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Done Is Better Than Perfect and Other Lessons I’m Learning About Procrastination

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Stress about my lack of progress and make promises that tomorrow will be different. When it comes to assigning articles, writing emails or any number of other tasks, I’m an award-winning doer. What I’m learning (and learning, and learning), is that creativity doesn’t strike; it flows. I’d rather scrub tile grout.

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Email Triage: What it is and how it can help you

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Now I’ll detail how I use email triage with the hope that you see a use for this technique in your dealings with both work and personal emails to “maximize email success in the shortest time period&#. Then I quickly scan through for any emails from my boss as action items for the upcoming week.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

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If I didn’t nap in time, I would lie there forever missing important emails and sacrificing deadlines. Zhang says that will only make me more alert as stress hormones take over my body, negating the power of rest. The goal isn’t just to take a nap or actually sleep but to step away from stress and take a little mind break,” Zhang says.

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How to Protect Your Mental Health at Work

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One thing we’d all like to leave behind this year is the prevalence of stress. According to a recent American Psychiatric Association (APA) poll , 31% of Americans anticipated being more stressed in the 2022 holiday season than they were the year before. Experiencing a degree of stress can keep you motivated and alert.

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Craft Your Career With These 9 Top Professional Development Courses

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Meeting those objectives requires commitment to learning in areas such as leadership development and soft skills education. Investing your time in professional development programs demonstrates a commitment to continual learning and self-improvement. It may even require advanced coaching in specialized areas such as real estate sales.

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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Ellison and Darsy learned that the most challenging (and rewarding) parts of being liveaboards in a relationship had little to do with the logistics of sailing and a lot more to do with life, interpersonal dynamics and developing self-awareness in roughly 350 square feet of space. Photos courtesy of Ryan Ellison and Sophie Darsy.

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6 Brutally Honest Lessons About Working From Home

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In fact, it’s often a journey filled with unexpected pitfalls and hard-learned lessons. Here are five things I’ve learned the hard way about working from home. ” Lesson learned: Invest in a proper desk and chair. Your bedroom should be a sanctuary for rest and relaxation, not a hub of work-related stress.

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