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How to Separate Your Work from Your Identity

Success

But American culture is especially obsessed with the relationship between our jobs and our sense of self-worth. Often, studies show that work experiences influence one’s self-esteem and vice-versa. Enter the importance of disassociating “success” at your job from your own personal sense of self-confidence and self-esteem.

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Most people now at risk of poor mental health as a result of social exclusion

Workplace Insight

More than half of people in the UK have experienced social exclusion in the past year, leading to poor mental health and wellbeing, according to a new report from BUPA in partnership with ParalympicsGB. Women (61 percent) are also significantly more likely to report feelings of isolation.

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Knowledge workers have a particularly unhealthy relationship with work

Workplace Insight

Three quarters of UK knowledge workers say they have an unhealthy relationship with work and two thirds of those say that work has had a negative effect on their health and wellbeing. That is one of the headline findings from a new report into the working lives of 15,600 people worldwide from HP.

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How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work – A personal interview with Bonnie Low-Kramen by Karen Mangia for Thrive Global

Bonnie Low Kramen

Never again will I have to bear the attacks on my self confidence and self-esteem, but I will never forget how it feels. Our collective mental health and well-being are now considered collateral as we consider the future of work. We appreciate the gift of your time and wish you continued success and good health.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Finnigan says recruiters, who often called young job seekers “challenging,” now report Generation Y job candidates are more willing to compromise on salaries or job duties. Destroying someone's self esteem doesn't actually make them better. That has caused what some might term an attitude adjustment.

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5 Techniques To Beat Work Overload

Productivityist

For example, let’s say you have to evaluate a few employees, write a business report, and craft a presentation. The business report is also urgent, and you don’t have a problem doing it. Then you have the rest of the day to do the report. A quick chat can help you boost your confidence and your self-esteem.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

Success

Anyone who has been in therapy at any point during the past century has likely heard that request, now a go-to punch line for an entire industry of mental health. But focusing on why people are miserable—and reliving that misery one 45-minute session at a time—in order to get happy became, well, depressing for many in the mental health field.

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