Knowing your personality type can help you identify behavior to shift toward in order to become more motivated, author Gretchen Rubin says. You might identify as an "obliger," "questioner," "rebel" or "upholder," depending on how you react to internal and external expectations.

A micromanaging boss might grow to trust you if you demonstrate an understanding of how tasks fit in with broader objectives, Jeff Boss writes. Be clear about your manager's expectations and try to go above and beyond to achieve them.

Avoid starting your sentences with "but" and "actually," Matthew McCreary writes. Don't interrupt when someone else is talking and avoid swearing or addressing a group as "guys."

US Citizenship and Immigration Services is getting ready to propose changes to the kinds of jobs covered by H-1B skilled worker visas, as well as changes to the compensation employers must pay the visa holders and the types of worker-employee relationships.

Be prepared to explain to a job interviewer why you are pursuing a career transition, Arnie Fertig writes. Put a positive spin on your explanation by emphasizing your long-term goals.

It's a cause for concern if you're constantly trying to push through the week to get to the weekend and if you have a heavy feeling every Sunday before the new week starts, writes Alyse Kalish. Unless your job description outlines it, you shouldn't need to regularly take work home on the weekends so you can enjoy a work-life balance.

Uranus' upper atmosphere contains clouds that are made mostly from hydrogen sulfide, which is the same molecule that gives rotten eggs a terrible odor, according to a study. "If an unfortunate human were ever to descend through Uranus' clouds, they would be met with very unpleasant and odiferous conditions," said Oxford University's Patrick Irwin, the study's lead author.