Have you ever considered the spaces where we work, the people we work alongside, when you come to think of it you would realize, they make the most of our working lives or should we say they are a significant part of our lives. Patterns for Workplace Happiness When it comes to workplace happiness, it is viewed as some distant outcome rather than being an enduring prerequisite of our working lives. Are you in the habit of interrupting people when they express either fondness or intense dislike for their jobs and go ahead and candidly ask why. Well what ensues, ...

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Do you approach your network with the simple mindset of “how can you help me” like many others, you may be in for a rude shock though. Your attitude should be of “how can we help each other” adopting the former attitude has not been a very effective strategy to bring in the desired results, hence the need for a collaborative approach. Time and Energy You do not stand to lose anything with the latter, rather reap great benefits in terms of being really efficient. The old approach is an effort in vain, with constant dissipation of time and energy ...

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Visualize a person clasping a stress ball, the same malleable toy that fits in the palms, squeezed with hands and manipulated with the fingers ostensibly to relieve stress and release muscle tension, alternatively it is used to exercise the muscles of the hand. The point is no matter what one does to the ball, its extraordinary ability to return to its original form after being kneaded, crushed, pressed, flattened and compressed with a vice like grip is indeed phenomenal. Though just an analogy and an apt one at that, it depicts the ability of a person to readily recover from ...

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When people envision a career as kids, their perception is, they have figured it all out. They eventually reach college and start harboring the feeling that they would surely get a job doing what they love in college, then work their way up the career ladder, they envision themselves as becoming all the more effective as well as fulfilled with time and as each year passes by and the performance reviews happen they would emerge more and more successful career wise. The reality dawns when the situation one finds oneself in is not near as rosy to the youthful vision ...

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Does the mere idea of moving from one organization to another without a better title, salary or additional responsibility make you cringe? Termed as a lateral career move, the idea does not exactly ring bells in the ears of many a professionals for pretty obvious reasons and there are a number of them. No Sense of Progress There is no sense of progress at all, it looks awful on your resume, you are left with a feeling that you are starting from scratch. The above is absolutely true during normal times, however making a lateral move under special circumstances is ...

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