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Effect of stress on performance

Understanding the Science Behind Stress Management Stress is a common experience in today's fast-paced world, affecting individuals across various domains of life, including work, education, and personal relationships. While some stress can be motivating and enhance performance, chronic or excessive stress can have detrimental effects on an individual's performance and overall well-being. In this blog, we will delve into the science behind stress, its impact on performance, and effective strategies for managing stress to optimize performance. Understanding Stress: Stress is the body's natural response to perceived threats or challenges, triggering a cascade of physiological and psychological reactions. When faced with stress, the body releases hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol, preparing it for a "fight or flight" response. In small doses, this response can boost alertness, focus, and energy levels, enabling individuals to tackle challenges effectively. The...

Corruption: A danger to society

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  HGoodbye government, hello corruption Bad politics and corruption are ideally addressed together. Doing so is not expensive compared to the budgets wasted if these problems go unchecked. 2 September 2022 SHARE Corruption is not  just  money wasted...Corruption fuels bad systems: bad policy ('policy capture'), bad politics.   Photo: @hamsiiidris CC BY-NC-ND This post was first published on the Oxfam blog  From Poverty to Power , edited by Duncan Green. In December 2021 I left the UK Government after 20 years as a governance adviser, and then research commissioner, and became Director of the  U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre  in Norway. After 20 years of being a ‘flexpert’, spread thinly across multiple issues, I wanted to zero in on corruption because tackling it is a means to many bigger ends. It’s a major constraint (but not the only governance constraint) to delivering ‘development outcomes’, changing real lives, and maximising bangs fo...