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How to Break Out of a Career Slump

Nov 13, 2019
3 min

How to Break Out of a Career Slump

Author: Lynze Wardle Lenio Source: Lifehacker Think you might be stuck in a career rut? The good news is, career ruts are easy to spot. There’s that telltale sick feeling in your stomach every Monday morning, jealousy when a friend gets a new job that they’re excited about, and a tendency to quickly change the subject when someone asks you what you do for a living. The bad news? Career ruts are much harder to fix. You might not even know exactly why you’re so miserable, let

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Four Strategies to Build Lasting Motivation

Jun 27, 2019
3 min

Four Strategies to Build Lasting Motivation

Author: Michael Mantell Source: Lifehacker When it comes to motivation—especially for health and fitness goals—being an “inny” or an “outy” can make all the difference. The “inny” I’m talking about is “intrinsic motivation,” or a drive to achieve that comes from inside a person and isn’t motivated by external rewards. This is the kind of motivation that can lead to life-changing improvements and well-being. External rewards (like compliments, fitting into a smaller size, or

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6 Things You MUST Stop Telling Yourself While You Look for a Job

Aug 15, 2018
3 min

6 Things You MUST Stop Telling Yourself While You Look for a Job

Let’s state the obvious: job hunting is kinda hard. No matter how accomplished you are, you’re inevitably going to get a whole portfolio of rejections. This is the first time you’ve received this many rejections in a row since joining Tinder. You might have started to doubt yourself. You might be experiencing lower self-esteem. But what if we told you that rejections are a normal part of the job search? It’s important that you find a way to stay positive and not let those rej

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You Don’t Have to Dread Work on Monday Mornings!

Apr 9, 2018
3 min

You Don’t Have to Dread Work on Monday Mornings!

Author: Ciara Conlon Source: SiliconRepublic Are you one of those people who hates Mondays? Do you feel the dread seeping in on Sunday evening when you know you should check to make sure you have clean clothes, something for lunch and your game face at the ready? For many people, Mondays are not their favourite day of the week, to say the least. Mondays represent ideas of detention, or being grounded for being cheeky to your mother. But we all have 52 of these unloved days ea

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What it Takes to Make #MondayMotivation Stick

Mar 19, 2018
3 min

What it Takes to Make #MondayMotivation Stick

Wanting to do good work and test new ideas doesn’t require memes—we’re already wired to do it. But leaders can do more to make sure that enthusiasm isn’t stifled. Author: Mark Athitakis Source: Associations Now This post is running on Monday, which means it’s #MondayMotivation day. So if you’re following anybody who’s even remotely connected to the world of leadership and professional development, your social media feeds are likely now peppered with go-get-’em quotations and

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#MotivationMonday: 5 Tips to Beat the Monday Blues

Aug 22, 2016
2 min

#MotivationMonday: 5 Tips to Beat the Monday Blues

It’s Monday, and yes, you’re grateful that you have a job to get to today, as not everyone has that luxury, but you’re also a little sour because, well, it’s Monday. Not to rub it in, but this means there are 4 whole days AFTER today that you must get through before you can enjoy another weekend. So, though blessed, also stressed. Monday’s don’t have to be so bad, you know. These things are all about perspective. Shifting your perspective alone can shift the whole trajectory

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The Goldilocks Rule: How to Stay Motivated in Life and Business

Jul 22, 2016
2 min

The Goldilocks Rule: How to Stay Motivated in Life and Business

It was 1955 and Disneyland had just opened in Anaheim, California when a ten-year-old boy walked in and asked for a job. Labor laws were loose back then and the boy managed to land a position selling guidebooks to visitors for $0.50 a piece. Within a year, he had transitioned to Disney’s magic shop where he learned tricks from the older employees. He experimented with jokes and tried out simple magic routines on the visitors. Soon, he discovered that what he loved was not per

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44 Practical Ways To Improve Productivity

May 2, 2016
3 min

44 Practical Ways To Improve Productivity

Author: Phoebe Spinks Source: Undercover Recruiter I’ve got 44 problems but productivity isn’t one. If you want the most out of your day, you need to be prepared to push through several barriers. Now, we’re all guilty of wasting time. It’s pretty easy to become distracted from your work and subconsciously (or consciously) find ways to avoid putting in the hard yards. Whether it’s scrolling aimlessly through social media, chatting to a colleague or making your fifth coffee of

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Don’t Let Your Motivation Die!

Nov 5, 2015
2 min

Don’t Let Your Motivation Die!

Motivation can be a tricky thing, which is why the Huffington Post asked Gaston Gote from Quara.com what the biggest killers of motivation are, and how to combat them. 1. Believing that you have to be perfect puts on a lot of pressure and creates disappointment in your performance, no matter how well you perform. Nobody likes to fail and sometimes we avoid doing the things that make us feel bad about ourselves. 2. Comparing yourself to others is a real time waster and create

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