Self-distanced self-talk, or listening to internal voices as if they were a separate part of you, can improve access to emotions like confidence and clarity, regulate emotional responses and disable stress. To practice distanced self-talk, try using non first-person pronouns for negative emotions, calling yourself by name for positive and negative self-affirmations and treat yourself as a narrator while talking yourself, suggests Bryan Robinson.
After a year of Zoom meetings, exhaustion may be setting in, but a shift in mindset can ease that feeling, writes Art Markman of the University of Texas at Austin. "Rather than being fatigued by the game, you can focus on the challenge of creating excellence within the rules of that game," Markman writes.
New job offers come with the opportunity to negotiate salary, benefits and other items, so Deborah Acosta summarizes how to prioritize and prepare for negotiations. Before negotiations, job candidates should know the numbers and what is up for negotiation, and when it's time to counteroffer, career coach Dr. Hamaria Crockett suggests laying out all of the requests at once and avoiding ultimatums.
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Some experts are hopeful the job market will rebound faster than previous recessions due to mass vaccination and government relief. Stronger household finances, lack of structural damage to high-paying jobs and help from the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department give economists hope that this recovery will be different, writes Christopher Rugaber.
An anonymous Black female executive from a PR agency talks about feeling both invisible and too visible at work, unconscious bias and what agencies can do to improve inclusion. "There are so many different programs at colleges or elsewhere for Black people in PR -- go and check there," she says.
McKee Wallwork + Co. encourages employees to raise concerns and problems by reminding them that, if nothing is said, no one will think anything is wrong, writes co-founder Steve McKee. "An issue brought to light can almost always be solved by well-intentioned colleagues, whether through a quick apology, a cleared-up misunderstanding or even a heated (but honest) argument," McKee writes.
Researchers at RMIT University in Australia have discovered "real engineering benefits" to recycling single-use face masks into materials for roads. The recycling solution involves combining shredded surgical face masks with recycled concrete aggregate to create a sustainable material.
