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Gratitude and the Brain

International Coach Academy

BDNF; which originates in the hippocampus (Chao, 2003) is what ‘carries’ serotonin and dopamine; the two ‘feel good’ chemicals that have been found to have a significant impact on depression (Martinowich& Lu, 2008). These regions are part of the neural networks that fire when we socialize or experience pleasure.

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The Good Life: Is Gratitude the key?

International Coach Academy

Psychologist Sara Algoe wrote that ‘Gratitude starts inside one individual and its effects spread to a dyadic relationship and perhaps throughout a social network’. [iv] Practicing gratitude invites joy into our lives. Brené Brown [xxxiv]. xxxv] Variations of this have subsequently been studied by multiple researchers over the last 20 years.

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The Laws of Khaki Revealed

On The Job

Make sure the spinach is out of your teeth: The growing popularity of video resumes, coupled with the desire to network directly with employers, has been put into a new product called VisualCV. On average, U.S. del.icio.us *.

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Top Employee Engagement Tools (Detailed Comparison)

Vantage Circle

Social network integration. PeoplePulse is an Australian company that was launched in the year 2003 providing end to end solutions for custom employee and customer surveys. With SmarpScore, an industry-leading influencer index, employees can improve their thought leadership position in their networks. Interactive content.

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Beyond coping and adaptation: Toward a sociology of coaching. A necessary paradigm shift to address contemporary dramatic social change

The Coaching Blog

families, friendships, fellowships, networks, organizations, local communities, insofar as they function as universes of discourse see Clarke and Star, 2008 ), and your society. I met hundreds of individuals and listened, observed, and talked to dozens.

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4 Lies about social media | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 4 Lies about social media Posted to: Job Hunt | Networking | Promoting Yourself October 21st, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook Everyone knows that the best way to get a job is to leverage your network. I’m on LinkedIn.

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BNET Column: Why hunting for a great job hurts your career.

Penelope Trunk

You can also think of job-hunting as doing the difficult work of connecting with people and looking for an opening in your network, and that’s certainly not something you can do all day. Networking tips for introverts Math essentials for your career Comments (12) Leave a Comment penelope, give me a job. It’s too hard.

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