How to Benefit from Meditation

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The practice of meditation has been getting a lot of attention recently. Many people might still consider it something that only old men with long beards do on a mountaintop, but that image is rapidly being replaced with another. It is becoming increasingly popular among business people. Even CEOs are doing it for the benefits… Read more »

How to Reach Your Goals

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We all have goals we are trying to reach. We have goals at work, ones that we set for ourselves and ones that our company has set for us. We have goals in our personal lives as well. But sometimes, we have trouble making headway toward the goals. We may move forward a little, but… Read more »

How to Leave Your Work at Work

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For many people, it is difficult to completely get away from work. And this has nothing to do with our electronic attachments to our jobs through our phones and email. It is our inability to mentally detach from our job. When we leave the office, or wherever our work site happens to be, our minds… Read more »

How to Best Manage Your Time

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Many of us have trouble with time management. We put things on our to-do lists, but those lists seem to just get longer. There are many different systems out there to help with time management, such as the Touch It Once Rule or the Eisenhower Matrix. These strategies are useful, but really won’t be much… Read more »

Why Some Workers Don’t Like Their Jobs

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Surveys have shown that employee burnout and disengagement are big problems in today’s workplace. Some studies have reported that as many as 70 percent of workers dislike or are bored by their jobs. Some of the main reasons cited for the burnout include stress from a workload that is overwhelming to not receiving any recognition… Read more »

Working Smarter to Accomplish More

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Getting more done isn’t always about working harder and longer. It’s also about how you organize your time and how you approach your work. Here are a few tips. 1. Be sure to take breaks. Taking breaks helps you to work better, enabling you to get more done. Studies have shown that we really can… Read more »

How to Deal with Daily Stressors

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We all have little problems to deal with on a daily basis – hunting for car keys or cell phone, bickering with family members, dealing with traffic or weather. They are admittedly minor, but dealing with them day after day can have a greater effect than we realize on our well being. Even though they… Read more »

How to Get More Done

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Many people feel more pressed for time than ever before. It seems there is always too much to do and not enough time to do it. But we are just not sure how to go about improving our situation, to get out in front of the curve. If this is a problem you are having,… Read more »

How to Manage Anger

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Anger is a common emotion. In fact, we may feel it a number of times during an average work day. There is a lot at work that can make us angry, dealing with coworkers, supervisors, workload, even vending machines that don’t work. So, because it is such a basic and common emotion, it is important… Read more »

What to do When You are Feeling Overwhelmed

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Often we are confronted with too many choices, too many things we have to do, and we feel overwhelmed. It can happen at work, when we get a ton of work dumped on us, or at home, juggling demands from spouses and kids. We feel anxious, stressed, wondering if we are doing the right thing,… Read more »