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Money worries are a significant cause of worry, anxiety and stress according to GP and leading mental health expert, Dr Roger Henderson, who today publishes a paper identifying the condition Money Sickness Syndrome (MSS). Almost half (43%) of the UK adult population is affected by money worries and have experienced MSS symptoms,

Debunking Six Social Media Myths Using social media to market your business is a good idea. Just don't plan on getting your whiz-kid nephew to do it for free

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Raise money and stockpile resources so that you can afford to get your message out. Spend the money to get your message out and gather support, usually through expensive mediums like TV, radio, or mail.

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Incredible things happen independently of those you personally create. I call these serendipitous blessings.

The single most important building block of successful relationships at work (and at home and play) is trust. Without trust, relationships are put in jeopardy and people disengage, pull back, and resist connecting. Without trust, people feel unsafe - physically, emotionally, mentally, or psychologically.

Process frequency. At many companies, strategic planning and portfolio management is an episodic process that happens quarterly or annually. In turbulent times, strategic planning has to happen more frequently. Kill rate. As times get tough, many companies have to de-prioritize some projects in their portfolio. Companies should make sure they focus on an idea's true potential, or else they will accidentally sacrifice ideas with great long-term potential (see a recent excerpt from The Silver Lining in BusinessWeek for more on this topic) Focus on "loving the low end." Most companies generally default towards providing better products or services to demanding customers. In tough times, companies have to figure out how they are going to compete for increasingly value-conscious customers. Ask whether you have any explicit strategies focused on "loving the low end" of your market.

So when someone behaves in a way that you find hurtful or offensive, see it for what it is: a huge whopping statement about how they feel about themselves. We all come across people in life with a strong need to prove their superiority - whether intellectual, moral, societal, financial or otherwise.

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