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Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Are Absolutely Failing

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By now, most people are coming off their eggnog high and gearing up for the new year, which includes the annual pregame warmup of choosing New Year’s resolutions , the desire to set goals and achieve them in a brand new season of life. We set goals. Lofty goals. Short-term goals. Wildest-dream goals.

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How To Banish Procrastination Once And For All

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Tim Pychl, psychology professor and member of Procrastination Research Group at Carleton University, Ottawa, interprets procrastination as “an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem,” associated with feelings of anxiety, unworthiness, and stress. Could working from home have a direct link to triggering procrastination?

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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

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Remote work has been found to reduce stress and help workers break the glass ceiling – but it does still have some drawbacks, including physical ailments from using inadequate home furniture. . This article was originally published on Alliance Virtual Offices. . Remote work reduces stress by 39%. . 2019). .

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The Resilient Four-Day Work Week

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This article was written by Elizabeth Baudler & Patricia von Gundlach , and was originally published on Work Design Magazine. According to a NPR article , “It took the Great Depression to make 40-hour work weeks the norm.” Going for a walk could ignite your next big idea or help relieve stress that leads to burnout.

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There’s a Reason Your Free Time Is So Draining

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According to a 2019 study published in Applied Research in Quality of Life , the benefits of exercise for middle-aged adults differ based not only on type of exercise, but on gender as well. Instead, “connecting leisure with a long-term goal and framing it within productivity can help people enjoy free time better.”

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10 Healthy Habits: Why Not Now?

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Staying motivated and working toward a health goal entails believing on some level that it’s possible,” says Tindle, an associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University. “ For example, a pessimist in a minor traffic jam may experience a stress response that causes immediate and short-term reactions such as raised blood pressure.

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How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset

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It would be fair to say then that this idea—that thoughts have power—is the foundation for today’s multibillion-dollar personal development industry , and the reason you’re reading this SUCCESS article right now. David Bayer’s article grabbed me; he’d clearly done serious thinking about mindset. Positive mindsets reduce stress.

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