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Gift Ideas For Administrative Professionals Day

Office Dynamics

Finding the perfect gift for your administrative assistant can be a daunting task since flowers and lunch no longer cut it. Today’s executive or administrative assistant wants a gift that is long-lasting. Maybe you were considering a gift certificate to your assistant’s favorite restaurant or spa. Online courses.

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5 Tips for Using Your Time Wisely

Success

Let me give you some thoughts on time management. Part of the key to time management is just staying in charge. Evaluate the hours in your days, and see if there’s a lot of wasted time that you could manage better. Give whatever you’re doing the gift of attention. Give people the gift of attention. Learn to say no.

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A review of the Assist Conference 2017

Practically Perfect PA

We had our unusual badges and gifts and a group of speakers that knew the audience inside and out with many of them working as Assistants currently or at some point in their career. We had workshops dedicated to event management, presentation design and document management.

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9 Battle-Tested Tips to Turn Stress Into Success

Success

Only when we believe high-stress situations are a gift are we able to seek and find that gift. — What helped manage the stress was focusing on the things I still had: a great brand, a fantastic team, top-notch clients and placement in a growing industry. Nafisé Nina Hodjat, managing attorney of The SLS Firm.

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The Problem With the ‘New Year, New You’ Mindset

Success

I understand it’s meant to inspire, reframing the stroke of midnight as the gift of a fresh start. 1, we haven’t managed to figure out our lives. This article was published in January 2017 and has been updated. If we fell short of who we wanted to be this year, we can always try again next year. New year, new you! Life is hard.

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How I Finally Overcame My Fear of Public Speaking

Success

It was a life-changing gift. During my time with this company, I was involved in a lot of business projects and my leadership role required me to speak both in front of my team and in management meetings. This article was published in November 2017 and has been updated. When I was 6 years old, my father bought me a violin.

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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

Success

This trip was part birthday gift, part Christmas escape, part Florida homecoming. She thought that doing something different, something lighter on gifts and heavier on togetherness, would be good for us. Now we had an afternoon to do the thoughtful gift-selecting that my mom normally takes months to do. This is Texas, after all.

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