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The Monday Motivator: You Are Contagious. Decide how.

Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: July 27, 2009

Recent studies on emotional and social contagion have come up with interesting results:

A leading predictor of obesity is our friends. If our friends gain weight, we are 171 percent more likely to gain weight as well.
Employees who are depressed and burned out pass those moods on to their colleagues.
A depressed friend can pass that mood [...]