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Life Is Not a Movie

Success

1 ranking in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ annual column contest in the category “Online, Blog, and Multimedia Column—over 100,000 monthly unique visitors.” In 2011, at 69 years old and in curious health, Ebert was being heard, a lot, and it was neither a coincidence nor an act of God. But not me anymore.

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How Taking Charge of Your Emotions Can Help You Find Success in Business

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Particularly in the workplace, where outbursts, arguments or even vulnerability can not only undermine an individual’s credibility, but also serve as grist for today’s gossip mill and live on in company lore for years. According to the Harvard Health Blog , belly breathing instead of chest breathing can change how we react to stress.

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Blogging About Work

On The Job

With 8 million blogs, there are plenty of people who use the forum to spread gossip and innuendo, or to even spread a message of intolerance and hate. I, myself, have been the subject of blogs, mostly because of my recent book, “45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy.”

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What Incivility at Work Costs All of Us

On The Job

In the article by Christine Porath, associate professor at Georgetown University, she noted that after studying the cost of incivility for nearly 20 years she finds that "insensitive interactions" hurt a person's health, performance and souls. Our health and our well-being depends on it. Civil behavior starts with each one of us.

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5 Easy Steps To De-Stress At Work & Home

Professional Assistant Blog

Stress is actually considered the number one health related issue in the world. Tags: Productivity Office Gossip. You wouldn't believe how many times the general population feels this way. What a concept! Yet employers don't realize this and wonder why people are taking way too many.

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Krayman

Olympia loved that at the beginning of the movie, the women could be seen as the beloved and well worn Southern female stereotypes – preoccupied with gossip, clothes, hair, flowers, and food. The script was about the friendship of women. These women are steel magnolias – beautiful and soft on the outside and tough on the inside.

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Ten Commandments of Getting Along with People

Ian's Messy Desk

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Discourage gossip. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Thanks for visiting! In some regards, Ann Landers was like a blogger. Let your virtues, if you have any, speak for themselves.

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