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Stressed? 5 Simple Ways to Prevent Burnout

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And here’s where it gets real: That stress is killing us. Over the past few years, we have seen the detrimental effects of increasing stress levels. How to avoid burnout If left unchecked, those high stress levels can evolve into burnout. Stress taps our adrenal glands and causes exhaustion in our bodies.

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Do These 11 Things to Get the Best Sleep Ever

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According to a Frontiers in Psychiatry meta-analysis, people who exercised regularly reported benefits in their sleep quality and the severity of their insomnia. Reduce your stress. Manage your stress by meditating and relaxing before you get in bed. This article was published in September 2015 and has been updated.

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Small Business Closure Scenarios

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Based on an industry by industry analysis (1), our base case estimate is 21% of U.S.    By way of comparison, the SBA chart below shows small business closure and startup rates between 1990-2015.      Notes: (1) Our analysis looked at industry level historical closure rates (see the U.S.

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The Holiday Blues Are Normal—These 8 Tips from Experts Can Help You Better Manage Difficult Emotions

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professor of behavioral sciences at Northeastern University in Boston and author of Reset: Make the Most of Your Stress. Although the lead-up to the holidays can be stressful, studies indicate that the days and weeks immediately following a big celebration are the toughest. Watch out for the post-holiday blues.

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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

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The computer analysis judged the errors they made were 10.8% Analysis of daily air pollution data in China revealed a negative relationship between air quality and stock returns from 2005 to 2014. For a modest increase in PM2.5 (10 10 micrograms per cubic metre of air), chess players were 26.3% more likely to make an error.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

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While people were probably ‘bleisuring’ long before the advent of the awkward word amalgam, it has recently gained attention as a trend due to quantitative analysis carried out by several corporate travel companies (namely BridgeStreet® Global Hospitality and Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s 2016 white paper on the topic).

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

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Analysis of the data identified a pattern indicating that the country where employees live, its culture and the resulting expectations have an impact on how highly engaged and satisfied they are with their workplace. It can be very stressful for employees if they have nowhere to take a personal call during the day or simply “be alone”.