In a perfect world, when it came to choosing an occupation, we would have only two priorities in mind: to find a job that we enjoyed, and to find a...

Feelings we haven’t got a handle on wreak havoc on our work. They force themselves forward in troubling, furious and depressed ways. They buckle and strain the system.

There is a danger of over-investment in the idea of ‘success’. It’s natural to want to do well-enough around work.

When we speak about self-knowledge, we’re alluding to a particular kind of knowledge – generally of an emotional or psychological kind.

However old we might be, none of us is ever quite emotionally mature...