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Self-Care and Productivity

Productivityist

As a child, you learned through observation and imitation. When you feel conflicted or out of touch with yourself, you naturally seek answers externally–perhaps instinctively returning to childhood observational learning. Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt. How To Start Today.

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

Social media users have created a voyeuristic environment where we can easily get caught up in “comparisonitis.” You believe you should be able to learn something on the first try. Accepting all of yourself, including your flaws, is a critical part of having healthy self-esteem and self-worth.

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How to Work for A Difficult Boss

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Again, I want to learn how to cope with it for my career (this is a major position for a resume) because I know it's him and not me. If you can learn to work with them, you have skills that 99.9% Or it could be that he is just mentally ill, has some sort of addiction, or low self esteem. of the EAs don’t have.

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Imperfection is a good thing | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Those blogs are worth their weight in gold (unless you’re the kind who learns from the School of Hard Knocks). Reply Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach ( @barbaraling ) April 21, 2010 at 8:16 am Loved the unicorn comparison! They post an idea (that may not be completely formulated) because it intrigues them. Perfection sucks.

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