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Feel Guilty for Taking a Sick Day? You’re Not Alone, but It Shouldn’t Be the Norm

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According to a 2022 study that appeared in the Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences across four public schools in Nicaragua, teachers often work while ill because economically, they have to. The results are clear: We are headed to work sick due to that pressure, come hell or high water. Why do I feel guilty taking a sick day?

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How You Can Promote Social Responsibility in the Workplace

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to an organization’s obligations to improve the community, the environment, and promote equity and justice. ESG refers to the outcomes of social and sustainability efforts as measured by stakeholders. Holiday parties and other events are common in the workplace.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. The prospect is now a patient and has referred dozens of friends. Here’s an example: “Hi, I’m Jenny.

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The words we borrow from other languages to talk about work and wellbeing

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Although the concept is usually referred to as Danish, the word itself is shared with Norwegian, which also offers us the word koselig , which means cosiness but also hints at it being best enjoyed at a fireside. If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.”

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Start the New Year off with a New Focus on Your Personal Affairs.

Stephanie LH Calahan

.  Here are a few tips to get started: Set up a filing system to store and manage your paperwork Your paperwork likely consists of three types of paper:  1) stuff you need to take action on 2) stuff you are saving for reference and 3) stuff that you should have tossed a long time ago, but haven't.    Avoid backlog. 

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How to be of More Value to Your Boss

Ian's Messy Desk

For example, Dr. William Harvey made medical history by explaining how the circulatory system worked: He likened the heart to a pump and gave himself a new frame of reference—and from that he understood blood vessels as part of a unified pumping system. (2)

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To Sell is Human Summary and Review

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Pink (signed by the author himself) to all of our employees at A Small Orange as part of our holiday gift package. Educators and medical professionals also have to convince people to part with things (time, energy, habits, etc.). Frames of reference are important. People largely hate sales people in the traditional sense.