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Happy International Coworking Day 2023! See How Communities Around The World Are Celebrating

Allwork

Marked on August 9 each year, International Coworking Day celebrates the day in 2005 when the self-proclaimed pioneer of coworking, Brad Neuberg, mentioned it for the first time. On this day, coworking spaces worldwide open their doors to celebrate with their communities to spread awareness about coworking.

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How To Banish Procrastination Once And For All

Allwork

The first coworking office was established in 2005 by American programmer Brad Neuberg, after he became “fed up of unsocial business centres and his lack of productivity when working from home.” Coworking spaces offer the conditions for people with a plethora of skills and services to come together.

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Independent Workers Have Higher Satisfaction Levels than Traditional Job Holders

Small Business Labs

Workers Report Highest Job Satisfaction Since 2005 on the higher earning job holders: “These are higher-skilled workers, managers, and they tend to have more control over their day-to-day work activities,” said Rebecca Ray, leader of The Conference Board’s human capital practice.

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Tips for Saying “No!” the Nice Way

Stephanie LH Calahan

Agreeing to help out shouldn't mean that you have to learn an entirely new set of skills. If you don't feel that you have adequate skills to take on a task, that's okay. I originally published portions of this article on 08-18-2005. . . I Don't Have Any Experience With That. I'm Not the Most Qualified for the Job.

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Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk on Designing a Space—and Life—That Makes You Happy

Success

He eventually began working as the design manager at Restoration Hardware, a position he later lost over a technicality, which wasn’t the last time he’d be fired from a job—far from it. Berk credits that success with “selling yourself, not necessarily your skills.” When Portico went bankrupt, Berk spun yet another opportunity.

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Could You Write a Book in a Month?

Success

In 2005 I was confident. Although I was having financial success as a writer, I wasn’t sure that my skills could translate from nonfiction to fiction. I was spending more time managing how I felt about the writing than actually writing anything. Why I put off writing a book Writing a novel has always been my dream.

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Do Bad Managers Make Us Perform Better?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, July 2, 2009 Do Bad Managers Make Us Perform Better? So, which is more important to you: Having a manager you like, or one who can take you to the top of your profession?