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Who experiences greater levels of stress: non-leaders or the boss? When I ask this question while teaching workshops on leadership, nearly all the bosses in the room respond that they are the ones under greater stress. Hard data makes it clear that non-leaders experience greater stress and in many instances it has a negative effect on their performance. Killer Stress and Challenge Stress . At the heart of these findings is the effect of stress. MORE
Stress and resilience have been my most requested leadership topics for over a year now. And even though they may not say it, many leaders are stressed to the max as well. How are we supposed to learn to manage stress effectively? Normalize Conversations About Stress. MORE
You’re working hard to manage your stress and create a sense of calm for your team. The post How to Manage Your Stress Without Frustrating Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Career & Learning executive development leading in crisis stress management MORE
Jaime Faulkner You need to find out how to control your stress, or your stress will end up controlling you. Here’s all of the information you need to know about Stress Quotient. What is Stress Quotient? MORE
But although it’s important to be driven, motivated, and to have the right level of work ethic in order to thrive and excel at your career of choice, excessive stress is potentially deeply damaging, both in a personal and professional context. MORE
The post Seasonal Stress Stretches Resiliency appeared first on Lead Change. Inspiration 2021 Community Compassion Gratitude inspirational resilience resiliency seasonal stressSometimes, a backwards look offers insights for where we find ourselves today. Such was the case as I began my annual purge of old documents and computer files. I discovered an article I had written years ago during the holiday season. See if you can relate! MORE
Yet so few of us effectively deal with stress. Stress robs us of our health. Stress affects our relationships. Stress plays games with our minds. Stress is a killer. That’s why we need to talk on ways we can deal with stress. Over the past few months my battles with stress haven’t gone too well. Between searching for a new vehicle to a major ERP upgrade at work to a frustrating iPad repair, there’s been a lot of stress. MORE
Recognizing my own stress levels rising, I’ve been asking the groups in my sessions to use the chat function to describe how they’re feeling. 2020 has been a year of unprecedented stress for all of us and it’s only June. Manage Yourself business health leadership stress well-being MORE
I recently conducted a needs assessment for a senior executive group and was surprised when one of the highest rated development needs was stress management. The topic came up again in training discussion when another executive group expressed a high desire to include stress management on the list. Instead of ignoring the stress, they’re trying to be proactive about it. If you’ve got stress (or even if you don’t), this is probably a good place to start. MORE
“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.”. Client Elias asks: I feel like my work performance is being compromised by stress. And carrying all that stress is exhausting—sooner or later, I feel like I’m just going to collapse. And none of us should settle for feeling stressed all the time. MORE
Have you ever had to lead when things were stressful? Have you ever felt stressed, yet still needed to lead effectively? The fact is that leading in times of stress is a realty all leaders […]. MORE
In times of high stress, reacting in haste is a recipe for disaster; what we need is rapid deliberation. The post Rapid Deliberation: 7 Ways to Hit the Target While Under Stress appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. MORE
“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.”. Client Elias asks: I feel like my work performance is being compromised by stress. And carrying all that stress is exhausting—sooner or later, I feel like I’m just going to collapse. Furthermore, try not to stress about your work stress. MORE
” Nelson DeMille 3 ways to use stress for advantage: #1. Stress tells you to wait.… … Continue reading → Stress Leadership Development organizational success“Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.” MORE
As a leader, you’re going to face stressful situations. Whatever the poison, you have to be ready to deal with stressful situations. I had a stressful situation recently. These situations may pop up and surprise you or you may see them coming from a mile away. How I dealt with it may help you deal […]. Personal Development MORE
Managing teams is incredibly difficult, stressful and challenging. The good news is, leading a team doesn’t have to be stressful. Here’s how you can remove stress from your role as a manager. Hiding mistakes was only making me feel more stressed, so I decided to open up and admit to my staff when I’d made a mistake. Leadership Development Stress Reduction team managementSeveral years ago, I was given the opportunity to lead a sales team. MORE
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Posted in Leadership Development What Your Brain Wishes You Knew About Workplace Stress & 5 Simple Stress Solutions for You (and Your Team) If you are in a management or leadership role and you are paid to think (or you pay others to think), yet at the end of the day you feel overwhelmed by stress because: There’s more [.]. Leadership Development eliminate stress emotion Leadership neuroscience power stress Problem Solving Stress in the Workplace MORE
In fact, there are several steps you can take to ensure your days always get off to a stress-free start. That’s because you’ll be trying to fit everything you need to do pre-work into less time and, needless to say, rushing isn’t quite ideal when trying to cultivate a stress-free vibe. The link between dehydration and stress exists: Being just a half-liter dehydrated can cause a boost in cortisol , which is a stress hormone. Everything Else Inspiration stress MORE
But when you’re stressed and anxious, it’s easy to snap at your team, lose your temper, and undermine the culture you’ve worked so hard to build. Stress and anxiety are unavoidable, but you can lead through these times to build a stronger and more productive team. My body is stressed. MORE
With the normal pressures of work compounded by the pandemic, stress and burnout are proliferating in the business world. Even before Covid-19, stress and burnout were ravaging the health of Americans. The post A Yogi’s Take on Stress and Burnout appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. MORE
Avoiding stress in professional life is like achieving work-life balance or eliminating risk: it’s not possible. With the onslaught of media and advertising luring us with promises of “stress-free living” and the necessity to remove stress from the workplace, most are driven to the belief that stress can be entirely eliminated from life. But like risk, taxes and yes, death, stress is a fact of life. MORE
The movie’s story is about stress, relational disconnection and loneliness in the lives of a teenage girl and her mother, an Off-Broadway actress. connection culture connection connection cultures loneliness stressLike many people today, Erin Callan, the former CFO of Lehman Brothers, slowly slipped into a life where her job was #1, ahead of every relationship in her life. To have sufficient energy to work an exhausting schedule throughout the week, she spent weekends sleeping. MORE
Mind mapping has restored order to my working day, but, crucially, it has also removed a great deal of stress. Feeling out of control of one’s workload is a surefire way to increase stress levels, therefore any device that adds clarity and encourages creative thought demands further investigation. Self Leadership Mind Mapping Stress Reduction MORE
Stress has good intentions. But stress throws a fit when you ignore it. Stress doesn’t care what you do as long as you… Continue reading → Leading Stress stress relieving activities stress tipsIt tells you to stay alert, prepare, avoid, or fight. MORE
The ASPIRe Model Helps You Deal With Stress In this week’s Asking For a Friend live, Karin Hurt interviews Eric Karpinski, author of Put Happiness to Work. We talk about practical approaches to help you deal with stress and maintain your productivity. […]. MORE
There are a lot of job sectors out there that are notorious for being high pressure, highly stressful fields. There are many ways to keep your cool and move on up in a stressful career field, and we’ve listed the best below for your convenience. MORE
Stress isn’t a germ you catch from an uncovered sneeze. Stress isn’t a thing. Scientists examine the results of stress, but they can’t examine stress itself. Stress is a monster that rises inside… Continue reading → Stress Growth Leadership Development MORE
stress loses some of its bite. You’re stressed about traffic, for example. What’s the worst that could… Continue reading → Leading Stress stress relieving activities stress tips MORE
The way you think about yourself is the biggest factor in stress and productivity. Stress isn’t “out there,” it’s inside you. 10 ways to increase stress: Hide mistakes. … Continue reading → Humility Leading Personal Growth Power Stress Success great leaders Growth health Leadership Leadership Development organizational success Pretend you know. Make excuses. Expect perfection.… MORE
Passing the buck in a high stress situation means you’ve reached your peak. But an aspiration to advance requires resolve to… Continue reading → Decisions Leading Mistakes Personal Growth Solutions Stress corrective feedback solving problems stressful environments MORE
Stress is harmful to your health, right? In this TED Talk, Psychologist Kelly McGonigal explains how viewing stress as a positive actually reduces the harmful effects of stress on your body. Reaching out and connecting with others during stressful times further reduces the harmful effects of stress, and can actually shield the body from potentially lethal damage. The post Reducing Effects of Stress Through Connection appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard. MORE
Stress is in the air. No surprise, the level of stress Americans are feeling has risen since the outbreak of Covid-19, according to the American Psychological Association’s annual stress survey. This fall, it’s foreseeable that stress will increase even further. MORE
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Our culture is filled with more anxiety and stress than ever. The result of all of this is chaos and chaos creates stress. Stress is a killer. If there was such a thing as a stress meter, I would have been afraid to know what the numbers were at the time. I didn’t always do it perfectly, but I did discover transformational systems and practices that not only allowed me to survive, but to thrive in the most stressful time of my life. MORE
Leadership is stressful even in the best of times. And leading through a time of crisis elevates that stress levels that often feel unmanageable. That’s why every leader needs to know how to strategically and effectively manage stress. MORE
Fretting over things beyond your control is impotence stressing over incompetence. The worst stress comes from resisting… Continue reading → Leadership Development Leading Personal Growth Stress Growth Leadership stress relieving activities stress tips stressful environmentsSailors don’t resist the wind. You can’t deal with the storm until you acknowledge the wind. MORE
It’s not the work that stresses you out. 15 Sources of stress for leaders: Incompetence. Lack of… Continue reading → Stress Leadership Development organizational successIt’s doing it alone. MORE
Stress is increasing today as the world economy becomes more competitive and the explosion of information overwhelms individuals. Human connection in the form of conversation and relational support provides psychological resources to cope with stress. 3 Insights About Stress Every Leader Should Know. The post America’s Stress Epidemic appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard. Wellness stress Stress Epidemic MORE
If you’ve been feeling more stressed out or concerned lately, it’s not unusual. Note that there are steps you can take to defend yourself against stress and anxiety brought on by COVID: Manage It Immediately. You may have been lured to ignore or dismiss how you truly feel, or perhaps you didn’t quite comprehend how nervous or stressed out you’ve been all along. Stressed and Anxious? The post Are You Struggling With COVID Anxiety and Stress? MORE
I hate the expression, ‘stress management’ I get stressed when people tell me to relax. Thick books about managing stress make my belly hurt. The individuality of stress aggravates me. Stressors that bother… Continue reading → Leading Stress stress relieving activities stress tips MORE
To reduce the amount of stress you feel and to improve your resilience, move. Movement has huge benefits in terms of stress reduction and resilience. Our brains are under constant assault from stressors. Move around physically. Exercise. Walk while on conference calls. MORE
Why do we have stress? What causes us to feel that stress? Why do we choose the coping responses we choose when stress arises? Are there other, better coping strategies that could turn any kind of stress to our advantage? If you want to learn how to turn stress – any stress – to your advantage, and then teach your coaching clients to do the same, this is the article you need to read. Step 1: Get to know what stress is and why it exists. MORE
Stress Related Topics Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Fretting over things beyond your control is impotence stressing over incompetence. The worst stress comes from resisting… Continue reading → Leadership Development Leading Personal Growth Stress Growth Leadership stress relieving activities stress tips stressful environmentsSailors don’t resist the wind. You can’t deal with the storm until you acknowledge the wind.
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JULY 20, 2021
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Stress and resilience have been my most requested leadership topics for over a year now. And even though they may not say it, many leaders are stressed to the max as well. How are we supposed to learn to manage stress effectively? Normalize Conversations About Stress.
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JULY 21, 2021
Stress has good intentions. But stress throws a fit when you ignore it. Stress doesn’t care what you do as long as you… Continue reading → Leading Stress stress relieving activities stress tipsIt tells you to stay alert, prepare, avoid, or fight.
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JULY 19, 2021
I hate the expression, ‘stress management’ I get stressed when people tell me to relax. Thick books about managing stress make my belly hurt. The individuality of stress aggravates me. Stressors that bother… Continue reading → Leading Stress stress relieving activities stress tips
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The post Seasonal Stress Stretches Resiliency appeared first on Lead Change. Inspiration 2021 Community Compassion Gratitude inspirational resilience resiliency seasonal stressSometimes, a backwards look offers insights for where we find ourselves today. Such was the case as I began my annual purge of old documents and computer files. I discovered an article I had written years ago during the holiday season. See if you can relate!
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
As a leader, you’re going to face stressful situations. Whatever the poison, you have to be ready to deal with stressful situations. I had a stressful situation recently. These situations may pop up and surprise you or you may see them coming from a mile away. How I dealt with it may help you deal […]. Personal Development
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AUGUST 27, 2021
“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.”. Client Elias asks: I feel like my work performance is being compromised by stress. And carrying all that stress is exhausting—sooner or later, I feel like I’m just going to collapse. Furthermore, try not to stress about your work stress.
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MAY 20, 2020
Jaime Faulkner You need to find out how to control your stress, or your stress will end up controlling you. Here’s all of the information you need to know about Stress Quotient. What is Stress Quotient?
Leadership Freak
JUNE 23, 2020
Stress isn’t a germ you catch from an uncovered sneeze. Stress isn’t a thing. Scientists examine the results of stress, but they can’t examine stress itself. Stress is a monster that rises inside… Continue reading → Stress Growth Leadership Development
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HR leaders are on the frontlines of a mental health crisis, but the topic can still be taboo—or at least something that’s only talked about reluctantly. What can HR do to help? Download our latest guide to learn the 4 ways you can support the mental health of your employees and identify warning signs of burnout.
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JUNE 8, 2020
It’s not the work that stresses you out. 15 Sources of stress for leaders: Incompetence. Lack of… Continue reading → Stress Leadership Development organizational successIt’s doing it alone.
Lead Change Blog
JANUARY 14, 2021
If you’ve been feeling more stressed out or concerned lately, it’s not unusual. Note that there are steps you can take to defend yourself against stress and anxiety brought on by COVID: Manage It Immediately. You may have been lured to ignore or dismiss how you truly feel, or perhaps you didn’t quite comprehend how nervous or stressed out you’ve been all along. Stressed and Anxious? The post Are You Struggling With COVID Anxiety and Stress?
Michael Lee Stallard
AUGUST 2, 2020
Stress is in the air. No surprise, the level of stress Americans are feeling has risen since the outbreak of Covid-19, according to the American Psychological Association’s annual stress survey. This fall, it’s foreseeable that stress will increase even further.
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JUNE 24, 2020
Recognizing my own stress levels rising, I’ve been asking the groups in my sessions to use the chat function to describe how they’re feeling. 2020 has been a year of unprecedented stress for all of us and it’s only June. Manage Yourself business health leadership stress well-being
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 3, 2021
The ASPIRe Model Helps You Deal With Stress In this week’s Asking For a Friend live, Karin Hurt interviews Eric Karpinski, author of Put Happiness to Work. We talk about practical approaches to help you deal with stress and maintain your productivity. […].
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 3, 2020
You’re working hard to manage your stress and create a sense of calm for your team. The post How to Manage Your Stress Without Frustrating Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Career & Learning executive development leading in crisis stress management
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AUGUST 13, 2021
But although it’s important to be driven, motivated, and to have the right level of work ethic in order to thrive and excel at your career of choice, excessive stress is potentially deeply damaging, both in a personal and professional context.
Career Advancement
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.”. Client Elias asks: I feel like my work performance is being compromised by stress. And carrying all that stress is exhausting—sooner or later, I feel like I’m just going to collapse. And none of us should settle for feeling stressed all the time.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
Why do we have stress? What causes us to feel that stress? Why do we choose the coping responses we choose when stress arises? Are there other, better coping strategies that could turn any kind of stress to our advantage? If you want to learn how to turn stress – any stress – to your advantage, and then teach your coaching clients to do the same, this is the article you need to read. Step 1: Get to know what stress is and why it exists.
RapidStart Leadership
JANUARY 28, 2020
In times of high stress, reacting in haste is a recipe for disaster; what we need is rapid deliberation. The post Rapid Deliberation: 7 Ways to Hit the Target While Under Stress appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.
Michael Lee Stallard
JULY 19, 2015
Who experiences greater levels of stress: non-leaders or the boss? When I ask this question while teaching workshops on leadership, nearly all the bosses in the room respond that they are the ones under greater stress. Hard data makes it clear that non-leaders experience greater stress and in many instances it has a negative effect on their performance. Killer Stress and Challenge Stress . At the heart of these findings is the effect of stress.
Lead from Within
APRIL 16, 2020
Leadership is stressful even in the best of times. And leading through a time of crisis elevates that stress levels that often feel unmanageable. That’s why every leader needs to know how to strategically and effectively manage stress.
Leadership Freak
JUNE 10, 2020
” Nelson DeMille 3 ways to use stress for advantage: #1. Stress tells you to wait.… … Continue reading → Stress Leadership Development organizational success“Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.”
Nathan Magnuson
APRIL 3, 2017
I recently conducted a needs assessment for a senior executive group and was surprised when one of the highest rated development needs was stress management. The topic came up again in training discussion when another executive group expressed a high desire to include stress management on the list. Instead of ignoring the stress, they’re trying to be proactive about it. If you’ve got stress (or even if you don’t), this is probably a good place to start.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 30, 2021
But when you’re stressed and anxious, it’s easy to snap at your team, lose your temper, and undermine the culture you’ve worked so hard to build. Stress and anxiety are unavoidable, but you can lead through these times to build a stronger and more productive team. My body is stressed.
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APRIL 30, 2015
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Michael Lee Stallard
JANUARY 7, 2016
Stress is increasing today as the world economy becomes more competitive and the explosion of information overwhelms individuals. Human connection in the form of conversation and relational support provides psychological resources to cope with stress. 3 Insights About Stress Every Leader Should Know. The post America’s Stress Epidemic appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard. Wellness stress Stress Epidemic
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 5, 2021
There are a lot of job sectors out there that are notorious for being high pressure, highly stressful fields. There are many ways to keep your cool and move on up in a stressful career field, and we’ve listed the best below for your convenience.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Mind mapping has restored order to my working day, but, crucially, it has also removed a great deal of stress. Feeling out of control of one’s workload is a surefire way to increase stress levels, therefore any device that adds clarity and encourages creative thought demands further investigation. Self Leadership Mind Mapping Stress Reduction
Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 10, 2019
Our culture is filled with more anxiety and stress than ever. The result of all of this is chaos and chaos creates stress. Stress is a killer. If there was such a thing as a stress meter, I would have been afraid to know what the numbers were at the time. I didn’t always do it perfectly, but I did discover transformational systems and practices that not only allowed me to survive, but to thrive in the most stressful time of my life.
Lead Change Blog
JULY 27, 2016
In fact, there are several steps you can take to ensure your days always get off to a stress-free start. That’s because you’ll be trying to fit everything you need to do pre-work into less time and, needless to say, rushing isn’t quite ideal when trying to cultivate a stress-free vibe. The link between dehydration and stress exists: Being just a half-liter dehydrated can cause a boost in cortisol , which is a stress hormone. Everything Else Inspiration stress
CEO Insider
JULY 15, 2021
With the normal pressures of work compounded by the pandemic, stress and burnout are proliferating in the business world. Even before Covid-19, stress and burnout were ravaging the health of Americans. The post A Yogi’s Take on Stress and Burnout appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
General Leadership
APRIL 27, 2016
Avoiding stress in professional life is like achieving work-life balance or eliminating risk: it’s not possible. With the onslaught of media and advertising luring us with promises of “stress-free living” and the necessity to remove stress from the workplace, most are driven to the belief that stress can be entirely eliminated from life. But like risk, taxes and yes, death, stress is a fact of life.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
The way you think about yourself is the biggest factor in stress and productivity. Stress isn’t “out there,” it’s inside you. 10 ways to increase stress: Hide mistakes. … Continue reading → Humility Leading Personal Growth Power Stress Success great leaders Growth health Leadership Leadership Development organizational success Pretend you know. Make excuses. Expect perfection.…
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 22, 2016
Managing teams is incredibly difficult, stressful and challenging. The good news is, leading a team doesn’t have to be stressful. Here’s how you can remove stress from your role as a manager. Hiding mistakes was only making me feel more stressed, so I decided to open up and admit to my staff when I’d made a mistake. Leadership Development Stress Reduction team managementSeveral years ago, I was given the opportunity to lead a sales team.
Michael Lee Stallard
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Stress is harmful to your health, right? In this TED Talk, Psychologist Kelly McGonigal explains how viewing stress as a positive actually reduces the harmful effects of stress on your body. Reaching out and connecting with others during stressful times further reduces the harmful effects of stress, and can actually shield the body from potentially lethal damage. The post Reducing Effects of Stress Through Connection appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Posted in Leadership Development What Your Brain Wishes You Knew About Workplace Stress & 5 Simple Stress Solutions for You (and Your Team) If you are in a management or leadership role and you are paid to think (or you pay others to think), yet at the end of the day you feel overwhelmed by stress because: There’s more [.]. Leadership Development eliminate stress emotion Leadership neuroscience power stress Problem Solving Stress in the Workplace
Joseph Lalonde
MAY 11, 2015
Yet so few of us effectively deal with stress. Stress robs us of our health. Stress affects our relationships. Stress plays games with our minds. Stress is a killer. That’s why we need to talk on ways we can deal with stress. Over the past few months my battles with stress haven’t gone too well. Between searching for a new vehicle to a major ERP upgrade at work to a frustrating iPad repair, there’s been a lot of stress.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
To reduce the amount of stress you feel and to improve your resilience, move. Movement has huge benefits in terms of stress reduction and resilience. Our brains are under constant assault from stressors. Move around physically. Exercise. Walk while on conference calls.
Michael Lee Stallard
MARCH 24, 2013
The movie’s story is about stress, relational disconnection and loneliness in the lives of a teenage girl and her mother, an Off-Broadway actress. connection culture connection connection cultures loneliness stressLike many people today, Erin Callan, the former CFO of Lehman Brothers, slowly slipped into a life where her job was #1, ahead of every relationship in her life. To have sufficient energy to work an exhausting schedule throughout the week, she spent weekends sleeping.
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