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1- Minute Strategies: December ’19

Become a better speller … Maybe your little mistake wasn’t that bad after all … Is it spam? … Aim for “desktop zero” … The dark history of coffee … Having plants around does indeed boost your productivity … Play idiom bingo!

Fix a terrible, awful, no-good day

When humiliation occurs, it can seem nearly impossible to crawl out from underneath it and reclaim some dignity. In the worst moments, advice is difficult to hear, let alone follow. But there are some helpful strategies to guide you forward.

1-Minute Strategies: November ’19

This space intentionally left blank … One simple tool to change your workspace atmosphere … We’re arbitrarily declaring it National Unsubscribe Month! … In the mood to watch people walk around a track? … What language does your city speak? … Quick: Are there more stars in the galaxy than there are trees on Earth? … We finally found an explanation of Bitcoin that didn’t baffle us!

Break your personal cycle of discord

It’s going to happen again sometime this month, or even this week: A new work conflict is going to kick the same old petty exchanges into gear. Daniel L. Shapiro, Ph.D., recently explained to a webinar audience how it always seems to work—and what you might be able to do to fix it.