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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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The holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, can be a time of great joy with family, friends and tradition, but not everyone feels jolly this time of year. If you’ve experienced a loss, gone through a breakup or simply feel alone, the holidays can put a spotlight on your grief. Manage your expectations.

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5 Productivity Products and Services to Boost Company Morale

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But maybe more importantly during my work day, it keeps track of my mental health, important meetings and, maybe most importantly, [silences] text messages from my wife during meetings.” If you are superstitious, go for the money tree instead, which also makes a fun boss or employee gift around the holidays.

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New Year’s Resolutions by Enneagram Type: Which Number Are You?

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Whether you work in a “no margin for error” profession like health care or spend your days leading a large organization, being compassionate and kind to yourself when you fail is actually the most efficient way to succeed. Habit worth changing: Paralysis by analysis. The trick is offering that same compassion to ourselves.

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3 C's To Help Simplify Instructions

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For example: Your manager wants to improve employee technical skills; mentions the benefits of having a needs analysis to plan the training ; and asks you to look into self-study manuals, seminars, teleconferencing and cheaper training options. You reorganize these instructions into: Do a needs analysis.

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What kind of procrastinator are you?

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Also knows as analysis paralysis. Even today, some instances of fear makes me procrastinate. But it doesn’t mean that I can’t control it. Comment by Alan on August 30, 2007 @ 7:41 pm decision procrastinators that’s me! I’ve started to just flip a coin. It’s much easier.

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