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How to Make Reading Part of Your Daily Routine

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Is that book you’ve been meaning to read still sitting unopened on your nightstand? How to make time for reading We asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council—busy people by definition—how they make time for reading. Make time for reading by putting it on your calendar. Put e-books on your phone.

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

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If your answer is exhausted and depleted, instead of proud and energized, you might need to rethink the definition of “productive” altogether. That’s what New York Times bestselling author Cal Newport does for us in his new book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. Hustle culture is not the answer.

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This Canadian Real Estate Agent Helped His Daughter Break an Unusual Guinness World Record and Found a Breakthrough of His Own

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He helped his daughter set an unusual world record : most national anthems sung in their home countries in a calendar year. All in one calendar year. Capri Everitt, who now at 17 has a burgeoning career as a singer and social media influencer, is the one with her name in the record books. Tom Everitt has a strange claim to fame.

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6 Ways To Prove That Your Company Isn’t Flex-Washing

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Clue recruits into your company’s approach, covering topics such as the organization’s definition of flexibility, stipends for optimizing their home office, rules around when they need to be at their desk or in the office (hopefully, there are very few!), Do people block out “deep thinking” time on their calendars?

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3 Steps to Finally Tackle Your Tedious Tasks

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As a professional organizer who encourages people to find the joy in tidying up their desks, calendars and filing cabinets, I am very familiar with the thinking behind grunt work, as organizing often falls into that category. Change your mindset. By week’s end, you can reward yourself with something commensurate with the goal achieved.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

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Allowing employees to work from home will definitely zap company culture and drain productivity. Handing the minutiae of backend support tasks off to a qualified professional allows leaders the calendar capacity to focus on their company’s growth and, more importantly, their own personal peace of mind. “A

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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 January, 2010 Calendar "ah ha" I was participating in a Harvard sponsored webinar with my boss the other day. One of the things they recommended to executives was to use their electronic calendar to leave themselves reminders. . -- Wait a minute! I guess he thought I needed the help.

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