- The Only Two Ways To Relieve Stress. Which One Did Paul McCartney Choose? Paul McCartney’s guitar string broke. He couldn’t play it anymore. The Beatles were just starting, nobody knew them, and they were playing eight hours a day in strip clubs in Hamburg just to pay the bills. He had no other guitar. There was a piano on the stage but he had never before played the […]
- Why Taking Time Off Is Important To Become Successful Working in the digital marketing profession means putting in some long hours, particularly during peak promotional seasons. As an entrepreneur and business owner, I know the feeling all too well, as the concept of the 40-hour work week becomes more of a myth, with work days extending to twelve-fourteen hours and sometimes longer. No matter […]
- How Smart People Handle Difficult People Difficult people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people’s buttons. Either way, they create unnecessary complexity, strife, and worst of all stress. Studies have long shown that stress can have a lasting, […]
- 10 Founders Share How They Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout Don’t let the entrepreneurial stress bog you down. Take a cue from these 10 entrepreneurs who’ve succeeded in keeping the stress at bay. Mayo Clinic defines job burnout as “a special type of job stress — a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about your competence and the value of your […]
- Why Startup Operating Systems Crumble Under Pressure When rapid growth takes place in a young startup, the pressure is on getting business and ramping up. During this critical stage, the weakest link is generally the systems that have been put in place to manage growth. Most promoters and managers under pressure for growth tend to cut corners and take shortcuts assuming that […]
- Seven Signs Of Burnout – And What To Do About Them Burnout happens when you experience prolonged periods of stress at work. It makes you feel mentally, physically and emotionally detached. It’s so bad that you are not able to muster up the motivation to do anything about it. It is common to hear that someone is stressed out at work, but burnout is a more […]
- How Successful Entrepreneurs Beat Stress There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe they can make things happen and those who believe things happen to them. The first group are convinced that the outcome of their lives and careers is more or less in their own hands, and they wouldn’t have it any other way. The […]
- 8 Ways to Bring Office Stress to its Knees The corporate world can no longer afford to allow the unprecedented high levels of stress that exist in today’s workplace. To ignore its unabated advance is tantamount to corporate treason. The ill effects of sustained stress are well known upon our health. What is less known are the negative impacts on daily office life and […]