The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games have come to an end. As we marvel at the top international athletes’ powerful and awe-inspiring physical skills and performances, let us not forget about their remarkable mental prowess, which is as important as their physical training.

From surgeons performing challenging state-of-the-art procedures, to medical residents juggling with constant pressure and ever-changing schedules, to Elon Musk’s numerous innovative ventures, the psychology of peak performance can help anyone become a champion in their life and career. 

Finding and creating a (near-) perfect schedule for both employees and managers comes with a few major challenges. The good news is that managers can easily keep the balance between their employees’ needs and their business benefits by implementing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) scheduling system. Here are some of the major scheduling challenges that a smart AI scheduling tool can help resolve.

The Holidays usually bring families together, as we take a well-deserved break from our busy lives. Unfortunately, they are also a major source of stress due to financial pressure, unrealistic expectations, grief, family drama, poor diet, etc. Practicing self-care becomes essential for surviving the Holidays. Not only will self-care reduce stress, but it will also force you to slow down, breath, and enjoy the present. We have put together a series of 10 useful tips to help you navigate around the stress of the Holidays :

Happy Thanksgiving, America ! A Federal Holiday since 1863, for many of us, Thanksgiving rhymes with home, family, turkey feast, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and football. It also marks the beginning of Christmas shopping, while being one of the busiest periods to travel in the USA. Before you start packing your bag and putting the turkey in the oven, let us take a moment to thank the brave workforce who will be working on this most cherished American holiday. 

In our modern world, where most women are increasingly taking part in the workforce, daycare centres become fundamental to a healthy work-life balance; without them, some of us could not make ends meet. Daycare employees have the great responsibility of taking care of our youngest citizens, preparing them for school and life. MyTimeNews has recently investigated the issue of workforce fairness in scheduling and pay calculations within the American and Canadian childcare sector, to shed light on daycare professionals’ work conditions. We offer solutions in hope to optimise or improve their time tracking and management.

Now that Labour Day Weekend is behind us, it is time to get to "business" with the annual back-to-school frenzy! Whether you are parents with kids attending kindergarten or high school, or a freshman, graduate student, young professional or a teacher: back-to-school is the perfect time to restructure and manage your time. MyTimeNews has compiled a series of 7 smart tips to save your sanity by helping you start the new academic year and make the most out of it, like a true multi-tasking, time-management wizard!

Critical access hospital (CAH) leaders consider hiring and retention of physicians their biggest challenges today. This is particularly acute in the case of hiring millennials. Hiring and retaining qualified staff are big consumers of an organization's time and money.

A word dreaded by many (thanks to the white page syndrome, reports, exams, cover letters, etc.), writing is also an art that allows your mind to express itself. Writing makes you dream, and escape reality, as well as process and develop your ideas. Whether you are writing a diary, gratitude journal, fiction novel, or professional email, writing translates in words something that only exists in the corners of your mind into the real world. As demonstrated by a number of recent scientific publications, regular writing has many surprising benefits on your physical and mental health, creativity, productivity, and emotions. Here is a list of the top 10 interconnected benefits of writing:

From the movie The Matrix through the TV series Black Mirror's "Playtest," science fiction stories of connecting the brain to a machine might soon become reality, with the scientist-geek par excellence, Elon Musk's newest venture. Musk's new brain-interface start-up, Neuralink, has recently raised $26.96 million for research on the matter. The goal of this brain-to-machine interface is to help human intelligence to keep up with the fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI). But will it help humanity or kill it ? Is Musk's new project the beginning of humanity's decline ? Will robots take over the world?

With the holidays coming up soon, starting with Thanksgiving, many people will feel depressed or suffer from clinical depression. A period that is supposed to be joyful is, instead, for many of us, filled with stressful end-of-year deadlines, memories of loved ones who left us too soon, dysfunctional families, excessive and unhealthy eating and drinking, break-ups, seasonal affective disorder, and loneliness.