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Zap the biggest sources of stress: on-the-job angst? Nix these four main causes. (work trick of the month).(Brief Article)
Nonstop Interruptions
Minimize the problem by tackling difficult tasks first thing in the morning when it's quiet, only opening e-mails twice an hour, and when you're on a deadline, letting calls go to voice mail, then returning them all in one big blitz, says Judith Bardwick, Ph.D., author of Seeking the Calm in the Storm.
Juggling Too Many Tasks
"When you're overloaded, you're prone to panic," say Bardwick. "But tasks are never equally important, even if they all seem urgent. ...
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