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Bryan Robinson is a psychotherapist who writes for Forbes.com. His latest book is #CHILL from William Morrow. muckrack.com/bryanrobinsonphd
Articles by Bryan Robinson
The AI Fluency Trap—5 Tips To Prevent Your Skills From Fueling Burnout
A new study finds that AI fluency comes with a hidden price tag that can lead to burnout, but here are five tips to avoid what's known as the AI fluency trap—when you become more skilled but don't have control over the work your capability attracts. getty You finally learn how to make AI work for you. Reports take less time. Research moves faster. You become the colleague who knows which tools to use and how to get useful results. Then something unexpected happens. Everyone starts coming to you.
Only 41% Have Quality Jobs—5 Ways To See If Yours Passes The Test
Fewer than half of American workers have a quality job. New research offers five questions you can use as a diagnostic tool to measure if yours passes the test. getty You can have a job, earn a paycheck and even like parts of your work without necessarily having what experts define as a “quality job.” That distinction matters because a new national study finds that only 41% of U.S. workers hold quality jobs, virtually unchanged from 40% in 2025.
2 Types Of Self-Compassion Boost Career Success In Today’s Job Market
Research shows that self-compassion increases your motivation to improve after mistakes or failures, encouraging you to better navigate challenges and pursue your career goals. getty You don’t get the job. The promotion goes to someone else. A new technology makes a skill you spent years developing feel suddenly outdated. Before you decide what to do next, an internal voice delivers its verdict: You’re falling behind. You should have tried harder. You’re never going to catch up.
The Hidden AI Job Market: 4 In 10 Listings Skip Degree Requirements
Discover the recent analysis that counts 4,292 open AI-training roles across 62 platforms. Among the listings with complete descriptions, 41.6% did not mention a degree, professional credential or required years of experience. getty Artificial intelligence might be eliminating some jobs, but behind the technology sits another, less visible labor market: thousands of humans are being paid to help AI become smarter.
The Hidden AI Job Market: 4 In 10 Listings Skip Degree Requirements
Technology Now This Wharton professor says becoming a plumber won't save you or your kids from AI — but these 4 things could Business Insider - Peter Kafka • 49m You can't make AI go away. How can you live with it? Or more precisely: How can you make a living in an AI world? Here are a couple standard answers: "Learn to use AI." Or figure out an AI-proof career, one that can't be automated away. Maybe something with your hands.
5 Thought Patterns That Drain Your Energy And Undermine Your Career
Recognizing these five exhausting mental habits helps you break their toxic cycle, reclaim your focus and reduce the mental drain that can stall your career. getty The meeting ended hours ago, but you’re still defending yourself in an imaginary conversation. Your boss’s brief email becomes evidence that your job is in jeopardy. A colleague fails to acknowledge your contribution, and suddenly you’re convinced nobody can be trusted. You’ve left the office. The office hasn’t left you.
‘Habit Hugging’ At Work? 6 Tips To Make New Habits Stick
Sticking to old habits is called "habit hugging," and that practice can stall your career or impede your ability to find a job. Here are six ways to get unstuck from "habit hugging" and move forward in your career. getty You finish training on a new workplace platform, understand how it works and promise yourself you’ll start using it Monday. Then a deadline lands. Almost without thinking, you open the old spreadsheet. Or perhaps your habit has nothing to do with technology.
Laid Off By Big Tech? 6 Tips To Snag A Higher-Paying AI Job
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Laid Off By Big Tech? 6 Tips To Snag A Higher-Paying AI Job
Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE If you were laid off by big tech, your next opportunity could be somewhere you haven’t considered: companies eager for the very expertise your former employer let go. getty Losing a job at a technology company can make your career feel smaller overnight. The company name disappears from your email signature. Your professional identity takes a hit.
Why People Who Love A Scare Bring It To Work And 6 Tips To Curb It
If you thrive on fast-moving jobs, manufacturing urgency, or drama delaying tasks until the last minute, learn 6 tips to curb this need for sensation so it doesn't lead to unnecessary workplace disruption and exhausted colleagues. getty As Halloween approaches, haunted houses, corn mazes and horror movies are entering their final days of the season. For some people, the appeal is hard to understand.
AI Layoffs Are Boomeranging—6 Moves If Your Old Boss Calls
If you're considering being a boomerang employee after your previous employer laid you off then calls you to come back, take these six steps to evaluate your decision to return to your old job before saying yes. getty Losing your job to artificial intelligence can feel like receiving a verdict on your professional worth. Then imagine your former boss calling months later with an unexpected question: Would you consider coming back? The invitation might feel vindicating.
Should You Take A Voluntary Buyout? 6 Questions Before Saying Yes
Major corporations like Barclays, American Express and now Microsoft are eliminating thousands of jobs as a result of AI, but there are six questions you must take the time to ask before saying yes to a buyout. getty What would you do if your employer offered you money to leave your job voluntarily? Approximately 60,000 Microsoft employees now face some version of that question.
Want A Bigger Paycheck In 2027? 6 AI Skills To Build Now
If you’re hoping for a bigger paycheck in 2027, a new study suggests your career advantage lies in showing how your AI skills improve the work—something managers are increasingly willing to pay more for. getty If you’re hoping for a bigger paycheck in 2027, learning artificial intelligence could strengthen your bargaining power. But opening ChatGPT or writing a clever prompt probably won’t be enough. The stronger career advantage comes from showing how your skills improve the work.
Forget Gen Z Stereotypes—6 Things Young Workers Really Want
Past viral headlines have depicted Gen Z as entitled or disruptive, but new research reveals that these what these young workers really want is a fair and respectful workplace. getty Gen Z has generated some of the strangest workplace headlines of the past few years. Parents have helped write resumes, contacted recruiters and even joined their adult children’s job interviews.
Gen Z’s Bizarre Job Interviews: Parents, Iced Coffee And AI
When does drinking iced coffee or getting help from a parent or AI during a job interview start undermining an employer’s confidence in you? getty The year of 2026 has produced unconventional and sometimes bizarre hiring stories. Parents are joining their adult children’s job interviews. Candidates are defending their right to arrive carrying iced lattes. And AI can now supply answers while another AI asks the questions. Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE These episodes make irresistible headlines.
10 Overlooked Careers With Average Salaries Above $100,000
An October 2026 analysis identifies ten overlooked occupations with average annual salaries above $100,000 and low monthly Google search volumes. getty Your next career opportunity might be hiding behind a job title you have never typed into a search engine. While familiar professions dominate conversations about six-figure salaries, less visible occupations offer substantial earning potential—from managing employee development to assessing financial risk.
As AI Panic Reaches The Workplace, Is Employee Pushback ‘Sabotage’?
Research shows that 70% of workers report moderate to strong internal pushback against AI projects, with nearly one-third noting that this friction has delayed recent rollouts. Is it simply resistance? Or is it sabotage? getty The anxiety surrounding artificial intelligence has moved well beyond predictions about which jobs will disappear. It’s increasingly showing up inside workplaces, where employees are pushing back against AI initiatives—and sometimes slowing them down.
5 Steps To A 1-Hour Must-Have Evening Routine For Work-Life Balance
If you're like many workers, you continue thinking about work long after your day ends, but an evening routine can help create a deliberate transition into personal life and protect your work-life balance. getty You close your laptop, but your workday keeps going. During dinner, you replay a tense conversation with your boss. While watching television, you check tomorrow’s calendar. By bedtime, you’re mentally answering emails nobody has sent yet. Your body has left work.
The 1-Hour Midday Routine That Helps You Leave Work On Time
It's almost noon, and a midday pause gives you time to make decisions while there’s still room to act so that you can leave work on time. getty It’s noon, and your workday is already getting away from you. Your inbox keeps growing. Meetings have swallowed your morning. The assignment you intended to finish before lunch remains untouched. You promise yourself you’ll catch up this afternoon, even as another invitation lands on your calendar.
When Your Career Is Threatened, 6 Ways To Apply The ‘SkyMind’ Method
The email arrives without warning. Your position has been eliminated. A project you spent months developing gets canceled. A colleague takes credit for your work, or a performance review leaves you questioning abilities you once trusted. Suddenly, the problem occupies your entire field of vision. You replay conversations, anticipate disasters and wonder whether everything you have built is slipping away. One professional setback becomes a verdict on your future.
6 High-Paying Side Gigs That Could Raise Your Salary After A Layoff
Six Side Gigs Could Make Your Layoff Look Like A Boon Which skills could help you earn more than you’re currently making if you work independently? These six side gigs have the potential to increase your income and become substantial businesses. None guarantees immediate income or requires you to abandon your job search. Start with a manageable assignment, validate demand and build from there. You can test demand before making a larger commitment.
5 Scariest Jobs Pay Up To $335K— But Is The Pressure Worth It?
As Halloween fast approaches and darker nights and colder weather draw closer, it can be either an exciting or scary season. Halloween lets you choose when to be frightened and when to go home. A demanding career doesn’t always give you that option. It’s the season to ask yourself if you should steer clear of the careers that send shivers down your spine. Or challenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone and consider the scariest jobs that can help you grow?
Your Next Performance Review May Grade Your AI Skills—6 Tips To Prep
A high-speed race unfolds as new research shows that performance reviews may tie your compensation to your artificial intelligence skills, raising the pressure to demonstrate meaningful results. Here are six ways to prepare. getty Your next performance review could include a question you weren’t asked a few years ago: What has your use of artificial intelligence accomplished? Knowing how to prompt a chatbot might get you started.
An Abrupt Layoff Can Shatter Your Self-Worth—6 Ways To Recover
When you’re abruptly removed from a role in which you’ve invested emotional, intellectual and creative energy, the loss can be deeply distressing, leaving you questioning your competence or assuming you did something wrong—even when the decision offers no basis for those conclusions.... More getty Netflix’s recent decision to eliminate roughly 1,000 jobs—six percent of its workforce—puts the emotional consequences of job loss into sharp focus.
5 Traits Of The Happiest Workers—And How You Can Become One
Learn the five traits that qualify you as one of the happiest workers. getty Most people would like to be happier at work, but we often approach workplace happiness as though it depends entirely on circumstances: a better boss, a larger paycheck, fewer meetings, a promotion or a job with more flexibility. Those things certainly matter. I have written for Forbes.com about the careers with the happiest workers.
6 Everyday Habits You Should Start Before Turning 40 And Why
You might be building a career, raising a family or wondering how to squeeze another responsibility into an already crowded calendar. Taking care of your future self can feel like something you’ll get around to when life settles down. But waiting until you have more time can become a habit of its own. 6 Everyday Health Habits Worth Building Now The same consistency you bring to growing your career can help you protect the person doing the work.
Laid Off? 6 Actions To Preserve Your Confidence And Next Paycheck
Losing your job can unsettle you more than your bank account. It can shake your confidence, disrupt your routines and leave you wondering how to explain what happened. When the next opportunity arrives, relief can make it difficult to decide whether the offer supports your future or simply ends an uncomfortable stretch of uncertainty. Meanwhile, 36% believed their layoff made them less desirable to employers—a perception, rather than a measurement of hiring discrimination.
6 Steps To Become A Career ‘Front Runner’ In The AI Era
If you’re trying to rise in your career, working harder than everyone else might seem like the obvious strategy, but that strategy has become antiquated. Learn six steps you can take to become a "front runner" in the era of AI. getty If you’re trying to rise in your career, working harder than everyone else might seem like the obvious strategy. Show up first, leave last, accept every assignment and produce more than your coworkers.
9 Ways To Stack Your Positivity Deck Against Career Setbacks In 2027
As you plan for 2027, uncertainty and worry can take up more space on your calendar than anything you actually scheduled. Will artificial intelligence change your role? Will your employer restructure? Will the promotion come through? Even when your job is secure, constant speculation about what happens next can make it difficult to appreciate what’s going right. Now that fall is here, I’m noticing squirrels scrambling to stockpile nuts for winter.
Your Side Hustle’s Future In 2027: 6 Early Predictions For The AI Era
Your next career advantage might begin after your workday ends. Perhaps you tutor on weekends, help a small business organize its operations or turn a creative interest into paying assignments. As 2027 approaches, the question is how that additional work can strengthen your financial security without consuming the life you’re trying to improve.
‘Chronoworking Burnout’ In 2026: 6 Ways To Work With Your Body Clock
If you're navigating a demanding calendar in 2026, new research asks if a better match between the clock and your task could reduce burnout and improve your performance without stretching the workday. getty Your coworker arrives at 7 a.m., ready to tackle the toughest assignment. You need more time before your brain feels fully engaged, but by late afternoon you’re generating ideas while your colleague is fading. Does that make one of you more ambitious?
Every Career Needs A Plan B—6 Ways To Build One Before You Need It
Given today's tumultuous job market as AI replaces more jobs, every Plan A needs a Plan B, and here are steps to build one. getty The safest career strategy used to be straightforward: land a good job, perform well, build seniority and assume stability would follow. That formula is becoming harder to trust as artificial intelligence rewrites job descriptions, companies restructure and hiring remains uncertain.
Could Your Iced Coffee Cost You A Job? 5 Interview Lessons
A growing debate among business leaders raises a question for job seekers: Could bringing a beverage to an interview hurt your chances of landing the job? getty Could the iced coffee you carry into a job interview leave a colder impression than you intended? A viral debate has turned an ordinary drink into a symbol of a bigger workplace question: Who gets to define professionalism, and how much should unwritten rules influence hiring?
Procrastination Is Costing You: 7 Ways To Get Your Career On Track
Procrastinating slows you down, becomes cumulative and eventually stalls your career, but science offers seven tips that can get you back on track. getty You open the presentation due tomorrow, stare at the blank slide and suddenly remember that your inbox needs organizing. Then your desk needs cleaning. By lunchtime, you have accomplished plenty, except the assignment that matters most. The busier you become, the easier it is to mistake motion for progress.
10 Healthy Brain Habits To Keep Your Career Sharp This Fall
Many of us pay attention to heart, lung and digestive health, despite relying on cognitive health for our careers. Ten healthy habits can help protect your cognitive function, manage stress and support daily work as you move into autumn. getty Your brain is a workaholic. It never clocks out and stays active 24/7, even while you sleep it remains on duty. It manages your next presentation, keeps track of your commitments and helps you navigate difficult conversations.
10 Healthy Brain Habits To Keep Your Career Sharp This Fall
Bryan Robinson, Ph.D., Senior Contributor Oct. 2, 2026 Many of us pay attention to heart, lung and digestive health, despite relying on cognitive health for our careers. Ten healthy habits can help protect your cognitive function, manage stress and support daily work as you move into autumn. getty Your brain is a workaholic. It never clocks out and stays active 24/7, even while you sleep it remains on duty.
California’s ‘No Robo Bosses’ Law: 5 Ways To Protect Your Career
New California law passed last month requires human supervision when employers use automated decision systems to discipline or terminate employees. getty Your next performance review could begin with a score generated by a machine. The system might analyze your sales pitch, count your questions, evaluate your delivery and flag where you fell short. But should that same system have the final say over whether you keep your job? California has drawn a line.
The ‘Perfect’ Career Habit That Can Hold You Back—7 Ways To Break It
This "perfect" habit at work can become a career roadblock, turning high standards into a demand to be flawless, trapping you in a self-made cage and causing you to stand out but in the wrong way. getty You polish the presentation long after it’s ready. You hesitate to apply for a promotion because you don’t meet every qualification. You replay a small mistake while overlooking everything you accomplished. What looks like dedication can become a career roadblock when perfectionism takes the wheel.
‘Billboard Days’—A New Career Trend Of Going To The Office To Be Seen
A new workplace trend called "Billboard Days" is emerging among 48% of U.S. knowledge workers that's less about escaping the office than making sure the right people see you there. getty First came “coffee badging,” when employees showed up at the office long enough to swipe their badges, grab a cup of coffee and satisfy return-to-office requirements before heading home to work.
The No. 1 Career Habit That Can Safeguard Your Job For Another Year
Statistics indicate that there's one career habit that can eliminate job uncertainty and predict that you will still have your job in 2027. getty No career habit can guarantee job security. Companies restructure, economic conditions change and even high-performing employees can be caught in layoffs. But one practice can improve your odds of remaining valuable when everything around your job is changing: continuous learning.
The No. 1 Career Habit That Can Safeguard Your Job For Another Year
Artificial Intelligence 2 hours ago The head of one of the largest US endowments says OpenAI and Anthropic are in big trouble Business Insider - Ben Bergman • 2h Scott Wilson knows what it is like to make a contrarian bet that pays off big. His early investment in SpaceX helped create a multi-billion dollar windfall for Washington University's endowment. Now he's making another one: The trillion-dollar AI labs are in major trouble.
5 ‘Execution Premium’ Skills Separating Top Performers In The AI Era
Artificial intelligence isn’t making technical skills irrelevant, but it’s changing which employees command the highest value. Employers are paying a premium for professionals who can interpret AI output, challenge its conclusions and turn information into business results.... More getty Artificial intelligence isn’t making technical skills irrelevant, but it’s changing which employees command the highest value.
15 Highest-Paying Side Hustles For A Single Day’s Work, Per 2026 Data
A 2026 study identifies the highest-paying side hustles for 24-hour delivery, revealing AI's significant impact and the continued value of human expertise. getty Side hustles have become more than a way to earn extra spending money. I have written stories on how profitable and popular side hustles have gained steam In 2026.
Should You Job-Hop Or Job-Hug? A New Study Offers Surprising Answers
Job hopping can accelerate salary growth, and job hugging can offer stability, but which move is best in today's turbulent job market? getty New Kickresume research reveals that the majority of workers are dissatisfied with their jobs in 2026. For years, career advice has promoted job hopping as one of the fastest ways to increase your income.
The ‘Workplace Tornado’: 4 Forces Pushing Career Leaders To The Brink
Four powerful forces known as the "workplace tornado" are striking business leaders from different directions at the same time as experts look for an emergency evacuation plan. getty I have written stories about how leadership is taking a toll in today’s demanding market. Nearly 71% say their stress levels have climbed significantly since stepping into their current role. Managers have always been responsible for producing results while supporting the people who produce them.
‘Self-Erasure’: 6 Signs You Could Be Making Yourself Invisible At Work
In the era of mass layoffs, 6 signs tell you if self-erasure is unwittingly sabotaging your job and putting your neck on the chopping block, along with steps to reverse the pattern. getty If you’re like most employees, you understand that arrogance can damage a career. Far fewer workers recognize the danger at the opposite extreme: making yourself so small that your contributions, ideas and professional needs disappear from view.
5 Habits That Improve Your Relationship With Yourself—and Your Career
Research shows that 5 ways you relate to yourself on the inside are connected to your mental and physical health and your overall career performance. getty The most important workplace relationship you have might be the one nobody else can see—the one you have with yourself. Research shows that the way you relate to yourself on the inside is connected to your mental and physical health and your overall career performance. That relationship is revealed in the running conversation inside your head.
6 Career Habits That Can Future-Proof Your Job When Layoffs Loom
When layoffs loom, adopting these six habits can future-proof your career and help you cultivate an adaptable professional identity that provides mobility and resilience in an unpredictable job market—rather than merely protecting a single role. getty It’s probably not news to you that layoff anxiety has become part of the background noise in your working life.
5 Signs You Could Have ‘FOBO’: The New Workplace Challenge On The Rise
FOBO—Fear Of Becoming Obsolete—is on the rise in the workplace. Here are the signs and the steps you can take if you think you might have FOBO concerns. getty The list of employee fears is growing, ranging from layoff worries to economic uncertainty.
5 Signs You Could Have ‘FOBO’: The New Workplace Challenge On The Rise
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