5 Strategies that Minimize Stress
(Beating Workplace Anxiety – Part II) Anxiety can affect your work productivity and damage relationships with your co-workers. Fortunately, there are ways to cope with anxiety so that you can reduce or even eliminate the effect it has on your life and your career. * Breathe – Take a deeeeeep breath Anxiety sabotages your ability to breath deep, instead encouraging fast shallow breathing. “If we are breathing very shallowly, we are going to feel anxious,” says Dr. Katherine Falk, an integrative psychiatrist in New York City. “If we begin to breathe from the belly, that will calm our mind.” Simple…
Beating Workplace Anxiety – Part I
Place two fingers on the inside edge of your wrist. That slight throbbing you feel is your pulse. Having a pulse means you’re alive. That’s the good news. But the bad news is that living comes with some level of stress. UC Berkeley stress researcher Daniella Kaufer says, “We’re learning that moderate amounts of stress have powerful benefits. Our research shows that moderate, short-lived stress can improve alertness and performance and boost memory.” It’s when stress becomes chronic and escalates into anxiety that it’s damaging effects become widespread. Many people see workplace anxiety as the norm—that’s just the way it…
Strategies for Moving to a Better Position
If you’re happy in your current job, satisfied with the position and all that goes with it, bravo. Stay put and excel. But if you have a hankering to move onward and upward soon, or even down the road, then here’s some tips—centered around goals, building a reputation, and networking—that will head you in that direction. Goals First things first, set aside some time to take stock of where you’d like to be in 5 or 10 years, and then turn the focus to you, as an employee. Hmm, wait – let’s switch that up. Look at your performance first.…
Your Habits and Productivity
Habits have the power to shape our lives, in both positive and negative ways. It seems we often think of habits as adverse, such as nail biting, smoking, or gambling. But habits can also be a powerful tool in making or maintaining constructive changes in our lives. We all know people who are known for getting things accomplished. You can bet those folks have incorporated life-long habits into their daily routines, habits that encourage their pursuit of productivity. These three crucial “habit” areas are a great place to start if you’re seeking a more productive life. Sleep Habits For many…
Be a Thought Leader
You know the guy or gal everyone seeks out for feedback or to brainstorm with because he/she knows their stuff? Their thoughts, strategies, ideas are cutting-edge, intuitive, assertive, even gutsy but not in a give-caution-to-the-wind sort of way. Sure you know him/her. You want to be him/her. But how? How does a person achieve that status? Your ambition to be a thought leader is spot on and here’s why. Being known as an individual who drives innovation and new ideas is a valuable tool in the career growth arsenal, no matter what the profession. Being well connected and respected in…
Uncommon Strategy for Productivity
Think you’ve exhausted the potential out of the common list of productivity tips? A lot of repeats pop-up on these frequent compilations meant to spur you on to greater productivity. Chances are you skim the list, muttering, “Uh huh . . . yep . . . nothing new here.” And then move on. You’re aware of at least the gist of most of the productivity advice out there, but how many have you tried with a focused amount of effort? Being aware of and actually applying a productivity strategy are not one in the same. So let’s define “uncommon” by…