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Emotional Intelligence Is Crucial to Good Leadership—Here’s Why

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Ultimately, in leadership, those with high emotional intelligence are able to maintain better relationships with their team members, think clearer in stressful or emotional situations and come up with better ideas for how to manage personnel issues. If you’re actively listening, you’re not distracted with your phone or other tasks.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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Regus.com has a program that provides access to office space in 2,000 locations worldwide, with a couple of nice bonuses: The locations will answer your phone 24 hours a day as well as accept your mail and other deliveries. If it’s answering the phone, you should have a script. com , are—as the name suggests—global.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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Although friends often understand gaps in communication, when receiving messages from employers and managers, even after hours, it’s often more difficult to stay away from the phone. The breakdown of work-life balance.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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A 2015 article in The Atlantic titled “For a More Creative Brain, Travel” argued that traveling and soaking up foreign experiences increases cognitive flexibility, an important part of creativity. Yes, I’m the uptight stressed one, and he’s the infuriatingly open-to-whatever one. Traveling also affords space to dream. Big Returns.

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The Internet of Pets

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  Internet products for pets were a part of this and Popular Science's article CES 2015: The Internet of Pets  covers several connected pet products. The video is live-streamed to your phone, and if the dog is in a stressful situation, you can soothe him or give him commands. Bad dog!

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

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And just as in a physical assault, you can experience a fight-or-flight response fueled by stress hormones. Although Cabane was the “shyest teenager you can possibly imagine” back in the ’90s, she’s now the epitome of warmth and presence during phone calls. This article appears in the December 2015 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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5 Steps Towards a Much Needed Break

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Guest Post by Adam Timm, Speaker at 2015 Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. Put away the phone or tablet. Stress Release Tip. Regular breaks are a great way to stay positive and uplifted throughout the day… you’re not working through your breaks, are you? Does this sound like you? Take A Real Break. Chew slowly.

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