Preparing at Work for a Vacation

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So, you want to take a vacation, but the thought of doing it fills you with more anxiety than actually going to work. You know there will be phone calls from the office asking for directions. You know you will be sitting on the beach combing through emails, afraid you might be missing something, and… Read more »

Post Interview Regrets

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You did everything right in preparing for your job interview. You researched the company thoroughly. You practiced your answers to interview questions with a friend, honing your answers to little gems of eloquence. You arrived a few minutes early, dressed professionally, and delivered a firm handshake with a smile. You went through the interview and… Read more »

How to Build Up Your Mental Strength

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Many leadership experts stress the value of resilience or fortitude in achieving goals. Some talk about it in terms of mental strength, the ability to function, to control your thoughts and emotions in the face of adversity. People can acquire resilience through practice, some psychologists claim. They can do it by developing healthy habits and… Read more »

Developing Keystone Habits

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We are all looking for ways to improve our lives, at work and at home. We are looking for things we can do to make our lives better and happier. We all know that changing habits is one way to change our life. But what habit should you work on first? If you are having… Read more »

How to Get Things Done

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We never seem to have enough time. We have our work, things we need to get done at home, taking care of the kids, and various other tasks that need to be done. With all that we have to do, it seems that we can never catch up. We feel like we are running on… Read more »

Beliefs About Success

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What is it that determines how people fare in life? It’s the great nature versus nurture debate that has continued for some time. For some, nature is the prime determinant of how people do in life. For the nature crowd, your abilities are pretty much set at birth. And it is these innate abilities that… Read more »

How to Organize for Efficiency

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Companies and employees are always trying to increase their efficiency at work, and even at home. There are many strategies that have been put forth to help people increase their efficiency. But there is one simple way to increase efficiency that you may have overlooked. That is through better organization. Here are a few ways… Read more »

How to Handle Anxiety at Work

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Everyone knows that work can produce a lot of anxiety. There are deadlines, too much work to get done in too little time, demanding bosses, uncooperative coworkers. Since anxiety is an ever present companion at work, it is a good idea to know things you can do to cope with it, because if you don’t,… Read more »

How to Build Trust in the Workplace

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Trust among coworkers at their companies is at an all-time low. Trust is built into our natures. It’s part of how we function in society. But often we sabotage our own attempts at creating a bond of trust with others because we are unaware of the effect that our actions are having. If you want… Read more »

Focusing on Strengths Is the Key to Success

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Often in our jobs we are focused on our weaknesses – identifying what they are and trying various ways of overcoming them. Performance reviews reinforce this view because they often focus on a worker’s weaknesses and what they should be doing to work on them. But research is now showing that this may be putting… Read more »