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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

Success

Reflect on this cavalier expression a bit longer, though, and you’ll find it also flings the problems of hunger and poverty across international waters to a foreign continent that may as well be imaginary to the average American mind. It’s a problem that’s too close to home, so it’s not a conversation we like to have.

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An Olympic team psychologist explains how leaders can cultivate an adaptive mindset

Work Life

Their emotional response to threats is constructive and flexible, whereas the opposite, a defensive mindset shows in reactive and emotion-driven behaviors. Seek How did Sullivan shift from an extreme threat response to a constructive adaptive mindset in the moments needed to save QF72? “I had my toolbox.

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Why you should create a not-to-do list, according to the brain coach for Google, Nike, and SpaceX

Work Life

Mental models are constructs for thinking that help us make sense of the world around us. Models can act as shortcuts that save you valuable energy and time when you’re evaluating an idea, making a decision, or problem-solving.

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Embracing Holacracy: Fostering Autonomy and Collaboration in the Workplace

Vantage Circle

What are some problems and possible downsides of holacracy in the workplace, and how can organizations prepare for them? In a holacratic framework, training can cover things like defining jobs, making decisions, solving conflicts, and communicating well. What is holacracy? The term holacracy comes from the word "holon."

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

Mad in America

These studies included published and unpublished trials, but all had been submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), so Kirsch used the Freedom of Information Act to gain access to all data. However, each of these psychoactive drugs comes with a set of adverse effects as well as tolerance and withdrawal problems.

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6 Ways To Enhance Coaching Culture In Your Organization

Vantage Circle

A coaching culture creates a climate where employees feel comfortable to: Give and receive feedback Open to constructive criticism Support and improve upon each other's ideas Brainstorm for better development ideas Why Is Coaching Culture Important? How does coaching culture impact the workplace?

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Resilience Is Adapting Successfully to Adversity, Hardship, and Tragedy

Workplace Psychology

For example, faced with an unfamiliar situation where your usual problem-solving skills are proving ineffective, you conclude that you’re not making progress because you’re weak or incompetent and feel ashamed that your failings have been exposed for all to see” (Neenan, 2018, p. Maddi & Khoshaba, 2005).