When a company or person declares bankruptcy, they’re saying “thank u, next” to all the debts they can’t pay back. As you might imagine, it’s a last-ditch option.

While we’re not out here recommending you file for Chapter 7, some aspects of bankruptcy aren’t all bad.

• For example, it also means a fresh start, which can provide a renewed sense of motivation and energy.

So let’s take the concept one step further: declaring “bankruptcy” when you’re feeling overwhelmed at the office and need to hit the reset button. Here’s when and where to throw in the towel:

🛜 Tab bankruptcy. This involves pressing the big X on every browser you’ve got running, and starting anew.

• When to declare: If your computer overheats every time you click into Chrome.
• How often you can get away with it: Often—whether daily before signing out or once a quarter, closing all your tabs is low stakes and really only impacts your ability to find that article you’ve been meaning to read for a month.
• How to avoid it: If you’re still attached to your tabs, reduce clutter by organizing them into categories. Or go on offense and limit the amount of tabs you can have open at a time.

Email bankruptcy. Sometimes you have to select everything in your inbox and hit “Mark as read.”

• When to declare: Once your unread email count hits four digits.
• How often you can get away with it: It depends—how reliant are you on email? If you communicate mainly via inbox, you probably shouldn’t declare bankruptcy more than once a year. If your emails are more junk than reports, once a quarter is fine.
• How to avoid it: Consistent inbox maintenance may feel daunting, but it’s the easiest way to prevent the unread count ticking higher than the number of Ariana Grande’s Insta followers. Here’s how to get to Inbox Zero.

Workday bankruptcy. When you declare a workday bankruptcy, you hang up your hat for the day and swap out your work tasks for something that will help you reset, like a long walk or an under-the-covers nap.

• When to declare: If it’s 3pm and you’ve spent all day spinning your wheels on a task that should have taken 20 minutes. 
• How often you can get away with it: Not very often—if you feel like you have to declare more than a few times a year, it may point to a larger issue at work.
• How to avoid it: Take frequent short breaks, delegate tasks (if you can), and try to avoid the perfectionism that may be causing you to spend too much time on the little things.

These declarations won’t stay on your record like a financial bankruptcy, but they can impact your ability to get work done, so use them wisely.—KL

Some leaders just don’t seem to know how to read the room:

• “So people, leave Pity City. Let’s get it done.”—MillerKnoll CEO
• “Get your f*cking ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.”—Kim Kardashian
• “We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around…We’ve got to kill that attitude.”—Australian property developer Tim Gurner (who also said millennials can’t afford to buy houses because they order too much avocado toast)

There are a lot of ways to motivate your employees. Threatening them is not typically encouraged.

Instead, one great alternative to actually energize your team is to dive into the muck. A great leader doesn’t let their team do tasks that they themselves aren’t willing to do.

So block time to make cold calls, answer customer complaints, or write a newsletter piece once in a while. Helping out on some of those tougher or more boring tasks can go a long way.

• Plus, it shows you still know your stuff, even as a higher-level leader.

This doesn’t have to be a huge lift—get back into the action by asking your team for one tactical thing that would be helpful for you to take on this week. Our caveat: Give yourself guardrails up front, so that you still have enough time to do your actual job.

Leaders are as unique as the off-menu requests at a Brooklyn bistro. So you’ve got to figure out what kind of leader you are before you lead your team (especially if you’re taking them to dinner). Are you The Maker like Melanie Perkins or The Pioneer like Steve Jobs?

Bunch makes it easy to discover your leadership style and build your skills—all based on research from Stanford University.

Plus, as a Raise reader, you’ll get 50% off your personalized plan to become a better leader in 2 minutes a day.

Check out the free assessment to kick things off.

The No. 1 rule of business writing is to avoid jargon and gratuitous acronyms—but just like your lactose intolerant friend eating a late-night slice of pizza, there are exceptions to everything. Some acronyms have slipped under the radar and are actually now more confusing when written out in full.

• Case in point: Bet you didn’t know radar ^ stands for radio detecting and ranging.

See if you can figure out the forgotten words behind each acronym below:

• CC and BCC
• PDF
• GIF
• SNAFU
• NASA

Bonus: CAPTCHA

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