Easy ways to make yourself happier
If you are looking for happiness, you are looking for harmony. The Healthy Eating Guide’s Scott Christ offers some ways to make yourself happier.
Year: 2014
Why should a parasitic worker change when his host treats him so well?
Q: “I work the morning shift as a waitress in a small, privately-owned restaurant. We have a new cook, ‘Chuck,’ who works in the afternoon. When I’m trying to leave at the end of my shift, Chuck starts telling me to make egg salad or bring him cheese from the cooler. Chuck also tells me to clean the meat slicer, which also is clearly part of his job. When another waitress and I work on the night shift with him, he never helps us clean up after closing. He just plays video games and waits for us to give him a ride home. The owner is not usually around to see these problems. How should I handle this?” Overworked
1-Minute Strategies: October ’14
Make sharing the first thing you do when you get home after work … Take 225 words of notes per minute with a pen … Does it really take 10,000 hours of practice to master a skill as author Malcolm Gladwell claims?
Ethical quandary? Ask yourself how the media would see it
The next time you find yourself struggling with an ethical question, you might want to try a bit of a shock technique to snap yourself into reality: Imagine clicking on Google News tomorrow morning and seeing how the online media’s headlines would present your decision to the world. Go ahead and put your photo next […]
3 tips for managing saboteurs at work
Toxic personalities are an unfortunate part of many workplaces, but you can learn how to handle saboteurs and still shine professionally, says development expert Kim Zoller.
Protecting your acreage at work
Q: “Everyone in our eight-person office uses my desk, even though they all have desks of their own. They say that I have the fastest computer. While sitting there, they also go through my desk drawers, which seems disrespectful. I realize that I don’t personally own this equipment, but as an administrative assistant, I have to be at my desk to work. I don’t think my boss knows about this, because I’ve never told him. What should I do?” Edged Out
What is Excel’s new PowerPivot feature?
Q: 2010/2013 new add-in: What is PowerPivot?
Building trust in your business relationships
In business, trust can make you a better worker, a better manager and more valuable to your customers. Here are tips to help you build trust.
Left out of the communication loop?
Admins need a lot of information to do their jobs right, and it can be frustrating when you don’t have all you need through no fault of your own. What to do when it’s the higher-ups keeping you in the dark?
The game of email ping pong has no winners
This one’s as true as it was years ago: If any correspondence requires more than four emails, pick up the phone or take a walk down the hallway to talk in person. Something’s not quite getting communicated correctly or clearly. Plus, don’t you find yourself getting irrationally irritated with someone when you keep seeing messages […]