Stop rumination from ruining your day
Focusing on bad feelings and experiences from the past can be a barrier to your present and future success. So, how do you stop it?
Quiz: Do you misuse these phrases?
Many misused words and phrases have become so common they’re now included in some dictionaries, but they once had correct usages. Here’s a list of phrases you might be saying wrong.
5 pointers for proper email forwarding
If you’re in the habit of forwarding messages along to friends, colleagues or everyone in your address book, you’ll want to take these important etiquette tips.
What’s killing your productivity at work?
Is your biggest time waster: texting? surfing the web? chatting with co-workers? A new CareerBuilder study reveals behaviors that employers say are the biggest productivity killers in the workplace.
Play devil’s advocate–against yourself
By casually mentioning a downside or two of your ideas when you discuss them, you gain credibility as an objective, fair-minded person who thinks everything through. You also get ahead of the arguments that you may encounter, leaving opponents with less firepower to their objections.
Overconnected and need a disconnect?
You’re not alone if you find yourself needing to “digitally detox” and come up with creative ways to ban digital devices from parts of your life. Caroline Tell, The New York Times, came up with a few ways to do it.
Feel underappreciated? You’re not alone
Feeling underappreciated can introduce bitterness into your work relationships, which will negatively affect your work. The lack of acknowledgment for your contribution can lead to bad feelings and an unwillingness to compromise when it comes to making decisions with a partner or co-workers, write Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer of Banyan Family Business Advisors.
Always measure the cost-benefit ratio of complaining about the boss
Q: “Without meaning to, I have created a big problem with my manager. I have doubts about his technical skills and feel that he needs more training. Since I didn’t want to tell him this, I decided to take some of my technical concerns to his boss. His boss escalated our conversation into a formal discussion with human resources. As a result, my manager is now aware of my feelings about his technical ability. How can I repair our relationship?” Worried
Do you have the right soft skills?
In today’s marketplace, soft skills—intangible personality traits and qualities such as organization, flexibility and confidence—separate an exceptional employee from an average one.
4 techniques to build your people skills
Top admins exhibit bridge-building communication skills by emphasizing shared interests and minimizing resistance. Try these techniques to communicate better with colleagues.