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The Art of Slow Living

Clutter Coach

by Slowing down to combat the stress and dehumanization of modern life isn’t a new concept, but it’s been taken to greater and more charming heights by Ella and Bruno Contigiani. “Write your text messages on your cell phone with no symbols or abbreviations and get in the habit of starting with “Dear…”.

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Hearing the Message

Office Dynamics

Do you hear the ‘ Ring, Ring’ of the Get-a-Clue phone? Not long after, I had phone call with a close friend that has known me since high school. Eerily, you happened to have just picked up a book two weeks prior, again, dissecting the same issue. It’s a message, folks! Are you hearing it? Are you hearing it? Friend: I miss you.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

Far fewer employees have laptops (39 percent), mobile phones (40 percent) or tablet computers (13 percent) available to them at work. It can be very stressful for employees if they have nowhere to take a personal call during the day or simply “be alone”.

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Holiday Messages Made Easy

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you are a job seeker, send a greeting to every person you talked with about your career search this year, whether that talk was in person, by phone, or by email. We wish you the best of holidays and a prosperous 2012! It has been a pleasure helping you reach your goals, and we look forward to contributing to your success in 2012.

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Monday Motivator: Gratitude

Office Dynamics

If we had a bad day and we happen to talk on the phone at night about it, we end our call with, “What are you grateful for?” So no matter how rough things might be or how stressful our day might have been, we always end our day on a good note by being thankful. 2012 Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence.

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The Top 5 Things That Were Wise Investments for My Home Business

Tips From T. Marie

Why it was a wise choice: Storing my files in the cloud rather than on a physical hard drive or flash drive makes it easy to access them from my desktop, laptop, iPad, and phone. 2 A Business Phone. Why it was a wise choice: When I first started my out, I just used my cell phone as my business phone too.

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Reaction Time is a Factor

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Reaction Time is a Factor Posted on 07/11/2012 // Leave a Comment I’m still in travel mode, so I’m still offering guest posts over the next couple of weeks on a regular basis. Driving too fast is stressful (will I get a ticket? will I get in an accident?

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