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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobson

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. Workers with specific EI skills know how to successfully cope with stressful work environments and experiences. Manage your stress triggers and response and tap into moments of good stress. Try an anti-stress diet.

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Proven Techniques To Increase Positivity And Boost Success

Eric Jacobson

The evidence-based exercises will give you a firsthand look at the tendency of external negativity to create internal turmoil and stress and exactly how to reduce those feelings. It is a can’t-miss resource for anyone involved in high-stress, high-stakes work, as well as managers, executives, and other business leaders.

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How To Transform Your Perspective And Lead With Positivity

Eric Jacobson

The evidence-based exercises will give you a firsthand look at the tendency of external negativity to create internal turmoil and stress and exactly how to reduce those feelings. It is a can’t-miss resource for anyone involved in high-stress, high-stakes work, as well as managers, executives, and other business leaders.

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What To Do When You're New

Eric Jacobson

Why it causes so much stress and anxiety. "The more confident, comfortable, and willing you are to perform these five basic skills , the more successful you can be as a new leader, team member, student, neighbor, volunteer, and any other newcomer role you decide to take on," explains Rollag. How to get better and more comfortable doing it.

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The Life And Business Lessons My Father Taught Me

Eric Jacobson

Throughout my career, I injected humor to diffuse stressful situations. More serious than many other fathers in the neighborhood where I grew up. So, when he told a funny story, sang a silly song, or acted goofy, it was particularly memorable. And to build stronger bonds with my colleagues. I miss you.

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Six Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Direct Reports

Eric Jacobson

How do you cope with or relieve stress? What do you enjoy doing most as part of your work? What do you miss most about the jobs you've had in the past? What things about your current job do you enjoy the least? To help you do your job, what could I change about: Your work environment? The content of your work? How you get your work done?

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How To Be Your Best-Self Leader Every Day

Eric Jacobson

Su shares both Western management thinking and Eastern philosophy to provide a holistic yet hands-on approach to becoming a more effective leader with less stress and more equanimity. And, how to lead from a place of acceptance, gratitude, and trust, rather than a place of stress, striving, and ego protection.