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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

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Oxytocin helps us connect, feel empathy and trust; serotonin regulates anxiety, happiness and well-being ; and endorphins reduce pain and stress while boosting mood and self-esteem. Maintain your confidence and don’t go fishing for compliments “We can find humor in our pain points and struggles.

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Getting People to Notice You: Cultivating High Self-Esteem Webinar Replay

Office Dynamics

Earn positive attention in the workplace and address the most common obstacle standing in the way for most assistants—lack of self-esteem. You can view the replay of our webinar, Getting People to Notice You: Cultivating High Self-Esteem. Why self-promotion is essential for your career—and yet so hard to do.

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Building Authentic Self-Confidence

Eat Your Career

As a professional speaker and corporate trainer , I’m often mistaken for one of those rare “naturally confident” people. Contrary to what you might believe, confidence and self-esteem are rarely natural traits. Instead, they are skills that can be learned through practice. So, how do we balance all of this?

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How to Build Self Esteem

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to Build Self Esteem Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 9, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Take inventory of your strengths One of the first things to go, when our self-esteem is low, is our perception of our strengths. Thanks for visiting!

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How to Teach Your Kids About Money

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You want them to learn through experience,” Lechter says, noting confidence, self-esteem and lifelong skills come from success and failure alike. Kids learn firsthand about profit and loss by taking a job, starting their own business or participating in school or group fundraising. Accelerate learning.

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How to Speak Well… and Listen Better

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So, how are your conversation skills? When a statement is accompanied by foot-tapping, it usually indicates a lack of confidence in what is being said. Poor eye contact can be a sign of low self-esteem , but it can also indicate that the speaker is not being truthful. Get your thinking straight. Tapping feet.

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Confidence is key for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Having low self-esteem or confidence issues can be a real challenge in life, particularly in the office and particularly for assistants. Although not all of us are blessed with unwavering self-confidence (I certainly am not!) Here are my top three: Skills. These skills make you a fantastic assistant.