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9 Pro Tips for Avoiding Loneliness When You Work From Home

Success

I try to schedule lunch or coffee with a friend once a week in order to have a little socialization on my calendar. Their advice is shrewd— a 2020 study published in PLOS One found that pets can serve as “potential social buffers for psychological distress and loneliness, regardless of species.” Consider getting a furry friend.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020. No company just lopped a day off their calendar. “Instantly, you see happier people,” says Paul McNulty, whose online publishing company adopted this schedule in mid-2020. That’s really great to see.”

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Business finance: The ultimate guide for non-finance people

BMT Office Administration

In particular, traditional business financing options like bank loans have been declining since 2020 — where they fell 6% from 2019 (43% to 37%, respectively). The catch is that a business’s fiscal year does not have to line up with the traditional calendar year. Why is that?

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

Last year for example, at C-Suite Assistants, only 7 percent of our total placements in 2020 were for EA/PAs. The demand for highly-skilled, tech-savvy, multitasking administrative professionals who perform business and personal tasks has become so great that a new position is trending—the Executive/Personal Assistant (EA/PA).

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