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Former NFL Player John Diggs Bounced Back From a Crisis and Found Success With His “Mapineering” Technique

Success

For a long time, everything was just about picture-perfect for John Diggs. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he earned a scholarship to play football at Washington State University and played several years in the NFL. That career ended in 1995, when his right knee was reconstructed—but this was only the beginning for Diggs , who pivoted, swift and nimble as a running back, into a mortgage career.

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4 simple ways to give yourself a ‘stress reset’

Work Life

Maybe your goal is to save more money in 2024. Or perhaps you want to exercise regularly. Whether you realize it or not, the ultimate result of most New Year’s resolutions is reducing a level of stress in your life. Instead of making big changes, however, Jenny Taitz, PsyD, clinical psychologist and author of Stress Resets: How To Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes, says there are several small things you can do that will give you a stress reset.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 2)

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In this blog, he addresses the scientific literature on antidepressant efficacy and FDA approval. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here.

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9 strategies to unlock high performing teams

Work Life

High-performing teams—streamlined, powerful, and productive—are an easily achievable goal. Organizations can access these potent forces by following a few key directives. How? We’ve delved into real life experiences of several experts, asking them what they found successful in strategies they’ve implemented. From professional leadership coaches, speakers, and authors, sharing the wisdom gained from years in the trenches, to CEOs, executive consultants, and other high-

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Unlock 35+ Internal Communication Best Practices For Charged Synergy

Vantage Circle

Ever thought about what helps a team work great together? It is not a secret – good communication within the team is the key. This blog shares 35+ internal communication best practices that you can't avoid at any cost! Let’s begin by understanding what internal communication is. What Is Internal Communication? Internal communication is how everyone in a team shares information within a company.

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3 labor market trends to watch for in 2024, according to Indeed’s chief economist

Work Life

After the past couple years of soaring competition for workers, rising wages, and sinking unemployment, the U.S. labor market was set up for a cooldown in 2023. But cooling down is not the same thing as turning cold: The market largely cooled from a position of strength, correcting without cratering—and avoiding a dreaded recession. There are several reasons for cautious optimism that the same trends that helped cushion the job market in 2023 will hold in 2024.

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We are not blank slates and we don’t adapt to change in predictable ways

Workplace Insight

An idea that has never really gone away, but which seems to be enjoying a new lease of life is the tabula rasa. The conception of people as a blank slate is something that has crept back into mainstream political and social thought for a variety of reasons. Arguably, it is also behind many of the most misleading notions about work and workplace design, perhaps most importantly that a change to some single element or characteristic of a working environment will lead to a specific outcome in the b

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Happy New Year!

Sarah Levitt

Welcome, 2024! I’m always surprised at how much a year contains, at all that can happen. I’ve had a tradition for a long time to sit down each fall and take an account, noting the big and small dollops of goodness that transpired.