Archive for June, 2009
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Cut Your Day in Half
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
If there was a single thing you could do this week … ONE THING … to cut your time (not results) in half at the office, would you do it? Try this tip for one week and let us know your results!
Prepare your (reasonable) action item list the day/night before … then simply make sure [...]
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Move Past Overwhelmed
Monday, June 29th, 2009
When you feel that your “plate is too full” at work (read: every day!) and you wonder how you will have the time to get through your entire pile of paperwork on your desk (and emails in your inbox!), you can start to feel a bit overwhelmed. In addition, you have to decided where to start AND [...]
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2 Weeks Notice – Is It Time?*
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
We have all had a bad day at work … someone made a rude comment, your boss yelled at you, or a project didn’t turn out as planned. But when a bad day becomes a bad week, and a bad week becomes consistent anger, sadness, or “Sunday night dread”, your quality of life is becoming [...]
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Procrastination: Good Things Come in Small Packages
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Sometimes the anticipation of a long day at work can make you want to call in sick, or a looming report can seem so overwhelming that you continue to set it aside until the “11th hour” and you have to complete the project in record time to meet your deadline.
How can you settle your nerves and [...] -
5 Tips to Boost Energy on a Monday
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Monday mornings can be hard. It’s the beginning of the week, you have a lot of work in front of you, and you can barely see Friday evening at the end of the tunnel. This can happen even if you like your job, because the lure of sleeping in and spending time with friends and [...]
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Intervention for Workaholics
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Tell the truth: right now, are you reading this blog on your laptop, while you eat lunch AT YOUR DESK, while finishing a report for the boss, while texting on your BlackBerry, while talking on your office phone … ON YOUR DAY OFF!?!
Time for an intervention.I have been as guilty of overworking myself and multitasking [...]
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There’s no “I” in TEAM, but there is one in “FIRE”
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
We share calendars. We share tasks. We are put onto project teams. We have team meetings. We have team names. “There’s no ‘I’ in TEAM”!
Let me play devil’s advocate: when was the last time your team received an annual performance appraisal? Does everyone on your team get the same raise? Have you and your team [...] -
Decrease Stress to Improve Decision Making
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Have you ever reacted to a colleague’s remark too quickly and regretted it the next day? Have you ever yelled at an office-mate in a meeting only to feel guilty all night long once you made it home?
Yes.
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To Do Lists: To Do or Not To Do
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Thank you to all of our readers who comment on our blogs and send us feedback. We had several inquiries asking whether or not we recommend “to do” lists. Personally, I think they’re vital to staying organized, but (1) they have to contain a MINIMUM number of items to focus on, (2) they MUST be [...]
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The Most Important 30 Minutes of your Week
Monday, June 8th, 2009
There are 30 minutes that are the most important part of your week – you can choose whether you spend those 30 minutes on Friday afternoon after the office closes or Monday morning before the office opens, but either way, let me explain why these will affect the other 40 (+) hours your spend at your desk.
Organizing [...]