On The Job

MARCH 28, 2016

Ever heard of "Spinglish"? It's a term used to describe the jargon often used to conceal the real meaning of what is happening. For example, companies don't lay off workers. They "rightsize" the organization or there is a "synery-related headcount restructuring." Even workers do it. Instead of goofing off at work, you're "zero-tasking." These are a few of the examples in the new " Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language, " by Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf.

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Clutter Coach

MARCH 28, 2016

by Nagging is just another form of reminding, isn’t it? How you feel about the subject dictates whether you think of a reminder as a nag or as a helpful productivity tool. There are lots of ways to nag yourself; put books by the door that you have to kick out of the way if you’re not going to pick them up (and return them to the library), stick Post-Its on the mirror where they block your view, leave things out where they’ll visually bug you till you do something about them.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 28, 2016

I had the opportunity to experience Tesla's self-driving auto pilot mode in their new Model X SUV. It's very cool and the car really does drive itself. While in auto pilot mode the human driver doesn't need to have their hands on the steering wheel or touch the pedals.  Sensors circling the Tesla coupled with front-facing radar and a camera mounted by the rearview mirror continuously scan the road. This allows the car's computer to automatically follow traffic, stay i

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 28, 2016

When I started to run ridiculously long distances, 2 years ago, people who found out about that were puzzled: “How can you run 200 kilometers, Dragos? Even by car, this is a very long distance!” For a while, this was… The post Why I Run Ridiculously Long Distances appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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The Art of Admin

MARCH 28, 2016

Don’t you think this is an interesting question? It’s certainly a great place for me to start my blog! Administration is so broad and varied yet so specific and simple in its nature and definition (below). It can be entry. The post How do you define Administration? appeared first on The Art of Admin.

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The Art of Admin

MARCH 28, 2016

I was reminiscing today and reminded myself of how fortunate and grateful I am to have met and worked with my now husband for a number of years in the same company. Naturally I used to talk to him in. The post What are you going to do about it? appeared first on The Art of Admin.

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Clutter Coach

MARCH 28, 2016

by "Try as you will, you get behind in the race, in spite of yourself. It's an incessant strain to keep pace… And still you lose ground. Science empties its discoveries on you so fast that you stagger beneath them in hopeless bewilderment… Everything is high pressure. Human nature can't endure much more." A quotation from last week's newspaper?

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