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10 Reasons to Forgive a Colleague This Holiday Season

N2Growth Blog

Forgiveness reduces stress – It’s a proven fact, forgiveness lowers blood pressure reduces and the production of the stress-producing chemical Cortisol in the blood stream. Forgive someone and reduce your stress! Forgiveness reduces continued workplace conflict – Grudges only cause conflict.

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Need Emotional Control?

Deep Imprints

That was the day I started to get control over these crazy things we call chemically-induced emotions. Coaching Leadership balance emotions encouragement energy expectations goals hard times pain purpose stress' Whether it is from lack of sleep (the toddler years…followed by the teen […].

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Need a Break? 52 Ways to Do It–When You Need It Most

Lead from Within

It adds stress to your life (and all the problems associated with it) and it robs you of joy. Doing too many things at once disperses your energy and creates a state of “monkey mind,” restlessly jumping from one branch to another. Music can lift your mood, regulate your energy, and take you back in time. Color away.

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Workplace Depression: This is How to Tell Your Employees Are Depressed

Strategy Driven

Fatigue and decreased energy. Stress builds up over time when expectations aren’t being met or not even being set. It is important to remember that depression is a complex chemical imbalance, and it is not the employee’s fault or your fault. Decreased appetite. Loss of interest in once exciting things.

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Hack Your Brain To Become A Better Leader

Steve Farber

It’s easy during these times for leaders to end up mentally drained and emotionally overwhelmed by the high-speed, explosive challenges that come with managing things like people, budgets, time, energy and other assorted resources. Move, move, move. So make time throughout the day to use your body in short bursts of activity.

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Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

Harvard Business Review

Few people realize the important role water plays in our daily energy use, or the energy required to heat, treat, and supply water. Meanwhile, the electricity used for water treatment can be as much as one-third of a city’s energy bill. Most companies’ value chains are heavily dependent on water and energy resources.

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Guest Post: Tim Sanders

Ron Edmondson

These powerful chemicals give us feelings of profound joy, calmness and spiritual connection. We get as high as a kite, or gain the internal/chemical feeling of true Richness. In a surprising study back in 1956, stay-at-home moms had less emotional stress markers than the breadwinners, because their mothering gave them natural relief.