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Carrie Murray Explains How to Combat Comparison Syndrome

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When Murray made her own jump to entrepreneur in 2011, she spent her every spare minute researching best business practices, while also parenting as a mom of two young kids. In her Thrive Questionnaire, Murray reveals her top tips for combating negative thoughts, and shares how to create a network of your very own. It should be hard.

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Unhappy at work? Here are 10 ways to brighten up your day

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Remaining happy in your job and knowing how to cope with all of the stresses and strains of working lives is essential to remaining physically and mentally healthy. A 2011 academic study by professors at Wake Forest University showed that simply making a to-do list can help to relieve anxiety associated with tasks.

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The Paradox of Unlimited Paid Leave

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Netflix’s announcement makes the generous leave policies offered by Facebook, Google, Accenture and Johnson & Johnson – which offer paid leave for up to four or five months – pale in comparison. An unlimited policy sounds great in theory,” writes Jena McGregor, the On Leadership columnist for the Washington Post.

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Cost of Living vs. Cost of Labor — Is There a Difference?

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So, let’s dig into it a bit more and understand why there’s a difference between the two and how companies calculate how to pay their employees. The change in how these payments were made became effective in 1975 with an authorized 8.00% applied COLA. What defines the cost of living?

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Donie Yamamoto On How We Need To Redefine Success

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5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, Donie Yamamoto founded Vital Pet Life in 2017, after moving to the US from the Philippines in 2011. Moving to the United States from the Philippines in 2011 and losing my dad six years later shaped the person who I am today. How has your definition of success changed?

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WHAT IS THE WORKPLACE GENOME?

Human Workplaces

Our first two books— Humanize in 2011 and When Millennials Take Over in 2015—provided a rich framework for understanding these changes. Your culture is unique, and it’s up to YOU to figure out how to make it successful—which is why employee sentiments and abstract models miss the mark.

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The Science of Well-Being

Thrive Global

Similarly, with everything that’s going on globally with COVID-19, this course can bring clarity into how to stay healthy both mentally and emotionally during uncertain times. Social comparison is one of the main reasons that impacts how we like our salary or jobs. Phi Phi Islands, Thailand, 2011. Misconceptions.