URMC / Employee Assistance Program / News & Events / UR Medicine EAP Blog / September 2016 September 2016 Good-to-Know Soft Skills: Healthy Competitiveness The key is to be competitive in healthy ways. Stress Tip: Improve Your Self-Starter Ability We all procrastinate, but the stress of a looming deadline and feeling you can’t act until it’s crunch time can make you feel out of control. Stay Energized at Work Working out or going to the gym every day before work can be a big challenge, but it will help you stay more consistently energized during the workday.