This Week:
Everything You Need to Know About the Expanded Canada Pension Plan
5 Minute Read
With a new deal by Canada's finance ministers to expand the scope of the CPP, higher earners will pay more to receive more in retirement.
5 Smarter Ways to Organize Your To-Do List
1.5 Minute Watch
To-do lists can be extremely crucial to your productivity, but if you just jot everything down with zero organization, it could end up being quite counterproductive. Luckily, The Muse has five suggestions for how you can better approach yours, all depending on how you work best. Find out what they are here.
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5 Simple Ways to Get Your Clients to Gush About You
10 Minute Read
So your company does great work that has customers coming back? Terrific! Now you need to spread the word to potential clients.
 
As is always the case in a smaller company with a bigger future, it's best to start with a program of attracting referrals and testimonials that you can manage, without adding a whole new burden to your schedule.
4 TED Talks to Help You Deal With Stress & Anxiety
Stress is a killer. To say that it can ultimately do you in is no exaggeration. Experienced chronically, stress wears and tears at your body -- weakening the immune system, increasing blood pressure and even triggering heart attacks, which sometimes may  be fatal.
 
But despite its bad rap, the primal stress response isn't all doom and gloom. Often it's a positive, motivating mechanism. Stress can help you perform well under pressure, pushing you to rise to the occasion. And that can be good thing when pitching a new product to investors, interviewing for a new job or speaking on stage before a sea of staring onlookers.

Whatever's stressing you out, these 4 TED Talks -- delivered by people who battled the stress of public speaking and won -- will help you chill out, at least for a few minutes. Press "play" and let the stress melt away. Access them here.