Thu.Jul 12, 2018

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Develop a Healthy Curiosity

Office Dynamics

I would like to focus on tips from my high-end boot camp for administrative and executive assistants called World Class Assistant. The topic is Develop a Healthy Curiosity. However, I want to assure you that if you are not in the administrative profession, you will still greatly benefit from today’s topic. So continue reading. In order to excel in today’s workplace, you will need to be a good investigator.

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MBO Partners’ 8th Annual State of Independence Report

Small Business Labs

MBO Partners released their 2018 State of Independence report this week. This is the 8th annual report in this series, making it the longest running look at independent work. Emergent Research (that's us) contributes to this study. The study's top line finding is despite low unemployment and a strong traditional job market, the number of independent workers increased to 41.8 million, up from 40.9 million in 2017.  The increase was driven by a the continued growth of Occasional Inde

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How to stay informed without compromising on focus and productivity 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

The news is increasingly becoming one of the biggest obstacles to productive focus. . If you’re a creator who makes entering an effective “flow state” your mission, the multi billion dollar media industry is precisely opposed to that. . Instead, they want you “engaged”. . Not creating value, but consuming it. Clicking, scrolling and page views. .

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