I recently had the good fortune to read The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau. Although the book was originally released in 2010, it's a dramatic eye-opener towards the way we view life, work ...

Did you know that if you deliberately wear sweats to a luxury store in Milan you might get better service? Or that if you wear a red bow tie to a black-tie event at the country club, people might ...

The underlying message of Guillebeau's book, based on his popular blog, is that "You don't have to live your life the way other people expect you to." Those who are open-minded, ready to challenge the ...

This column, “Escape Artist,” is a series about folks who have escaped. More importantly, this biweekly column is for those thinking about trading in their 9-to-5, leg-shackled-to-the-desk existences ...

Everyone lives their life by some sort of internalized list of values or moral code, but many people don’t take the time to sort out what they really believe in. Because of this disparity, they often ...

Though they hate to admit it, U.S. educators have their shibboleths, and one current favorite seems to be: “Down with conformity.” Last week, at a meeting of the Eastern Association of Deans and ...

Last month in Hong Kong, I went to the New Territories, a part of the region I’d never visited before. It was only half an hour from bustling Kowloon, but it felt like a totally different part of the ...

Feeling overwhelmed, overbooked, or constantly racing the clock? You might be struggling with time anxiety — that ...