Category: Stress management

January 28, 2021

I was recently asked what three traits I think are most important for someone in customer service to have. I’d like to broaden the topic to anyone dealing with someone else’s problem or question, be it a customer or another […]

December 14, 2020

If you are putting yourself and your work out there, not everyone will like it. Not only will some people not like it, they will tell you and others how much they don’t. Anyone who has ever done something worthwhile […]

December 7, 2020

All around the world, people are living in a bubble. It’s not the kind of “bubble” that allows you to meet up with someone else regularly regardless of local social distancing restrictions. Instead, the bubble in which we all find […]

November 17, 2020

Success has always depended on the ability to set boundaries. Or as Steve Jobs famously put it, “focus is about saying no.” Now during the pandemic your sanity may depend on setting boundaries too. With many of us juggling home […]

September 29, 2020

Full confession: Over the last 15-plus years of my career, I have struggled mightily with anxiety. Sometimes, it’s a minor nuisance — slightly increased irritability, butterflies in the stomach before weighty presentations, a jittery angst that makes it difficult to […]

July 20, 2020

While bringing your attention to your breath and softening your gaze in the newest place to meditate with Headspace, you might — in the parlance of mindfulness — “notice” something: Your friend’s Bitmoji reassuringly bopping in a tiny bottom corner […]

July 1, 2020

You may have a co-worker who is silently struggling right now. The global coronavirus pandemic is still affecting millions of people and has completely upended all our old ways of living and working, leading to a lot of extra stress […]

April 24, 2020

You might have heard claims that maintaining a more positive attitude can help you get more done every day, or improve your professional life. But are these claims really true? Obviously, this is a hard question to answer. What “counts” […]

April 3, 2020

Ever slump into your chair and wonder when all the crazy stress at work is going to go away? Well you’re not the only one, 51% in the U.S. say they have felt burned out more than once. Without having […]

January 28, 2020

After all, Burnout can cause you to fall behind in your work, miss deadlines and deliver subpar work. You may even experience procrastination, become disengaged and hit a wall creatively. Even more troublesome, burnout can put a strain on your […]