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How To Stop Procrastinating: Seven Practical Strategies For Remote Workers

Allwork

Despite its numerous benefits, remote work also presents challenges, including procrastination — the intentional delay of tasks or responsibilities, which often leads to adverse outcomes such as self-criticism, stress, and anxiety. This self-defeating behavior typically stems from negative perceptions, including fear of judgment.

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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. Research has shown that workplace stress costs the U.S. Research has shown that workplace stress costs the U.S.

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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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7 Daily Habits to Build Your Resilience

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Prolonged stress and anxiety take a toll on your mind and body. Such prolonged stress leads to lack of concentration, irritability, and fatigue. In one particularly stressful work environment, a lunch walk in a nearby neighborhood can refuel you. Embrace new challenges to build self-esteem. Take advantage of them.

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Self-Care and Productivity

Productivityist

Just like that rope, you too begin to experience wear when you experience stress, tension, or conflict. Through self-care, you can cope with this stress by lessening it (or properly managing it). Without a healthy way to cope with stress, your rope can easily fray or unravel altogether. When You’re Just “Done”.

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How I Became a Morning Person (and How You Can, Too)

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increase) of usable day that has sent my productivity soaring. A heightened level of self-esteem. The ability to think better (exercise decreases the amount of cortisol —the hormone that regulates stress, and which potentially affects memory and cognitive function —in your brain). to actively waking up at 6 a.m.

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These 4 Small, Consistent Changes Helped Me Reach My Potential

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I was forcing myself to be stressed out about finding the answer to all these questions. The vPMC is a part of the brain with potential connections to the production of spontaneous thoughts (and therefore wandering minds). I was forcing myself to work harder. Then I started making some changes. Interestingly, Giuseppe Pagnoni, Ph.D.,