News for Mental Health in the Workplace
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7 Ways to Motivate Yourself
Motivating others is all we hear about. What about motivating ourselves? I want to share my 7 favorite ways to motivate ourselves for success. Ask yourself why. After you set your goals, this question will keep you going.... and going.... and going. Visualize...
How to Accept Backhanded Compliments
Dear Crucial Skills, I have a colleague who deals me backhanded compliments about my job performance as the proofreader for the firm. For example, she repeatedly congratulates me on catching errors and then says, “It’s nice to hear those things when you never hear it...
Leadership: Do you have it?
By Craig J. Davidson, CEBS February 1, 2012 What is the difference between a manager and a leader? According to Warren Bennis, founder of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California, "Managers do things right, but leaders do the right thing." A...
Is “Facebook Syndrome” Making Your Employees Miserable?
Do you feel stressed, anxious, or have negative thoughts about yourself after using social media?
National Safety Council Urges Employers to Take Steps to Address Employee Addiction to Opioid Pain Medications
The National Safety Council (“NSC”) has published a report entitled Prescription Pain Medications: A Fatal Cure For Injured Workers, urging employers to educate employees about the dangers of using opioid pain medications – such as addiction and death – while also...
5 Label Tricks – Don’t Get Duped by “Natural” Foods
By Crystal Collins, Contributor ClarkHoward.com Time and time again I see it: Everyday shoppers want to get healthier. So they pick up something from the store that is ridiculously expensive, but no healthier than what they’ve been purchasing in the past. Let’s call...
Boomers just don’t understand what younger people are saying about politics and culture.
Fifty years ago, Baby Boomers and their parents suffered through what was ubiquitously understood as “the generation gap,” or the inability for different generations to speak clearly with one another. A new national poll of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 —...
A Good Night’s Sleep: More Important Than You Think!
A good sleep allows for us to remain alert and functional during the day, as well as perform and maintain concentration at work. Sleep affects our metabolism, our mood and our immune system. Some study shows that only through sleep can our brain cleanse itself of...
Functional Alcoholism: (“The Drinking Doesn’t Bother Me”)
“Functional alcoholic” is a destructive term that everybody has heard. Generally, the term is used by those who are aware of the alcoholic’s drinking pattern, but wish to avoid feeling responsible or confronting it by denying its problematic impact. There is no such...