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Want to Reduce Digital Distractions? Brain Coach Jim Kwik Shares Strategies for Better Focus

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With social media, texts and emails, it’s easy for our brains to suddenly switch into defense mode to fight fires. You probably have woken up and gotten a social media message, voicemail message, email [or] text, and it just puts you in a mood for hours, and we lose our focus,” Kwik says. Technology is a tool for us to use. “I’m

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AI For Architecture: Exploring the Next Wave Of Office Design Innovation

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This article was written by SmithGroup’s David Fersh and Peter McNally for Work Design Magazine. These tools are replacing Google searches (or for those of us who are even older, magazine clippings) to create hyper-specific reference images for design inspiration. Current tools have been trained on vast public datasets.

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5 Tips for Aspiring Female Venture Capitalists

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She says it’s not uncommon to be mistaken for somebody’s assistant or an intern at conferences—people have asked her to get them coffee. Aside from the traditional cold email and the less traditional direct message through X, formerly known as Twitter, Kimmel became a pro at hosting founder dinners early in her career. “If

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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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Dickson had started Flat Out with $100,000 from her personal network, but realized she would need more money to produce vending machines that could take credit cards, track inventory, send emails and engage with customers via artificial intelligence and facial recognition.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2022 Issue of SUCCESS magazine. Photos nadyabadya/shutterstock.com.

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Magazines for the Administrative Assistant

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I just got my new issue of OfficePro (the IAAP magazine for office professionals) and it was a great read on the bus the last few mornings. If you are already a member of IAAP the magazine comes as part of your membership. Another magazine that I would recommend for the Administrative Assistant is AdminAdvantage.

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Business Travel Is Back: How to Maximize Your Miles

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He flies to international boat shows and often takes clients to see yachts for sale all over the world. Last year, COVID-related international travel bans kept Neff mostly grounded. Trying to buy international tickets at the last minute is a fortune,” Neff says. This year, he’s preparing to start hitting the skies again.

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