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Hustle Culture Is Over. Slow Productivity Is the Way to Meaningful Work

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Yet, the people who are doing this find themselves burned out , and worse, not producing meaningful work, Newport asserts in his book. And while we think it’s our bosses or deadlines, or even our bottom line driving the stress to produce, he tells readers it’s someone else pressuring us—ourselves.

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

Excellent calendaring skills. If you want to hear the real secrets of star-performing assistants, join our free webinar on June 4 called The Star Performer’s Secret Sauce: 25 Proven Tips to Administrative Excellence! Positive, can-do attitude. Ability to prioritize. Accountable. Trustworthy. Ability to remain calm under pressure.

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Celebrating Administrative Professionals

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Tips to help you be more productive in your day. Proven tips on maintaining your competitive edge as an administrative or executive assistant. Be sure to mark your calendar for April 1 – 30 and check out our daily informative and fun blogs. Ideas on how to build better partnerships with your managers.

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

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Scheduling a performance evaluation meeting and setting measurable goals can be stressful or even seem unproductive to some. I have personally experienced stress in the past too! There are ways to decrease the stress levels and frustration though! Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation.

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Communicating With Your Manager

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Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner. Reduces stress. Then defer to the Star Essentials tip below. (I WHAT WOULD WE TALK ABOUT?

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Are You Too Busy for The Most Important Partner In Your Office? The Importance of Daily Huddles

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They’ve been scheduled on their calendar as well. Reduces stress for both the executive and assistant. We frequently have a break down in communications because each of them assumes the other tells me what’s happening and what’s needed. I’ve suggested daily, even weekly “huddles” as you suggest.

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How to Protect Your Time and Energy by Creating Boundaries

Jen Lawrence

Like many people, I didn’t feel the stress until I was so far down the rabbit hole that the only way out was to reach the bottom. and you can even use color coding in your calendar to indicate task types. This tip is the hardest. But the burnout hit me hard. You don’t have to say yes to everything.