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10 Signs of a Bad Place to Work

11/26/2016

Your value doesn't decrease because of someone else's inability to see your worth.

After being the in working word for a number of years, most people have had experience with a variety of companies. There are those we loved working for and those, well, not so much. But is there a way to know where an organization will fall on the great to lousy scale before accepting the job?

These corporations announce their talent-unfriendly philosophy in numerous ways, and one of the most important is in their employee handbook.

When you are interviewing with a company, ask them for a copy of the employee handbook before you get the job offer! A business’s company handbook is a window into their soul. Reading it in advance will give you enormous insights into the company’s culture. If they won’t give you a handbook, that should be your very first clue.

Below are ten definite signs that a company you are interviewing with is not a good place to work.

No moonlighting
Companies that have a no moonlighting policy restrict their employees from having another part-time job. As long as the job in question doesn’t impact your work or involve in any conflict of interest, no business should request this of their employees.

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8 Ways to Stop Worrying

11/12/2016

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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb

Our imaginations are such an incredible gift, allowing us to daydream and envision incredible wonder.

As children, we used our vivid imaginations to create fun and exciting playmates and spectacularly fantastical situations in which we would 'live' for hours on end. Imagination was fun, funny and adventurous.

As adults, our imaginations often become a work-thing of worry.

We fret tirelessly over horrible situations our imagination dreams up, things that could happen, might happen, but most likely won't happen. These worries drain us of our productivity, create undue stress, affect our sleep and our relationships.

Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get your anywhere. ~English proverb

Here are a few healthy habits that can help minimize worrying.

1. Realize most of what we spend time worrying about never comes to fruition
And if it does, we generally have spent hours stewing over a much worse outcome.
As Winston Churchill once said, "When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."

When we find ourselves worrying, we should ask:

"How many the things I feared would happen in my life actually did occur?"

By answering this question, we put things into perspective. We frequently find that the majority of our worries never came to light or were considerably less worrisome than we envisioned them to be.

2. Avoid getting lost in vague fears
We can easily work ourselves up over nothing when we let our imagination run wild when we lack clarity in a situation. Vague fears can lead to over-exaggerated scenarios. Gain clarity on the situation by taking deep breath and asking, "What is really the worst that could happen?" Then, spend some time identifying a solution should that unlikely scenario occur. This practice saves time, energy and a lot of suffering.

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10 Signs of a Bad Place to Work

8 Ways to Stop Worrying

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