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5 ways to use your stress for success

Stress, properly channeled, is the raw material of achievement. Here’s how to use it to fuel your work.

While executives spend billions on meditation apps, yoga retreats, and wellness programs, American stress levels continue to skyrocket. A recent study of 90 workplace wellness interventions found most (with one exception detailed below*) had no positive effect—and sometimes even made things worse. Our research from last year found that the majority of us tend to stress out more trying to get rid of stress. Talk about a negative spiral!

How to get your employees to embrace AI — even the ones who hate tech

When we empowered everyone at our company to use AI, we grew to over $200M in annual revenue with only about 200 people.

A few years ago, we had a bottleneck within our organization at Super.com, the membership program focused on saving, earning, and credit building. Every new idea depended on our engineers, and our internal requests were piling up faster than we could clear them.

Why being a leader requires more skills than ever

The next generation of leaders don’t fit neatly into one category. Here’s how you can embrace your facets.

There was a time when leaders followed a linear path. Pick a lane, specialize, climb the ladder, and stay the course for decades. But that norm is unraveling. Global complexity demands leaders who are adaptive, integrative, and, above all, multifaceted. These individuals don’t fit neatly into one category; they may be artists and scientists, coaches and corporate strategists, or data analysts and storytellers. And far from being a liability, these dualities are now an asset.

Frozen vegetables recalled over listeria fears: Toss these bags of peas and carrots right now

The FDA issued an alert Thursday for products sold in 6 states and D.C. Here’s what to know.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public via its recall website to be on the lookout for bags of frozen vegetables, due to possible contamination from listeria.

Jobless claims rise and private employers slow down hiring in August

The softening labor market likely positions the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates later this month.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, while hiring by private employers slowed in August, offering further evidence that labor market conditions were softening.

How to make sure you see Fast Company articles first on Google

Google’s new ‘Preferred Sources’ feature lets you select which news outlets appear first in search results. Here’s how it works—and how to add Fast Company.

If you’re a regular Fast Company reader, you may come check the site when you want news, or follow us on social media. But when you’re looking for something on Google, would you also like to find out if Fast Company has covered your question already? We know the Google search pages are getting harder and harder to navigate, with AI summaries and countless little boxes, but there’s a new way to ensure you’re seeing Fast Company stories relevant to your query near the top of your search results.

Trump’s dinner with tech CEOs at the White House won’t include Musk

Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, and many other big names in tech were confirmed to be on the guest list.

President Donald Trump will host a high-powered list of tech CEOs for a dinner at the White House on Thursday night.

Trump’s Fed pick gets blasted for planning to stay at the White House

Stephen Miran’s Senate hearing reflected the broader battle over Trump’s efforts to gain control of the Fed.

Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve board, said Thursday that he would remain a White House employee even if the Senate confirms him to fill an unexpired term at the central bank.

If Trump’s tariffs are thrown out, companies could be refunded billions

Consumers, who’ve paid higher prices on some products due to tariffs, are unlikely to share in the windfall.

President Donald Trump likes to boast about how much money the U.S. Treasury is raking in from the massive taxes—tariffs—he’s slapped this year on imports from almost every country in the world.

Immigrants, women, and Black people are exiting the workforce

However, the number of men entering the workforce has gone up.

The number of immigrant workers in the United States is declining. According to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center, more than 1.2 million immigrants left the labor force from January to June 2025. Per the report, 51.9 million immigrants lived in the U.S. as of June, down from a record high of 53.3 million (15.8% of the population) in January.