How could you miss your meeting with an important client? How could you have forgotten that last Tuesday was your dentist appointment? You set these appointments because you planned on meeting these important people at the set time. Never miss another appointment again by following these easy steps.

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I’m teaching a group of potential job hunters and one thing that concerns them in our topic of resume-writing is that space labeled “work experience.” Since all of them are still college kids, they aren’t quite sure how to fill this up, especially when they’ve observed that some job postings often have that item “experience [...]

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After more than a decade of being the richest man in the world, Bill Gates is now relegated to the number two spot. The new guy - Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexican tycoon.
By the latest estimates of total assets, Slim is now worth $67.8 B which places him ahead of former number two Warren [...]

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Businesses, no matter how small or large, have a tendency to hit a slump. What’s more alarming is when the company starts heading toward bankruptcy. However, owner pride oftentimes clouds judgment and this only worsens the problem. Acknowledging the problem is usually the first step toward a turnaround. Otherwise, you’re just risking all your work [...]

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After a hard day’s work in the office, you realize you still have an appointment later in the night when you’d rather be at home sleeping. Why not do away with these hassles for a change and see how it changes your life?

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An interesting question asked by one of my students in class. “Is sucking up necessary to get a promotion or a raise?”
Well, let me clarify the context of the question. We were analyzing a scenario of an employee wanting to ask for a raise from his boss and this was to help them understand the [...]

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Google AdSense is now offering a more interesting layout style for ads. Most Web 2.0 style sites sport rounded edges and Google now makes sure that AdSense ad units can also do the same.
If you check the setup page for AdSense for content, you’d notice a new feature called “Corner Styles.” It’s a [...]

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You’re the boss. So you practically have no excuse knowing the ins and outs of you business. You attend conferences. You join associations and guilds. You read every darn magazine and newsletter on topics involving your trade. Sure, you’re up-to-date on so many things that you could probably predict how business will fare 9:57 AM [...]

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Blogging in one’s boxers (or pajamas) has been a term used for bloggers and some telecommuters who never give squat about what they wear when they work. Besides, that’s the beauty in telecommuting, you don’t have to be there physically and you work in your preferred way. If you like blogging in the buff, you [...]

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I helped out in my former company’s headhunting efforts and reading resumes had always been a treat for me. While I really don’t find them on one’s resume nowadays, I’m still interested in knowing what a person does on the side. Don’t get me wrong, I think that those information will stick out like a [...]

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It’s pretty amusing how sometimes in a gathering, people gauge the prestige of your career in terms of that little identifier attached to your name and how much you make. And most of the time, it also comes with the title. If you’re a lawyer or a doctor or a Ph.D. or a CEO, chances [...]

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In a previous post, I cited the 10 dead and dying computer skills in today’s competitive workplace. While some of the takes may be off in some cases, it still is a resonating fact that a worker must continually hone skills and stay abreast with all the developments in one’s field. Bottom line is stagnancy [...]

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In my previous look into workplace quirks, Microsoft is one of those who expressed that meetings is one of those work hours leeches that workers have to deal with. I know some workers who also think likewise.
Are meetings really that detrimental to productivity?

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Perhaps one thing of which workaholics deny themselves is the other four letter word - “life” (and a bunch of other fun four letter words). There are a lot of business owners and top managers drown themselves in too much work that their personal lives take a beating. And there are also a lot of [...]

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I’ve been writing a good deal about different approaches to the work environment in order to increase work productivity and often referred to how working at home or having control over time has an effect on worker morale and productivity.
Yesterday, the NY Times had this great article on approaches to work hours entitled, Time Wasted? [...]

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