Word: stress
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What would bring it on? I don't know, maybe fatigue, maybe stress. But I know that I worked seven days a week, 16 hours a day, as a priest. I didn't take a day off. But I was very good. That's how I got my identity. That's how I got my fulfillment. I was a good priest who did amazing things, but I didn't have a personal life. Among my many priestly activities, I worked closely with children. My reaching out to them was not to harm them. I was reaching out for affection...
...therapy, options are limited, taking their cues from addiction protocols, which stress abstinence and provide strategies for avoiding temptation. Libido-lowering drugs may also help, as may antidepressants such as Prozac. Highly motivated patients can avoid trouble for years. The key, however, is the motivation; patients must work on their recovery for a lifetime, usually with the support of a family or community. "Running someone through a two- or three-year program, then leaving him on his own is doomed to failure," says Smith. With the lives of kids on the line, failure is something that few parents or lawmakers...
...show got a new name, newsy story lines (will Emma approve a suspicious Algerian's visa?) and promos decked out in enough stars and stripes to choke a bald eagle. (Of course, just as in real life, 9/11 didn't change everything: Episode 2 finds Emma dealing with posttraumatic stress--not from the bombing but from her breakup...
Should your firm start a competitive-intelligence department? A 1995 study by professors at the University of North Texas found that companies that place a high emphasis on CI earn an average of $1.24 a share annually, while their competitors that do not stress CI lose 7[cents] a share. There may be a chicken-and-egg dynamic at work: successful firms have a lot more cash to invest in CI. But it seems clear that watching your competitors closely can help boost your bottom line. Cliff Kalb, senior director of strategic business analysis at MERCK, says his division recently...
...believe that a central determinant of a nation's economic growth is the skill base and entrepreneurial moxie of those who live there. Human capital is a function of education, which is why successful Asian tigers (like Singapore) and fast-growing developing countries (like Mozambique) put so much stress on the quality of their schools. German schools and universities used to be the envy of the world, especially in math and science. But the country has been shocked by a couple of recent reports from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The average performance of German high school students...