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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

Success

Professional development books give insight on how to grow in our careers, grow as people and better approach work-related challenges, shifting work environments and new opportunities. In The Alter Ego Effect , author Todd Herman suggests that we add another element: creating an alter ego to boost our confidence and skills.

UPS 240
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Think Like a Child: What We Lose with Age (and How to Get It Back)

Success

Officials at Google and 3M found fashioning offices akin to kindergarten classrooms resulted in creative, energetic environments where innovative ideas were born every day. So a system that exploits says, ‘Just pay attention to the things that are most relevant to your goals.’ This is a real strength.” Gopnik echoes those sentiments.

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

As the assistant wanting to get approval, you would fill in the Goal/Learning Objectives column and then present that to your executive and show the benefits of each. It goes back to what I said about your career goals and aspirations. Is that in line with your goals and the other things I discussed you consider in the webinar.

IAAP 100
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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Be confident. To be able to network, you must have confidence. You need confidence in yourself, confidence in your abilities, and confidence in your networking skills. Be a good listener.

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Go with your gut feeling!

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I read something that made me pause, but because I was in a big hurry and felt confident that the other person was covering that base, I let it go. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Confessions of a Micro-Manager

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets A manager has to have confidence that you know how to do your job. I just did not have confidence that this person was going to be able to assist me. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets So I started to say Yes and it was a real confidence booster. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too!