The key to weathering a terrible day
Some days just feel cursed, whether it's due to stress in our personal lives, our work lives or even a simultaneous combination of the two. But these off days aren't lost causes, writes psychologist Alice Boyes in Harvard Business Review. On these days, Boyes recommends that we tackle familiar tasks, projects that we can almost perform on auto-pilot. Such work can help us feel like we're getting things done, and remind us of the skills we have. Boyes also suggests we don't forget how useful some negative emotions can be. Anger, when used productively, can spark motivational energy we didn't even know we possessed.