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It’s official: We’ve entered our third month of working from home, and still, no one seems to have figured out the remote equivalent of business casual. (No, pajamas are not the new pantsuit.) But when you’re a telecommuter, isn’t every day just another dress-down Friday? Not if you want to perform at your best.

According to a study by psychologists at Columbia and California State University, the clothes you put on each morning don’t just affect how others see you, but how you see yourself—not to mention they can alter your ability to think abstractly. That’s not to say you have to dress to the nines every day. Just make sure you look and feel like the confident professional you are. And for goodness sake, remember to wear pants.

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