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Monday, September 25, 2006
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VOLUME 3
ISSUE 127
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September WorldWIT Website Columns
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Work is a Joke
Humor Relieves Stress in the Workplace
by Joel L. Schwartz, MD
The culture of the workplace, together with dating, marriage and raising a family, create special stresses for professional women. For both sexes, stress is one of the biggest problems in the workplace. This problem is nothing to laugh at. Or is it? If humor is so good at counteracting the bad effects of stress and the workplace can be so stressful, it stands to reason that you should combine the two. But how do we get humor into the workplace? Joel L. Schwartz, MD, provides seriously humorous ways to make work a joke.
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Health Nuts
With some American workers spending over a third of their time in the workplace, that adds up to a lot of eating and drinking at the desk. What's the impact of workplace snacking on women's health? A recent survey of professional women in the U.S. found that "39 percent said they were too busy to prepare or find a healthy snack to bring to work." Take a look at the findings. Is the answer just healthier snacks or is it also health-friendlier workplaces?
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Ask Liz
How much strap is too much strap at work?
Dear Liz,
I know that it's not appropriate for my bra strap to show when I'm at work, but it's really hard to guess how a given top will look over a given bra. I live by myself and I don't have a mirror that will allow me to guarantee that my bra strap won't show if I bend a certain way. Any suggestions?
Yours,
Malva
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The Sound of Silence
Pinch Me...or Don't
Part of the process of interviewing for a management job I was hoping for involved a round-table interview with all of the managers at my level -- all men. As I was recently married, one of them asked how I would handle the longer hours and more responsibility if I were to ever have children. "This is more than a full-time job, you know." I informed the table that I would handle it the way all of them do -- since each was a father. The silence in the room after that spoke volumes. (I did get the promotion, by the way.)
-Bethany, PhoenixWIT
Send your real-life, Pinch Me...or Don't story to annej@corp.worldwit.org.
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Sponsor
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Build Relationships with ReadyTalk and Liz Ryan
We are very excited to announce that ReadyTalk, sponsor of WorldWIT’s teleseminars, is launching our very own ReadyTalk Web Seminar Series. As part of the series, Liz Ryan will be one of our very first, featured speakers on October 5th at 2PM Eastern Time. Liz will discuss how to become a savvy networker by leveraging the power of social networking to build and sustain profitable business relationships.
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Contact Info
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Questions? Comments? Write to info@worldwit.org. To submit an article, a question for "Ask Liz" or a story for "Pinch Me...or Don't", send an e-mail to Anne Jennings.
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