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Research: Why Breathing Is So Effective at Reducing Stress - Harvard Business Review

Anxiety in the workplace is a serious problem. What can you do to stay calm, rational, and productive when dealing with a stressful situation? In several recently published studies, the authors explored the effectiveness of different techniques and found that one method — SKY Breath Meditation — offered the best results for both immediate and long-term stress reduction. This comprehensive series of breathing and meditation exercises engages the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for the body’s “rest and digest” activities, helping you to calm down and think rationally in the face of stress. These simple techniques can help you sustain greater emotional wellbeing and lower your stress levels at work and beyond.

When U.S. Marine Corp Officer Jake D.’s vehicle drove over an explosive device in Afghanistan, he looked down to see his legs almost completely severed below the knee. At that moment, he remembered a breathing exercise he had learned in a book for young officers. Thanks to that exercise, he was able to stay calm enough to check on his men, give orders to call for help, tourniquet his own legs, and remember to prop them up before falling unconscious. Later, he was told that had he not done so, he would have bled to death.

If a simple breathing exercise could help Jake under such extreme duress, similar techniques can certainly help the rest of us with our more common workplace stresses. The combination of the Covid-19 pandemic and battles for social justice have only exacerbated the anxiety that many of us feel every day, and studies show that this stress is interfering with our ability to do our best work. But with the right breathing exercises, you can learn to handle your stress and manage negative emotions.

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Want to Be More Charismatic, Make Better Decisions, and Be a Better Boss? Biological and Leadership Science Says First Take a Look at the Clock - Inc.com

Every successful person I know tends to be more charismatic than most; that leadership attribute helps them influence and persuade other people.

Every successful person I know also tends to make better decisions than most. Maybe they have a process. Like Oprah Winfrey, who focuses on deciding which bridges to cross and which to burn. Or like Steve Jobs, who said deciding when to trust yourself can make all the difference in your life. Or like Jeff Bezos, who doesn't spend a lot of time weighing the pros and cons of easily reversible decisions.

While you might think becoming an early bird is a simple matter of willpower and persistence, research shows that whether you're an early rise or a night owl is biological; nearly half of your chronotype -- your internal body clock -- is inherited.

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Breakingviews - Temasek units put new spin on SPAC pass the parcel - Reuters

Temasek signage is pictured at their annual Temasek Review in Singapore, July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su Acquire Licensing Rights

SINGAPORE, Oct 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Convincing companies to list in Singapore, the tiny Asian financial hub, has long been a tall order. Hopes that special-purpose acquisition companies would be able to help looked ill-timed: three listed on the city-state's exchange in January 2022, just as its stock market peaked and the appeal of blank-cheque firms was waning. Now one of them has found a deal in what amounts to an in-house pass-the-parcel transaction.

Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp (VERT.SI) has agreed to merge with 17LIVE in a tie-up that values the biggest livestreaming platform in Taiwan and Japan at as much as S$925 million ($673 million). The SPAC is sponsored by Vertex Venture Holdings, a venture-capital firm indirectly owned by Temasek. Companies linked to Singapore's state investor also happen to be among the target's existing investors, as are funds affiliated with Vertex, and other institutional investors. The SPAC maintains that Temasek is not involved in the business or operational decisions of any of these entities.

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‘I don’t care’: Chinese tourists in Japan enjoy eating sushi amid Beijing’s ban - South China Morning Post

Li Pei, another Chinese tourist from Qingdao in Shandong province who was visiting Ginza during the holiday season, said he “has no worries” about the water discharge.

“I understand that the concentration level of (radioactive) tritium in the treated water is below international safety standards and has limited effect,” the 40-year-old said.

Since Japan began releasing water into the sea from the Fukushima plant in late August, Chinese media, including The Global Times, have reported on Japan-bound trip cancellations and Chinese consumers’ concerns about the safety of Japanese products.

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