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It’s Stress Reduction Sunday. Read my weekly post in the <\/span>Connecticut Watchdog<\/a><\/span>, This week’s entry Dealing with Difficult Bosses and Other Problem People.<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Relationships can be our greatest source of both consternation and joy. Humans are social creatures and social support has as big an impact on health as physical factors such as diet and smoking.<\/p>\n

For most of us, our work life is embedded in a matrix of social relationships. As Bob Dylan said, “You’ve got to serve somebody; it may be the devil or it may be the lord but you’re gonna have to serve somebody.”<\/p>\n

That somebody can make a huge difference in our experience of work. A pleasant, supportive, and interested boss, even if challenging contributes much to job satisfaction. A boss who is mean, tyrannical, petty, angry, backbiting, and so forth can contribute to dissatisfaction at work, and worse.<\/p>\n

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