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Focusing On Our Career Can Make Us Less Happy

The Horizons Tracker

New research from the University of Essex suggests that focusing too much on your career and not having enough fun can actually make you less happy. People who made time for relaxation and hobbies felt 8% happier on average and had 10% less stress and anxiety. Participants kept a diary for nine days to record their feelings.

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5 Secrets to a Successful Panel Interview (and other career tips)

Let's Grow Leaders

As if you weren’t already stressed enough about the interview, now you realize it’s 3 against one. Be upbeat and friendly while asking, “Will it just be you, or will others be participating?” Other Career Tips (Free Downloadable Guide). 5 Ways You’re Sabatoging Your Career. First, relax.

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Protecting Your Employees (and Yourself) from the Stress-Connection Gap

Michael Lee Stallard

The nature of modern work has caused stress to rise to unhealthy levels at a time when people are also struggling with increased isolation. Research from Gallup shows a rising percentage of Americans who feel stress in their day-to-day lives. Nearly 80% of Americans now report being afflicted by stress. Former U.S.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobson

Raise your hand if you have ever experienced burnout during your career? 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. Try an anti-stress diet.

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2021 Compilation

Leading Blog

Build Participation: Leaders, Do You Prefer Immediate Yeses? Sheryl Sandberg: Careers Aren’t Ladders, They’re Jungle Gyms via @StanfordGSB. Five Practices to Help Students Make Stress Work For Them via @GrowingLeaders. Why This Is A Perfect Time To Make A Career Switch by @DrDawnGraham. How did 2020 position you for 2021?

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

These stars perform across a wide variety of fields, but they all have something in common: when they are at work they know how to think clearly, stay focused, and shrug off setbacks under very high levels of stress. Uncommon Greatness is the key many leaders have been searching for their entire career.

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Lionizing Veterans Hurts Their Career Prospects

The Horizons Tracker

. “If you’re a veteran, everyone assumes that you’ve been in combat or shot people or you have post-traumatic stress disorder,” the researchers explain. For instance, in one experiment participants were asked to rank careers based on how selfish they believe the typical person working in that field was.

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