The M.R.S. and the Ph.D.

Read more in the NYT.

Hazard of the Trade: Bankers' Health

Seriously? Wow. "Every individual she observed over a decade developed a stress-related physical or emotional ailment within several years on the job, she says in a study to be published this month."

Read more at WSJ. (Thanks, Rish!)

Finish each day

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. -- Emerson

(Thanks, Claire)

Truce?

With all the talk about the 99 vs 1% and social controversies, here's one take:

...Before he disappointed his many admirers by declining to seek the Republican nomination, Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana told the Weekly Standard’s Andrew Ferguson that the gravity of the economic and fiscal challenges facing America’s next president might require calling a temporary “truce on the so-called social issues.” On culture war controversies like abortion and same-sex marriage, he suggested, “we’re going to just have to agree to get along for a little while.”

But what would a truce look like? Read more in the NYT. (Thanks, Alessia)

McKinsey Consults The Masses To Find The Best Social Innovation

A new initiative from the consulting giant lets you vote on the most socially innovative companies, from TB-sniffing rats to high-tech new stoves. Here's one of the eleven finalist videos:

Read more in Fast Company's Co-Design site. (Thanks, Connor)

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

(Thanks, Joyce)

Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability