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How tiny stresses pile up — and what to do about it Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingHow tiny stresses pile up — and what to do about it

Axios

Most of us tend to ignore microstresses and just focus on the big stuff, but the small things require our attention too.

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The Next Big Idea Club’s April 2023 Must-Read Books Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingThe Next Big Idea Club’s April 2023 Must-Read Books

Next Big Idea Club

Picked as one of the “the most promising, must-read nonfiction titles” for the The Next Big Idea Club’s April 2023 Must-Read Books list.

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Experiencing microstress Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingAre you a high flyer like Rihanna? You may have the same ‘microstress’ that makes her work-life balance ‘almost impossible.’

Fortune

Even the most successful people among us are not immune from the toll of microstress caused by brief interactions with other people.

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The Hidden Toll of Microstress Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingThe Hidden Toll of Microstress

Harvard Business Review

How a relentless accumulation of unnoticed small stresses — in passing moments — is drastically affecting your well-being.

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Strategies to Get Through the Rest of the Year Without Burning Out Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingStrategies to Get Through the Rest of the Year Without Burning Out

Time Magazine

When it comes to battling tight deadlines and quarterly and annual goals, it can feel like we’re getting closer and closer to burning out. Especially when holiday stress combines with pandemic stress, it’s smart to be proactive in adopting strategies to avoid that burnout. Keeping teams energized has taken on a new look thanks to the pandemic. Be open to new ways to start meetings that are more informal or encourage team members to be authentic and vulnerable to build trust.

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Working together is great, but it’s possible to have collaboration overload Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingWorking Together is Great, But It’s Possible to Have Collaboration Overload

The Globe and Mail

Collaboration has a noble purpose: keeping others involved in decisions or at least informed about them and melding together everyone’s abilities. But when you have too much of a good thing it can go awry. Today, we see a breakdown in collaboration strategy. Often we blame the organization, but there are two important things that individuals need to do to start reclaiming their time. First, leaders can challenge beliefs about themselves and their role by figuring out what triggers apply most commonly to them and then initating connections and practices that help them to refrain. Next, leaders can alter their behaviors to streamline collaboration practices, including all meetings, e-mail and direct messages.

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Losing Your Spark? Do Less Across Your Network Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingLosing Your Spark? Do Less Across Your Network

Forbes

In the hypercompetitive world of professional sports, a new archetype of champion has been quietly emerging over the past few years. Athletes are acknowledging their limits, prioritizing their wellbeing over winning, and walking away from competition in pursuit of solace, and returning better than when they left and reenergized by the perspective they achieved. This lesson on the importance of releasing external expectations to embrace one’s true inner compass applies to business as well. Rob Cross identified the unique traits of true outliers; the rare few who are both the highest performers, and those experiencing high levels of psychological well-being, resilience, career satisfaction and general thriving. These performers shed light on how we can better manage attention, energy and our networks in a hybrid world to become world-class collaborators.

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