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☆ If you answer 'always' to these 7 questions, you’re more resilient than most
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Scott Mautz | In Scottmautz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here's a mini-assessment focused on fortitude: If you can answer "always" to these seven questions, you're already more resilient than most. For example, during COVID, I saw a microbrewery turn a major setback (having to temporarily close) into an opportunity to have their employees spend time in the community on a variety of volunteer projects. The most resilient leaders I've worked for all shared one superpower: the ability to balance reality and hope. But highly resilient people concentrate on what they still have to be thankful for when setbacks arise. It means compartmentalizing any truly negative effect so it doesn't bleed over into other parts of your job or life.

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☆ I'm an introvert who struggled to communicate at work. These 3 tips helped me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Kelli Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After some self-assessment work and reading Susan Cain's book "Quiet," I discovered that I was an introvert. This book also helped me recognize my strengths related to introversion, like listening intently, reflecting, and asking good questions. Related storiesHere are 3 tips that helped me thrive as an introvert at work. I came up with reasons like "I am good at leading change" and "I am an expert at training and development." This helped me shift from ruminating over my worries to focusing on my audience and creating a connection.

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☆ Simone Biles tells herself these 3 words before she competes—everyone should try it, Ivy League-trained expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Before Simone Biles jumped on the balance beam in Paris' Bercy Arena on Tuesday, she appeared to whisper: "You got this. Biles and Team USA went on to win gold in the women's gymnastics team all-around final. Plus, talking to yourself in the third-person — like Biles telling herself, "You got this" — can actually decrease stress and improve your performance, research shows. "If a friend comes to you with a problem, do you tell them, 'No way, you're going to suck. Plus, sign up for CNBC Make It's newsletter to get tips and tricks for success at work, with money and in life.

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☆ Ryan Serhant, who's sold $10 billion in real estate over 16 years, swears by his '1,000-minute rule'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"There's no boss, there's no mentor," Serhant recalled to Business Insider. "The 1,000-minute rule helps me stay quick in my decision tree," Serhant explained. AdvertisementView each day as a time bank, with a fresh $1,000 depositWith 1,000 minutes at his disposal each day, Serhant views his day in 15-minute chunks. Running your own business, Serhant explained, involves both big ambitions, like his desire to become New York's top brokerage, and quick tasks. The 1,000-minute rule can be grueling and rewardingThe biggest downside to the 1,000-minute rule is its inflexibility, Serhant told BI.

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☆ Competitions and pig roast prizes: Here's how private equity firm THL is getting its portfolio companies to embrace generative AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's a juicy prize for winning a generative AI coding competition hosted by Inriver's owners, private equity firm Thomas H. Lee. It's one way the Boston-based buyout firm has been able to implement generative AI coding assistants among its portfolio of middle-market companies. The goal is to accelerate software development so that portfolio companies can do more work with the same amount of resources. He also persists that deploying generative AI coding assistants is not a cost exercise, but a means to productivity. Now, the key for the SRG is educating portfolio companies on what problems AI can fix and which it can't.

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☆ The most successful people never use these 5 toxic phrases when talking to themselves, says psychologist at Yale
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Emma Seppälä | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

What to try instead Ask yourself, "What's good for me right now?" What to try instead "I need more practice." What to try instead "I've learned a lot." What to try instead Give yourself the same grace and encouragement you'd give that toddler when you're ruminating on something that didn't go perfectly. "Nobody's perfect" and "everyone makes mistakes" are universal truths.

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☆ I've been laid off 5 times. The first one was devastating — but I wouldn't have reinvented myself without them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementWhen I first started working, I could not have imagined that I'd have to live through layoffs five times over eight years. I've worked in magazine media, startups, and tech. AdvertisementI am very loyal to all of the people that I've worked for and worked with. I started working as a director of marketing content strategy for Dropbox in August 2020. What I've learned after five layoffs in less than eight years is that no industry is immune to instability.

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☆ Katherine Woodward Thomas Looks Back at 10 Years of Conscious Uncoupling
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Katherine Woodward Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

When Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin named their separation a "conscious uncoupling" 10 years ago, I was in Costa Rica on a writing retreat. What the heck is a "conscious uncoupling"? Within one day, conscious uncoupling was listed in an online dictionary as "redefining divorce in the 21st century." Katherine Woodward Thomas, the founder of Conscious Uncoupling Laura ReochYet Mark and I were determined to protect our daughter and resolved to not put her in the middle. Katherine Woodward Thomas, a licensed marriage and family therapist, is the New York Times bestselling author of "Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After."

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☆ Christchurch mosque shootings: A survivor grapples with trauma five years later
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Christchurch, New Zealand – CNN —Sitting side by side in the mosque’s meeting room, Temel Ataçocuğu and Imam Gamal Fouda hunch over in laughter. But today, the two have agreed to meet at the mosque and catch up on five years’ worth of personal news. But behind his home, a modest townhouse on a quiet street in central Christchurch, he’s found purpose in the flowers, succulents, fruits and vegetables he’s planted. After the shooting, Ataçocuğu was hospitalized for over a month and feared he would never play again. Here, Ataçocuğu is known as a funny, warmhearted and competitive striker, not just a survivor of the Christchurch mosque shootings.

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☆ 4 signs your friendship is one-sided, even if you really love them
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMaybe you've known your friend all your life, but suddenly feel like your dynamic is really uneven — they're always asking you for emotional support without offering the same. While Weber said it's unfair to label a friend's specific time of need as "one-sided," there are signs a friendship isn't reciprocal in the long run. You feel small or invisible around themIn a one-sided friendship, you often leave feeling insignificant and invisible around them, according to Weber. "You're feeling like you're more the listener, that there aren't a lot of questions about you or a lot of follow-up about things that you've brought up," she said. But Weber said to pay attention if you feel "you're always doing something for someone else, whether it's listening or helping them out."

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☆ Orthorexia: The clean eating disorder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It was 20 years of an eating disorder and the anxiety and stress that comes with it culminating into one moment, he said. But clinicians are seeing a rise in orthorexia among patients, said therapist Jennifer Rollin, founder of The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland. Orthorexia is a fixation on eating “clean,” as defined by a set of rules dependent on certain individuals and the context they live in, said Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, an eating disorder physician and founder and medical director of the Gaudiani Clinic in Denver. When looking at therapy, check for not only an eating disorder specialist, but one with experience with orthorexia, Rollin said. People with orthorexia may find themselves with a team that includes therapists and dietitians, similar to patients in treatment for other eating disorders, Rollin said.

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☆ A psychologist shares the 5 exercises she does to 'stop overthinking everything'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Dr. Jennifer L. Taitz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As a clinical psychologist, I've spent 14 years teaching people how to regulate their emotions and cope with difficult situations. Here are five things I do when I need to stop overthinking everything:1. Write it outWhen you need to process your feelings or an experience, instead of overthinking, practice expressive writing. Try this exercise over the course of three days: Day 1: Spend 15 to 20 minutes writing about the stress and trauma that is plaguing you. Researchers say it's because writing can help you go deeper into your emotions, while also creating some distance and an end point.

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☆ Wanted: True Love. Reward: $100,000.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Angela Chen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Though he halfheartedly tried dating apps, and would have welcomed a relationship if it developed naturally, pursuing love didn’t seem worth the effort. But as Mr. Roy entered his 30s, his priorities began to shift. He spent a long time ruminating over the ethics of having children, then decided that he wanted some of his own. In December 2021, Mr. Roy put together an online dating bio, otherwise known as a “date-me doc,” and encouraged people to share it online. (Mr. Roy chose that wording so it wouldn’t rule out adoption.)

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Lily Gladstone knew she wanted to be somewhere special when the Oscar news came. “I wanted to be as close to Mollie Kyle and her family as I could be. But Gladstone pointed out that the film was not only about what she called the “horrible, complicated, skewed love” between Mollie and Ernest. It is also, she said, about “the love that Mollie and her community had for each other. As an actor and then, how I can help get other stories told that deserve to be out there.

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☆ PGA Tour Boss Describes What Led to His Medical Leave of Absence
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

9 00:00:24,127 —> 00:00:26,911 All of that is something I take very personally 10 00:00:26,911 —> 00:00:27,930 and very seriously. 12 00:00:30,700 —> 00:00:38,890 So what I was thinking, to be 100 percent clear, 13 00:00:38,890 —> 00:00:40,520 was there’s something wrong. 14 00:00:40,520 —> 00:00:45,340 So on the morning of June 11, I went for a long walk. 16 00:00:49,200 —> 00:00:52,068 I came home, and to my wife’s surprise, 17 00:00:52,068 —> 00:00:53,673 I said, “Honey, I need help.” 18 00:00:54,373 —> 00:00:56,430 And she said, “What do you mean?” 19 00:00:56,430 —> 00:00:57,790 I said, “I need help. 20 00:00:57,790 —> 00:01:00,138 I’m in a bad, bad, bad place.”

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☆ Donald Trump makes a new gaffe as rivals ratchet-up challenges to his mental sharpness
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump appeared to imply that Barack Obama was still president at a campaign event in New Hampshire. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The gaffe occurred during Trump's speech at a campaign event in Claremont, New Hampshire, on Saturday, as he seeks the Republican nomination ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In an October 2023 interview, he alleged that Orbán was asked what he would "advise President Obama," adding that the Hungarian leader wants Obama to "immediately resign." In line with campaigns to undermine 80-year-old Biden's credibility linked to his seniority and alleged mental decline, Trump's rivals are also challenging his mental capacities.

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☆ Intrusive thoughts: What they are and how to manage them
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Most people have intrusive thoughts, but for many they come up occasionally and are inconvenient at worst, experts said. Intrusive thoughts can be violentIn addition to running someone over or pushing your partner off a cliff, other violent intrusive thoughts include wanting to harm your newborn baby or imagining yourself losing control and stabbing yourself with a kitchen knife. Breaking the cycle of intrusive thoughtsCompletely eliminating intrusive thoughts isn’t possible because they’re normal for most people, experts said. What doesn’t really help, Abramowitz said, is trying to resist or analyze intrusive thoughts, because a lot of the time that just makes someone more obsessive. If you’re struggling with intrusive thoughts, remember you aren’t your thoughts and you’re not a dangerous person.

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☆ Careers and Jobs - Latest News, Guidance and Resources
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A revenge fantasy about your boss. Your to-do list. That flop of a meeting. You need to quit ruminating about your job. October 8, 2023 5 min read

☆ Anger gets a bad rap, but it can be an asset, experts say. Here’s what to do with it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It might be an unpleasant emotion to experience, and it might be culturally discouraged, but we need anger, she added. While many people may feel the need to resist or hide their anger, these mental health experts are urging the opposite. Anger, they say, is an important tool we should better learn to wield in a kind, healthy and productive way. That is often tied to rage — not anger, Ashway said. But in those cases, “we’re talking about the outcome of unprocessed anger, not anger in and of itself.”Rage, she said, is old, unprocessed anger.

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☆ Stop trying to be happy. Instead, have more fun
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jessica Dulong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Rucker's "The Fun Habit" offers practical tips and tools to encourage everyday acts of fun. CNN: What effect does nurturing a fun habit have on our lives? Because it’s human nature to quickly fill up any space we create, I suggest coming up with what I call a fun file — a robust list of fun activities you’d like to integrate into your days. Rucker: Fun is the antidote to life’s slings and arrows. CNN: How does journaling support building a fun habit?

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☆ I landed a job at Google right out of college. Here are 10 things I wish I knew before starting my career.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Charlene Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Charlene Lee is a former product manager at Google who wishes she had a guide prior to starting her first job. Today, I'd like to share some of the lessons I wish I had learned before starting my career, lessons that I now teach my team. It's your job to find a good managerOne of my best managers, Paul, spent a lot of time with me early in my career. Things changed when the next box, like writing a book, started conflicting with things that weren't on the list. The start of your career is the beginning of your journey, and I hope that this guide helps you with yours.

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☆ 6 signs you're ruminating on your ex—and how to stop, according to a relationship psychologist
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

If you're ruminating, though, you don't need a picture to start thinking about your relationship. "Basically, any time there is some empty space where your mind isn't consumed, if you're thinking about your ex, you're ruminating," Larkin says. Basically, any time there is some empty space where your mind isn't consumed, if you're thinking about your ex you're ruminating. "Your family and friends can let you know if you're ruminating," Larkin says. If you're ruminating, though, you're comparing actions or traits that don't really matter, Larkin says.

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☆ ‘Wherever I Am, I Am Always Birding’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Camille Baker | More About Camille Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

How often, and where, do you go birding? I’m lucky now to live in a place where I can just step outside and walk into the woods or around some fields and go birding right here. I am listening and watching through a window or along the road — wherever I am, I am always birding. Do you think technology will ever replace illustration in the birding world? It has really shaped the way I think about everything.

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☆ I want to know if I should quit my new job or wait until it gets better
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Even in your misery, experts say it's important to look for signals that the job might get better. I'm not sure if it's the job, or if it's me, or what, but I need some advice. Late last year, I got laid off late from a job I really liked and was good at. I'm glad my job is remote because I've cried so many times since I started. Years ago, when I was a few months into a new job, a friend asked me how I liked it.

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said lawmakers would vote on Wednesday on a bill to raise the $31.4 trillion federal debt ceiling and slash spending, despite lingering dissension within their ranks over the measure. Another critic of the bill, hardline House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry, said he and other conservatives who had held out for changes to work requirements were ready to move forward. Representative Kevin Hern, chairman of the 175-member Republican Study Committee, welcomed the changes, which he said most Republicans would support. Bending to the far-right wing of the party, Republicans also accelerated some new, tougher work requirements for receiving Medicaid healthcare benefits for the poor. House Republicans are offering to increase Washington's borrowing authority by $1.5 trillion or until March 31, whichever comes first.

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