Mark of a Leader: 5 Steps to Keeping Your Cool While Under Pressure
As a music manager of award-winning talent, Yandy Smith has to manage stress while getting results. (Photo: VH1) Working in entertainment can be very rewarding. In this industry, we work hard to play...
View ArticleThe Best — and Worst — Body Language Cues in the Office
(Image: Thinkstock) Sometimes a person’s facial expressions and body language can tell a story well before any words have been spoken. From tensed shoulders and crossed arms to raised eyebrows and...
View Article5 Toxic Beliefs That Ruin Careers
(Image: ThinkStock) The path to success starts from within, with a mindset that facilitates growth and advancement. Some hold on to negative beliefs that can keep them from achieving their full...
View ArticleHow Your Office Design Could be Bringing You Down
(Image: Thinkstock) Your environment, no matter if it’s home or work, can set the tone for your workday, facilitating positive vibes, healthy practices and productivity or a nightmare of inefficient...
View ArticleSlacker to Psycho: What Type of Boss Do You Have
(Image: Thinkstock) Managers come in all shapes, sizes and personalities. Being able to choose your supervisor is like being able to choose family members— impossible. Figure out what type of boss you...
View ArticleGet the Memo: The Biggest Time Wasters Aren’t Just Employees
(Image: Thinkstock) There’s always a lot of talk about time. Time is money … There’s never enough time in the day … If I could turn back the hands of time … I don’t know about you, but it always seems...
View ArticleHow to Tap Into Your Willpower
If you’ve ever eaten ice cream while standing at the freezer—or hit the snooze alarm instead of getting up to work out—you might have thought, I have no willpower! You have it—we all do. But,...
View ArticleHow to Avoid the Worst Office Hazard
(File) Stress is a daily part of life. Making sure you’re dealing with it correctly will determine the longevity of your health and career. If your job seems to be the source of your stress, you may...
View ArticleStillbirths May be Connected to Stress During Pregnancy
A new study sponsored by the National Institute of Health says pregnant women exposed to stress are more likely to deliver a stillborn baby. Marian Willinger, PhD, author of the study and acting chief...
View ArticleYour Health and Wellness Checklist
No matter how many loved ones are in your life, no one will ever care more about you than you. So why not start putting you first this year? From unhealthy eating to stress, all of these can...
View ArticleWhy Should I Care?
With cutbacks causing employees to do more with less, morale is down in many companies and it’s easy for apathy or indifference to set in. Apathy, however, can be a career killer, particularly in a...
View ArticleStressed at Work?
Taylor Psychiatrist Dr. Janet Smith Taylor says workplace anxiety is not unusual, but how we handle it can make all the difference in how we perform on the job. What are some of the causes of workplace...
View ArticleKeep the Faith
Matthews When Westina Matthews wrote her inspirational book Have a Little Faith: The Faith of a Mustard Seed (Matthews; $9.95) back in 2005, she was surprised so many were touched by her message that...
View ArticleRecession Depression
The worldwide economic recession has affected African Americans in more ways than meet the eye. The stress and pressure to make ends meet, pay college tuition and plan for the future is taking a toll...
View ArticleCareer Expert Q&A: 5 Ways to Avoid a Meltdown at Work
Taylor explains how to keep everything in perspective Job stress. We’ve all felt it at one time or another. It’s where the expression “going postal” comes from. Well, a new expression that means just...
View Article6 Tips for a Stress-Free You
CEO Tina Wells balances stress in her business (Image: Courtesy of subject) Stress is no stranger to the life of a young business mogul or entrepreneur. It can come in a healthy form—the type that...
View Article10 Ways to Cope with a Job You Hate
(Image: Thinkstock) I’m grateful to have had some kind of steady employment since the age of sixteen, and with the job scarcity that exists in the present day of this country, people no longer have the...
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