Make more money by staying positive
A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found people with higher levels of cynicism earn less money than those with positive attitudes. How do you reduce your own cynicism?
Category: Personal Development
Green space helps keep you productive
Why is Facebook installing a nine-acre green roof at its headquarters?
1-Minute Strategies: September ’15
Organize your smartphone apps in one fell swoop … Create a positive impression with voice mail … Make a not-to-do list.
The changing role of the admin
Administrative workers took a particularly hard hit during the recession, writes Bryce Covert for New Republic. Nearly 1.7 million administrative support positions were lost between 2007 and 2013, and unlike earlier recessions, these jobs did not return as the economy rebounded. Instead, professionals are more likely to answer their own phones and manage their own calendars …
What are the most hated office tasks?
If you work in your company’s front office, chances are your least favorite administrative task is preparing and sending office mail. A national survey of 1,000 people by Postalocity.com listed the top 10 least favorite tasks.
1-Minute Strategies: Aug. ’15
Boost your career by self-publishing on LinkedIn … Develop resilience to ease your way through life’s struggles … Increase productivity by setting yourself up to say “done.”
How do you fight your fears and assert yourself every day?
“Confident and assertive people don’t turn themselves off,” inspirational keynote speaker Susan Leahy taught her webinar audience last month. So how do you stay switched on?
What it takes to build a great admin career
Julie Perrine says she’s an “accidental admin”—but once she got into it, she found she enjoyed the job and had the skills necessary to succeed at it. She’s worked in customer service, as an executive assistant and as a virtual assistant. In 2009, she launched All Things Admin and now does onsite workshops, training and speaking. We caught up with Perrine recently and talked about the changing role of admins and what it takes to get ahead in the profession now.
When the blunder feels like a job-killer
Everyone makes mistakes on the job, but are there some you can’t recover from?
1-Minute Strategies: July ’15
Don’t sweat a little pessimism at work … Book just about anything using the Twitter app … Team up to beat stress.