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Matt Richtel’s New Book Explores the Emotional Balance Between Creativity and Stability

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In brief, the idea is that new forms of life and new ideas are almost always destined to fail. When viruses or bacteria mutate by accident, and when new combinations of cells emerge inside our bodies, these cells almost always die because they don’t fit as well into the environment as the forms of life that came before. Nuff said. .

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How to Talk to Your Boss About Race: A New Book Explores Language Used in the Workplace and How We Can Improve

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It’s one thing to read a definition of racism in a book, and quite another to know if you currently work in an environment that is racist. These slights can take the form of offhand comments, jokes, backhanded compliments or insults. It can take the form of microaggressions or just plain aggression. It can be overt or subtle.

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Rule No. 1 of Workplace Inclusion: It Only Works if Everyone Buys In

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The wider implications of marginalization explain why it so often takes many forms. Excerpted from SEEN, HEARD, AND PAID copyright © 2022 by Alan Henry. Excerpted from SEEN, HEARD, AND PAID copyright © 2022 by Alan Henry. All rights reserved. The post Rule No.

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These Are the 45 Most Important Minutes of Your Day

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Think how much better it would be to read an inspirational autobiography or a self-improvement book instead. This creates a subconscious image that will help form the desired behavior the next time a similar situation occurs. The next action I could take is to form a committee with specific team members to plan the day.

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Feeling emotionally exhausted? 6 things you can do to release your stress

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Like sports, the arts — including painting, sculpture, music, theater and storytelling in all forms — create a context that tolerates and even encourages big emotions. Excerpted from the book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Copyright © 2019 by Emily and Amelia Nagoski.

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Could the ways you cope with stress be undermining you? Here are healthier ways to respond

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Good Anxiety is the title of the new book from NYU neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki PhD — but it’s one that will surprise those of us who think of anxiety as strictly bad news. Keep a journal or engage in another form of conscious self-reflection. Copyright © 2021 by Wendy Suzuki PhD. Participate in hobbies and/or sports.

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72 Proven Content Ideas that Will Help You Attract Clients Now

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Live streams, blog posts, articles, Instagram/Facebook/Snapchat stories, posts, short-form or long-form media — it can all seem like too much sometimes. 4 – Create an “Ask __” form on your site. 51 – Share what you learned today, at the end of a workshop you attended or at the end of reading a book.

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