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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

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Setting up a challenge to nap for 30 days is a challenge in itself. Napping for longer than 30 minutes was bad, too—I might wake up groggy and unmotivated to work. Mark Zhang, CEO and founder of Manta Sleep, backed this up. I set daily alarms on my phone so I wouldn’t forget to sleep, or worse, make the mistake of oversleeping.

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This Is How You Can Get Better at Reading People

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It also includes every way you communicate, whether it’s in person, by phone, by email, by text or on social media. This article originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. That includes everyone, whether it’s an audience, a colleague, your spouse, your kids or a customer.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. The breakdown of work-life balance.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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We read up on attractions, look for deals, and seek out free walking tours. You witness firsthand new trends, or the way old trends have shown up in new places, or the way some trends seem nearly universal. We watch hotel prices, and often book rooms using points, free nights and other discounts. We check exchange rates on currency.

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

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A 2018 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology even created a General Charisma Inventory with points that varied from leadership skills to general approachability. And just as in a physical assault, you can experience a fight-or-flight response fueled by stress hormones. Bye-bye, charisma.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

Workplace Insight

When a pilot programme for a four day week was announced in the UK early in the New Year, #4dayweek trended for days on twitter, with jokey comments on how employees taking part in the trial should do everything not to ‘f it up for the rest of us.’ But behind the humour there’s a real issue with productivity in the UK.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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After more than 2,500 workers moved to a 35- or 36-hour workweek and declared themselves happier, healthier and less stressed, the country is now moving to make this an option for the majority of its workforce. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.