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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. For example, remembering the number sequence of: 6-3-2-4-8-1-7-9 could be remembered easier if the sequence is chunked into: 63-24-81-79. So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus. Stay organized.

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

it requires a firm culture that discusses recovery openly and strongly support it -both in action and written policy. my advice when you suspect a co-worker has a problem with drug or alcohol is to alert HR.but have some specific examples available. and hopefully, they have supportive procedures and policies in place to help them."

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How employers should navigate the ICO’s guidance on monitoring workers

Workplace Insight

Employers should ensure they identify a lawful basis for the monitoring including, for example, consent, public interest task or legitimate interests. For example, employers may monitor business calls to evidence business transactions, or for training or quality control purposes. The employer must also complete a DPIA.

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Sleep your way to the top | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Check out these fast examples: You’ll make mistakes. Things I didn’t get done that day, emails I meant to send, bills I haven’t paid, posts I haven’t written, product launch process – they all keep me awake in the wee small hours. hours of sleep is achieved. Reply Go ahead. Leave a Comment!

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The benefits of reading aloud | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. Take me, for example. Text-to-speech and speech-to-text are two great potential examples. I’m a pretty fast typist but it made me realise how unnatural it is to use a keyboard, or even a pen.

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Realistic Freelancing |

Men With Pens

DO NOT look at a single work email after that. Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. It’s really easy to get sucked in to one more email and lose an entire evening. Kenji – love James’ example in his comment.

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What To Do When You've Been Insulted | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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