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Love work by loving relentless pursuit. Image of mountain climbers.

5 Ways to Love Work

How can you love work when tomorrow’s storm giggles behind the door? Challenges are unending.

Let’s stop pretending that hard work is easy.

Here are 5 ways to love work.

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When you hire a friend do you lose a relationship? Image of a hiring sign.

Before You Hire a Friend Explore these 7 Issues

Should you hire a friend? If you do, what needs to be in place to make it work.

Here are 7 issues to explore before you hire a friend.

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You deal with kooky people till you die. You might be one! Image of a kid in a Halloween straight jacket.

How to Deal with 12 Types of Kooky People

Kooky people are everywhere. Relocating won’t help. You deal with them till you die. Heck, you might be one.

Here are some suggestions for dealing with crazies at work.

Including 7 powerful question.

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High aspiration people who don't delegate work themselves to oblivion. Image of a wide-eyed dog.

Delegate: Help for Overworked Managers

High aspiration people – who don’t delegate – work themselves to oblivion. They don’t see how they hinder the team.

What causes managers to work too hard?

7 things to say to people who don’t delegate…

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When you think stress brings out your best - it does. Image of a person thinking.

The Goldilocks Paradox: When Stress is Just Right

Stress doesn’t kill you, what you believe does.

When you think stress is bad for you – it is.

When you think stress brings out your best – it does.

There’s research…

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Protect yourself from stress: Some parts of your brain shrink under the influence of prolonged stress. Image of a stressed child.

Choose Your Stress Wisely

You can’t lower stress by avoiding difficult situations. But confronting difficult situations causes stress too. Both choices are stressful.

What kind of stress do you want?