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Fall Back In Love… With Your Job

Feb 12, 2020
3 min

Fall Back In Love… With Your Job

Author: Michael Scaletti Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and in honor of it I thought I’d talk to you about love. No, not romantic love. Not platonic or familial love. Not even the overwhelming love a person might have for his two wonderful cats. No, I’m talking about the love shared between a person and their job. Look, I get it. It’s easy to be in love with your job when it’s new and exciting and fresh, but as time goes on those feelings begin to fade. You lose

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The Most Useful Ways to Approach Time Management

Feb 3, 2020
3 min

The Most Useful Ways to Approach Time Management

Author: Michael Scaletti Time management is important. There’s no way around that. Getting bogged down in project creep, a growing to-do list, and creeping deadlines can quickly overwhelm you if you’re not careful. According to LinkedIn, time management ranked as one of the 5 most desired skills in 2019. It’s not like you can simply decide to be better at it though. Just like any other skill, it takes practice, learned behaviors, and dedication to actually improve. There is a

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How Your Workspace Affects Your Mental Health and Productivity

Jan 7, 2020
3 min

How Your Workspace Affects Your Mental Health and Productivity

Author: Brooke Faulkner Source: Ms. Career Girl No matter how much you enjoy your job, the workplace is entirely intended to elicit the maximum productivity from its employees. Managers and supervisors should, of course, genuinely care about the wellbeing of their staff, but for the majority of companies, the priority is to operate a thriving business. Intelligent entrepreneurs will know that the former often gives rise to the latter. The environment you work in has a signifi

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5 Ways to Get (and Stay) Fit in the Workplace

Nov 19, 2019
2 min

5 Ways to Get (and Stay) Fit in the Workplace

Author: Regina del Rosario Source: Undercover Recruiter For most workers with a steady 9-to-5 job or 40-hour workweek, it can be pretty tricky to find the time to inject a healthy or active lifestyle in their daily routine. There are times when you get waist-deep with work that you end up missing a meal, or maybe the long day has worn you out that all you want to do when you get home is eat and sleep. This is most especially true for those who sit all day in their desks and

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“Make Yourself Indispensable” is Terrible Career Advice

Oct 10, 2019
3 min

“Make Yourself Indispensable” is Terrible Career Advice

Author: May Bush Source: Quartz at Work There’s a common piece of career advice that will stall your career if you’re not careful. It often comes from a well-meaning person—a friend, family member, or close mentor who wants the best for your career: In order to secure your job and position yourself for bigger, better roles, you need to “make yourself indispensable.” In reality, making yourself indispensable is the best way to keep yourself where you are in your job, rather t

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Older Americans are Turning Their Backs on Retirement

Oct 9, 2019
2 min

Older Americans are Turning Their Backs on Retirement

Author: Ina Jaffe Source: NPR Bob Orozco barks out instructions like a drill sergeant. The 40 or so older adults in this class follow his lead, stretching and bending and marching in place. It goes like this for nearly an hour, with 89-year-old Orozco doing every move he asks of his class. He does that in each of the 11 classes he teaches every week at this YMCA in Laguna Niguel, Calif. “I probably will work until something stops me,” Orozco says. He may be an outlier, still

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The Biggest “To Do List” Mistake Even Smart People Make

Sep 10, 2019
3 min

The Biggest “To Do List” Mistake Even Smart People Make

Author: David Allen Source: CNBC The biggest waste of time and source of stress in the workplace is chasing our to-do lists. How often have you found yourself chasing after 14 different tasks that keep scurrying down 25 rabbit holes? Every day, most likely. (It’s a lot like that “whack-a-mole” game we used to play as kids. The adult version is not fun.) When it comes to productivity and creating to-do lists, the biggest mistake that even smart people make is focusing too much

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Burned Out? You’re Not Alone

Jul 17, 2019
3 min

Burned Out? You’re Not Alone

Author: Katie Johnston Source: Boston Globe Janna Koretz saw a number of her classmates from Cornell University go on to “big jobs” after they graduated, only to burn out quickly from the intensity of the work. So Koretz, a clinical psychologist, decided to open a practice in Boston that addressed their needs. Nearly six years later, her business, Azimuth Psychological, focuses exclusively on people in high-pressure careers, and she can’t hire therapists fast enough. “It’s j

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10 Words and Phrases to Avoid in the Workplace

Jul 3, 2019
3 min

10 Words and Phrases to Avoid in the Workplace

Author: Alice E.M. Underwood Source: Grammarly Every industry has its jargon. But some words and phrases can be unclear, unnecessary, or even offensive. Maybe some of these are phrases you like building into your business vocab, but use them with caution. If you’re going to offend or annoy someone, or if there’s a clearer way to say something, why not go the easy way? Our little caveat: every office has different protocol. If you’re buddies with your coworkers, it’s not so s

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How to Push Through and Get Things Done, Even If You Don’t Feel Like It

Jun 19, 2019
4 min

How to Push Through and Get Things Done, Even If You Don’t Feel Like It

Author: Kate Matsudaira Source: Acmqueue Have you ever come into work, sat down at your computer to begin a project, opened your editor, and then just stared at the screen? This happens to me all the time, so I understand your struggle. Even if you love your job, you don’t always feel like doing it every day. There are so many factors that influence your ability to show up to work with enthusiasm and then work hard all day long. External events can take priority in your mind

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How to Deal With Power Imbalances in the Workplace

Mar 6, 2019
2 min

How to Deal With Power Imbalances in the Workplace

Author: Sophie Johnson Source: The Nest Remember that nasty teacher who was never happier than when she had a kid squirming in her sights? How about the time your parents left your older brother in charge and he fed you partially frozen fish sticks, hogged the remote and made you rub his feet? Wherever power imbalances exist, those holding the power may abuse it. At work, where power imbalances are built into the system, it’s important to pay attention to the power dynamics

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How Scaling Yourself Down Can Scale Up Your Productivity

Feb 13, 2019
3 min

How Scaling Yourself Down Can Scale Up Your Productivity

Author: Danny Schreiber Source: Zapier The following is a detailed write-up of a popular productivity talk delivered by Scott Hanselman. Visit his blog, hanselman.com, for more productivity tips. “Don’t worry, just drop the ball.” This counterintuitive advice is one of a dozen-plus productivity practices preached by Scott Hanselman, a program manager at Microsoft, author and avid blogger and speaker. “Dropping the ball is sometimes the right answer,” Hanselman says. “Let a b

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Are Young People “Pretending” to Love Work?

Jan 29, 2019
3 min

Are Young People “Pretending” to Love Work?

Author: Erin Griffith Source: New York Times Never once at the start of my workweek — not in my morning coffee shop line; not in my crowded subway commute; not as I begin my bottomless inbox slog — have I paused, looked to the heavens and whispered: #ThankGodIt’sMonday. Apparently, that makes me a traitor to my generation. I learned this during a series of recent visits to WeWork locations in New York, where the throw pillows implore busy tenants to “Do what you love.” Neon

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How to Handle Workplace Harassment

Dec 6, 2018
2 min

How to Handle Workplace Harassment

Author: Alison Doyle Source: The Balance Careers Employees can be harassed in quite a variety of ways at work. While sexual harassment garners most of the attention, many non-sexual types of harassment can, and do, often occur on the job. It’s important to understand harassment in the workplace because it can affect you and impact your career in different ways. Knowing what constitutes harassment can help you spot it, and know how to handle it if it happens to you, or even b

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How to Pick a Career that Actually Fits You

Nov 29, 2018
2 min

How to Pick a Career that Actually Fits You

Author: Tim Urban Source: Wait But Why Hey readers! Quick note before we jump in: This is a post about something I’ve been wanting to write about forever: careers. Society tells us a lot of things about what we should want in a career and what the possibilities are—which is weird because I’m pretty sure society knows very little about any of this. When it comes to careers, society is like your great uncle who traps you at holidays and goes on a 15-minute mostly incoherent un

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Would You Take Less Money for More Meaningful Work?

Nov 8, 2018
3 min

Would You Take Less Money for More Meaningful Work?

Authors: Shawn Achor, Andrew Reece, Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, and Alexi Robichaux Source: Harvard Business Review In his introduction to Working, the landmark 1974 oral history of work, Studs Terkel positioned meaning as an equal counterpart to financial compensation in motivating the American worker. “[Work] is about a search…for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor,” he wrote. Among those “happy few” he

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The Best Way to Use Recruiters in Your Job Search

Aug 8, 2018
2 min

The Best Way to Use Recruiters in Your Job Search

Working with recruiters — the hired guns who help companies fill open jobs — isn’t just for aspiring execs at Fortune 500 companies. Chances are you’ll be approached by one someday (or want to put yourself on their radar), and navigating the tricky world of recruiting can pay off. Follow these steps to get the most out of working with recruiters. Get on their radar. It’s time to dust off that LinkedIn profile. That’s how many recruiters will find and contact you. “You want t

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How to Handle an Interview if You Have Multiple Job Offers

Jul 18, 2018
3 min

How to Handle an Interview if You Have Multiple Job Offers

What do I do if I have job offers but still have other interviews? Receiving a job offer while you are still in the interview process elsewhere can put you at a huge advantage if you play your cards right. Here is exactly what you should say to each company involved to maintain great relationships and set you up to potentially get multiple offers. To simplify the explanation, I will call the company that gave you an offer “Company A,” and the company that you are still in the

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18 Ways to “De-Stress” Your Workplace

May 17, 2018
4 min

18 Ways to “De-Stress” Your Workplace

April kicks off the start of National Stress Awareness Month. In today’s workforce, more than a third of Americans experience chronic work stress, while only 36% report that they are provided the resources to help them manage their stress at work. Employee stress isn’t just a personal issue. How your team feels at work can have a big impact on productivity, engagement, and even your bottom line—to the tune of over $300 billion a year in absenteeism and lost productivity for U

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4 Words That Could Be Holding You Back

May 16, 2018
2 min

4 Words That Could Be Holding You Back

Communication is one of the most important skills to have in your professional tool belt. Tone, the ability to be concise, and good listening skills are all important, but ultimately, words matter most. That’s why it’s important to recognize how your word choice can help you, and when it’s holding you back. The words you use convey your experience, expertise, and confidence, all of which can greatly influence how you are treated and perceived at work. Here are four words that

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