Some examples of good stress include making a presentation, working out at the gym, getting a promotion or watching a scary movie.

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"Every morning we'd open up the newspaper and find out who was getting a promotion or having a baby or getting married -- and then we'd send them a cake, " says Breslin.

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And Jergens ended up getting newspaper coverage for a clever promotion.

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This is the message I heard loud and clear after I posted my experience getting comfortable with self-promotion a month ago.

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Forging those sorts of relationships means combing scads of data, every day, without fail: "When I come in I usually spend the first half an hour getting caught up on who got a promotion, who lost a loved one, whose kid won an award, " says Cook.

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Those springing for the top end Ultimate edition will also be getting a bit of break from Microsoft, with the company revealing plans for a promotion that'll let you grab two copies of the Home Premium edition to go along with it for fifty bucks apiece.

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Gary Goldstein, co-founder and president of executive-search firm Whitney Partners, said many banks, particularly European ones, are examining levels of seniority within their ranks and lengthening the amount of time employees remain in senior vice president-level roles before getting the big promotion, resulting in firms paying more junior-level salaries for a longer period of time.

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