing "Aww, wook at da fuzzy widdle bumblebee!" than you would to "OH MY GOD THERE'S A BEE ON YOUR FACE! RIGHT ON IT!" But language can manipulate you in ways much more subtle than that, and trust us, marketers know it very well. That's why ...

This might surprise you: Successful entrepreneurs say “no” a lot. We’re taught that we should say “yes” to almost everything in our society, yet the most successful among us say “no”. Everyone from Warren Buffett, to Oprah Winfrey, and Steve Jobsreportedly say “no” to several everyday things. Most importantly, those no’s skyrocket their success.

Hugh Laurie: “Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn’t, but it should be.”

Steven Jae Johnson has enjoyed life as a musician, an actor, a screenwriter, & now as the author of “Walk, Don’t Run: A Rockin’ and Rollin’ Memoir.” He and Academy Award Winner Edward James Olmos have enjoyed a forty year working relationship. They met in high school when they were both young musicians with dreams of stardom. Their friendship has continued. Steven is the archivist of their history as struggling musicians & actors in Hollywood through four decades.

“Many of the lessons I learned from Larry still guide me today,” he wrote.

The main thing I learned is that happiness is something you create -- it is not something to achieve. It is a path you choose, not a destination to arrive at. Check out each of the 12 steps: