Awesome advice for anybody who works for a living
When you deliver first-class work as a volunteer, people will assume you deliver the same high-quality work in your professional life.” ― Judy Robinett, How to Be a Power Connector: The 5+50+100 Rule for Turning Your Business Network into Profits Judy Robinett’s How to Be a Power Connector has been nominated for a Biz Book Award for […]
Read More →The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” — Dr. Nathaniel Branden, Psychologist and Author Whether you have been in your current job for one, three, five years or longer, what you’re doing now most likely is not what you were originally hired to do. You may not even be aware […]
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”—Theodore Roosevelt You might be annoyed that no one appreciates or acknowledges all that you do at work. You might grumble to yourself when someone less committed gets ‘your’ promotion. But if you want people to recognize your diligence, work and […]
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Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.” –Benjamin Franklin Big changes can be difficult to implement. Human brains are wired to create and distinguish patterns, and our tendency to follow routines reflects this. Work practices are even more regimented—and often ingrained—than our activities at home. But, by […]
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Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards”. — Aldous Huxley, Author Advances in technology have enhanced our lives in a number of ways. From MRI machines that can peer inside our bodies to hybrid cars that reduce pollution to smartphones with GPS, cameras and the entire Internet in the […]
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To get a step up in the world, you could use a ladder, or you could use your connections. I prefer the latter.” ― Jarod Kintz, Author, Seriously delirious, but not at all serious Connections are the single most valuable resource available to help you find a new job, yet most people don’t maintain their network or […]
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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker It is safe to believe that most people want to do the best job possible – there is something soul-fulfilling about doing a good job and completing a project right. This sentiment has echoed throughout the […]
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Social media properties want to increase the time you spend with them. They call it ‘engagement’ and it is a key metric that social media sites like to quote when soliciting more VC funds or in the case of Facebook, to make their analysts happy LinkedIn has been called ‘Facebook for Business’ and for good […]
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If you make listening and observing your occupation, you will gain much more than you will by talking. — Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scouts “A beginning is a very delicate time.” Starting a new job can be a trying experience. Especially if you were out of work for a while, moved into […]
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Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” — George Carlin Whether you feel like one of the people Carlin is referring to or whether you love your job and would never consider leaving, you can’t escape the fact that job hopping is becoming […]
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