Dan and Chip Heath are the authors of the best-selling books Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, and Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work. As a fan, I subscribe to their e-newsletter, and they sent on

What’s going to change in your career next year compared to this year? It depends on who you ask, and there are a lot of career trends stories out there. I’ve found a good one, though, and I thought I’d share it with you. Written by career adviser Irene Kotov for Lif

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