There's a good chance you spend more time with co-workers than almost any other person in your life. Thus, you must work as a team and cultivate strong relationships. After all, your team can make the difference between success and failure on a project. Strategies such as building a solid rapport with your co-workers, understanding their personalities, and remaining … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Get Along with the People You Work With
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How to Overcome Loneliness and Develop an Optimistic Outlook on Life
You probably believe we are more connected today than at any other time. You are right. We are more connected in our ability to instantly find answers, chat with anyone anytime, and the vast amount of information at our fingertips. But here’s the irony. We simultaneously feel increasingly lonely as we become more connected through social media, video calling, and messaging. … [Read more...] about How to Overcome Loneliness and Develop an Optimistic Outlook on Life
How to Make a Good Impression in Your First Month at a New Job
Getting a new job is a nerve-wracking experience. There’s the stress of the application process to consider, the headache of the interview, and the agonizing wait while you wonder whether you’ve been accepted. Unfortunately for those who hate the process of getting a new job, the work doesn’t stop after you’ve been offered the role either. During the first thirty or so … [Read more...] about How to Make a Good Impression in Your First Month at a New Job
Why It’s So Important to be Empathetic
Merriam-Webster defines empathy as: “The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.” It might seem like empathy is something that you do … [Read more...] about Why It’s So Important to be Empathetic
7 Ideas to Help You Stop Caring What Everyone Thinks
Are you worried about what everyone thinks? You’re certainly not alone. This is a common concern that faces people in every society. Scientists believe this concern is rooted in evolution. There was a time that being ostracized from the group meant certain death. You simply couldn’t survive on your own 30,000 years ago. You needed help. It was useful to be concerned about … [Read more...] about 7 Ideas to Help You Stop Caring What Everyone Thinks