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Can Dopamine Dressing Make You Better At Your Job?

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Mayo Clinic refers to dopamine as a “feel-good neurotransmitter” that helps us feel joyful. A 2012 study published by the University of Hertfordshire Press links “how clothing and mood don’t just influence others, it reflects and influences the wearer’s mood, too.” This is an extreme form and thankfully, not the only way to do it.

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When the chairs took over the world and what it all meant

Workplace Insight

Of all the things we buy, with the exception of our clothes, furniture is the most intimate, the one item we spend most time in contact with. To paraphrase Ballard, office furniture forms the external constellation of the shape of the organisation and a reflection of its self-image. But I think it goes beyond that.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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Blakely readily admits that she wasn’t the first woman to cut the feet off her pantyhose and wear them under her form-fitting clothes. She worked on her idea at night and on weekends, often skipping dinners, parties and other fun events to research patents and visit clothing manufacturers. Practicality is kind of her thing.

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The Real Reasons People Are Quitting by Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

After all, most employees need a good reference in order to get their next job. Instead, they turn in their neat resignation letters, retrieve a reference letter, pack their belongings, and never look back. It takes great courage to be a truth-teller and make uncomfortable waves. Except for one thing. It’s up to us.

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50 Ways To Start Fresh

Brilliantly Better

Clean Up Your Closet Throw away clothes, things, devices, memories. Create And Keep Close A Minimum Survival Kit It’s not about clothes or food, this minimum survival kit. Change by reaction is rooted in fear and is nothing more than a form of escapism. All of these mindsets are forms of self-sabotage. They drag you down.

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106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Stephanie LH Calahan

I stand back, and begin moving notes until the ideas start flowing into easy categories: Blog, Projects, Home, Family, Health - etc. Putting the date on the pages helps reference notes from meetings, etc. You can make that first step easier by supporting yourself: comfy clothes, your favorite music, an organizing buddy, etc.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Go to Building A to procure form D and turn it into person C. I often refer to it as my “Would You Like Fries With That?&# My true artistic nature was cultivated in a relaxed non-formal atmosphere and i was most comfortable in jeans, tee shirts, and other ultra casual clothing. So far so good I suppose.

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