Admit it, sometimes you run out of your house without even an eyeliner. It takes so much time for you to make yourself up and when you do, you end up late for your first class. You’ve been going to school with barely a trace of face powder. Or for guys, most of the time, [...]

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Work can be so stressful, and that goes for a work that you really enjoy too. It’s something that can’t be helped. You might be taking all your vitamins and still feel exhausted at the end of the day. And you just really want a time out. But how do you get one?

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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 [...]

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I was discussing personality type as a factor that can affect office behavior with my class the other day. I suggested that they take a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test to see how they’d fare. I shared that, for me, knowing about my personality type and being aware of others’ helped me a lot on how [...]

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Burnout is every worker’s (or student’s) worst enemy. It spells that you’ve hit the bottom and the next pit that you might crash into is a nervous breakdown. You don’t have the drive, the energy and the interest to continue whatever you’re doing. Fighting burnout starts with knowing what’s causing it. Could it be your [...]

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Many workers hate deadlines. The “dead” part really makes them real killers. Loaded with all the negativity as it is, the word can still be taken either as something positive or negative. So do deadline’s make you “dead” or work like clockwork?

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Web Worker Daily compiled this list of 10 franchise establishments where web workers can do their thing. The list involves cafes (Starbucks, Cosi, Panera Bread) and bookstores (Barnes and Noble, Borders Books). These are practically cozy enough establishments where you can hang out, bring out your laptop, and work. It’s quite interesting that for web [...]

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Babysitting is one of the easiest ways to earn extra cash. No? Even though it sounds easy, babysitting is one tough job. It entails a lot of responsibilities and multiplies with every child. But if ever you had to do it, you just have to remember that basically it’s just making sure those kids are [...]

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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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Being without a job can really be depressing. As time passes by without having any luck with a job hunt, your sense of self-worth slips and you begin to question your ow capabilities. You might even forget all your accolades in the past and continue to sulk. This is apart from the challenges of keeping [...]

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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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