Stressed at Work? How to Beat Common Traps in the Rat Race

Stressed at Work? How to Beat Common Traps in the Rat Race
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Hunched over, hardly moving for hours on end, hitting the same buttons again and again in the hope of a future reward … sound familiar?

I’ve spent most of my 20-year career as a neuroscientist in laboratories, studying rats and other animals to better understand how and why our brains get stuck in vicious cycles of addictive behaviour.

Sometimes going to work can feel like this. (<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-121043458/stock-photo-illustration-of-maze.html?irgwc=1&tpl=77643-108110" target="_blank">Shutterstock</a>)
Sometimes going to work can feel like this. Shutterstock
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