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When You and Your Friend Both Want the Same Promotion

Harvard Business Review

Brain-imaging research shows that, when you are stressed or anxious, reason and logic are negatively impacted. We are happier and more engaged at work when we have positive social relationships with the people we work with (even more so than when we receive a large paycheck). Promotions can often be arbitrary and subjective.