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Warning! Have You Become a Toxic Sponge?

On The Job

I absorbed the mental and emotional blows of a workplace gone bad, trying to shore up each co-worker's battered self-esteem as well as my own. These sponges can be rank-and-file workers -- as I was -- or they may be in management. Get a mentor, either professional or personal, and let them know what's going on.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

Success

Achor was a teaching assistant for Harvard’s positive psychology course, taught by his mentor, Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D. I don’t want to say it’s all over, but your self-esteem gets tanked. He is the author of The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life. The Most Critical Choice.