A career journal can help keep your goals on track | Faces harder to recall than names, study shows | Washington paid-leave program premiums begin Jan. 1
You can build passion for a job you don't like When you don't love your job, it's still possible to develop a passion for the work through following a "develop theory" mindset, a University of Michigan and University of Southern California study points out. Build passion for your job by focusing on becoming an expert at a skill you enjoy that ultimately will lead to greater success for the company at a macro level. U.S. News & World Report/HealthDay News (1/1)A career journal can help keep your goals on track Write in a career journal every day to monitor your successes and failures, suggests career expert Suzy Welch. Monitoring your work helps keep you on track and progressing toward your career goals, and it also makes it easier to point out your wins to a manager when applying for a promotion or when the time comes for your performance review. CNBC (1/1)
While people often forget names of people they meet, it's remembering faces that is even more difficult, according to a study conducted by the University of York. The study found that participants recalled names in 83% of tests, but only 64% recalled faces. Ladders (12/30)
The Landscape
Washington paid-leave program premiums begin Jan. 1 Beginning Jan. 1, workers and employers in Washington state will pay into a new paid family-leave program, in which employees will receive 12 weeks of paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or for a serious health condition. The benefits begin in 2020, and workers will receive benefits that are based on their wages and the state's weekly average wage. Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Wash.)/The Associated Press (12/28)
Balancing Yourself
3 keys to having the perfect start to your workday The three keys to starting the day off right and alleviating stress, according to neurosurgeon Dr. Mark McLaughlin, are meditation, creating a to-do list daily and planning each day's activities. By mapping out your day each morning, McLaughlin explains, the odds are higher that you get the tasks done that need to get done. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (1/2)
The Water Cooler
Organ transplant recipient inherits donor's allergy to peanuts When a 68-year-old woman ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, she was surprised when she had a serious allergic reaction, because she had never been allergic to peanuts before. However, the person who donated the woman's newly transplanted lung did have a peanut allergy, and this was a rare case when a food allergy was transferred from an organ donor to a receiver. Fox News/Live Science (12/31)
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