A thank-you note got me my first real job. As a newly minted college graduate with no work experience, I was having a tough time finding my first grown-up gig. I thought I’d never get a break until I ...

“Researchers have been making the case for 15 years that expressing gratitude can improve well-being, but we have yet to understand why in practice people don’t walk around in everyday life expressing ...

College and business-school applicants, it’s time to learn to write a thank-you note. The samples below will help you complete this task before it’s time for turkey—or tofu. Across the United States ...

As a busy small-business manager, you might think you don't have enough time to document employees. But maintaining excellent notes on your subordinates can actually save you time down the line. Your ...

For centuries, biographers have been able to rely on a priceless resource when it comes to 18th, 19th and 20th century figures: their subjects’ epistolary correspondence. But things will be different ...

I decided to write 100 love notes to my wife. It was a great idea, but it didn't come as easily to me as I would have liked. It's not that I didn't love my wife — I did, and I do — but it was a ...

Undergraduates need them for graduate-school applications; PhD students and postdocs use them to apply for fellowships and jobs; senior scientists often have to have them to apply for awards and ...