By EVA CHRISTODOULOU A lot of what keeps us going as humans are personal myths – fictions, socially constructed ideas of how the world is, should work, and what our purpose in it is. Pretty impressive, that we managed to spin these stories that we collectively believed in and made into the glue that keeps us together.

In this special from Juliet Funt's newsletter, she spells out how to say goodbye to 2020 and start 2021 in the best possible way. Read on to learn Funt's secrets to success

By KY JONES There’s no one single strategy to get freelancing work, but using a combination of the techniques below will increase your ability to find your next gig.

By JULIET FUNT Instead of hitching your dreams to so many uncontrollable and emotionally precarious factors, try letting go of knowing what the future will hold. I suggest taking a micro-approach to planning and goal setting containing three layers of action:

By ASHRAF FARID What is it about New Year’s resolutions that make it so hard to stay the course? We start strong, then slow down and finally stop. Why can’t we be motivated to stick to a diet the same way we’re motivated to brush our teeth?

By SIEW YEN NG When it comes to humans, stress is mostly caused by what we think of in our minds. It is usually not posed by an immediate life or death situation. What we need to know is that being stressed out can physically make us sick.

By ROSHAN THIRAN Following a friendly back-and-forth debate, he suddenly said, "If there's a way to fit in one hour learning time each day, feel free to sign me up! There's only one condition – I hate being tied to my laptop. If I have spare time to sit down with a coffee and learn something useful, I'm sold."

This is the first part of a series of articles by Juliet Funt to close of the year and to start the year fresh. This is part of Funt's newsletter to her Linkedin followers. Read on to know to get out when you are stuck or overwhelmed