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JULY 27, 2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Thinking Differently about Difficult People Dealing with difficult people can cause us to lose focus, productivity, and increase stress levels. The ability to handle people we have negative feelings about can cause the office atmosphere to become unmanageable, stressful, and in some cases hostile.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 06, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you had or are in a situation where your colleague is making your life miserable? Now its time to begin the process of gossiping about co-workers, belittling co-workers, making snide comments about other staff.

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On The Job

JULY 26, 2011

You claim you hate gossips, but have sent emails passing along the latest scuttlebutt concerning a colleague's dating habits after you overheard her on the phone. Your lack of conviction throws off schedules, delays projects and adds to the stress of co-workers. And "high maintenance" is rarely a skill sought by other employers.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Take vitamins, drink water, exercise, decompress the stress, and get more sleep. Just like nail biting or gossip, whining is a bad habit - nothing more - and all bad habits can be broken. Choosing a less–stressful job to allow us to focus our attention on a child overcoming an addiction? Of course we need these! So quit it.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Take vitamins, drink water, exercise, decompress the stress, and get more sleep. Just like nail biting or gossip, whining is a bad habit - nothing more - and all bad habits can be broken. Choosing a less–stressful job to allow us to focus our attention on a child overcoming an addiction? Of course we need these! So quit it.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

In these stressful economic times, it makes more sense than ever that you establish a stronger connection with your boss. It's about understanding what the other person needs, what will help make him or her successful and how you can develop a quality relationship with the person that is mutually beneficial.

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On The Job

MAY 26, 2010

If I dont, the days can be very long, and very stressful. When she was at the University of Florida, Methot studied colleague relationships and found those who worked with people considered “friends” engaged in “more whining and gossiping and complaining,” she says. “In What toll has workplace stress taken on your life?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 21, 2012

Pay your bills on time so you don't stress about shelling out more money in fees. You are reliable, trustworthy, and don’t gossip. Compared to most, you are good at handling stress, change, deadlines, and pressure. Life is short, spend the time you have wisely. Have your life in order so you can focus on other fun things.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. At times, it's not that I felt overqualified, but assistant/admin work to a degree is the same skill set utilized repeatedly without creativity injected. Be the bigger person and don't gossip! And once you're in, you're in.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

I earn good money, set my own hours, and I don’t have to deal with the stress of traffic, corporate politics, and an office full of idiots and suck-ups. Full-time “Employed&# Writing – The Cons: You can get burned out from long hours and stressful work. You can enjoy a quiet, stress-free work environment.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

Don’t Gossip Talking behind other people’s back is like putting your exhaustion pipe to somebody else door, while pretending you’re looking in a different direction. They spend minutes and minutes blocking the road just to tell how smarter and skilled they are, and how stupid the other guy is. Great post. Stay Motivated!

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Jen Lawrence

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Consistently showing up at work resentful, angry, or stressed serves absolutely no one. It could be anything such as Donut Day, getting over the hurdle of a project, learning a new skill, or even just that you have a job. And no – I don’t mean fill them in on all the office gossip.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Always keep some buffer time to relax, take it easy and disconnect from stress. Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone. More on this later, in the practical part of this post. You should not spend time, never.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Always keep some buffer time to relax, take it easy and disconnect from stress. Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone. More on this later, in the practical part of this post. You should not spend time, never.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Your resume should always be able to reflect that you’ve kept up on the latest training and skills. Becoming too comfortable in your career and with your skills can set you up for problems if you suddenly find yourself out of work. They may feel they have even less time for a personal life, which compounds the stress.

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Success

JULY 12, 2021

It sometimes develops a little like a [post-traumatic stress disorder]. The challenge comes in when you read the stuff that’s a mess—the gossip. SO: It’s very interesting to figure out that you have skills that are different than the ones you thought you had. So, that’s probably a plus. That’s a waste of your time.

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