rules

Entrepreneur and creator Codie Sanchez knows she has a “kind of intense” approach to meetings.”Meetings should only be for people who need to be in them, because nobody wants more meetings than you need,” she said. “So I’m always asking: Does everybody at this meeting need to be in here?”The…

I’ve spent six days of my life traveling between NYC and Guam — days because the journey across the Pacific takes 24 hours.Each time, the day includes two back-to-back long-haul flights, one medium-length flight, two long layovers, and a grueling 14-hour time change. It’s as exhausting as it is uncomfortable,…

For Kelan and Brittany Kline, improving their finances came down to a simple idea: widen the gap between what they earned and what they spent.The couple, who once worked traditional jobs as a jail deputy and elementary school teacher, were newly married and carrying roughly $40,000 in student-loan debt when…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Swanson, a 22-year-old working in medical sales who moved to New York in June. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I had just graduated from college and was moving from Massachusetts to New York for a job starting…

We’ve been living with my parents in a multigenerational home in Australia since March, when they came home from traveling, and it’s been a rollercoaster with plenty of ups and downs. But it’s one I wouldn’t trade. My sassy 3-year-old is the youngest member of our household; the oldest is…