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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

The encoding stage refers to the process of putting information into memory. The storage stage refers to retention or maintaining information in memory. The retrieval stage refers to recovering information from memory. Many people overlook this crucial step and end up missing important appointments, deadlines or details.

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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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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. Not quite what you’re referring to here though James. Text-to-speech and speech-to-text are two great potential examples. You don’t need to do that.

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Realistic Freelancing |

Men With Pens

Does your family refer to you as “the lump by the computer”? I am not a freelancer as such but I do work from home and I’ve training my boss and colleagues to stop arranging meetings after 4pm (still working on that one), I’ve been forcing myself to step away from the keyboard and to stop checking work emails after hours.

2009 40
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Creative Mind Cleaning | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It would be much easier to keyboard it but I know it wouldn’t have the same effect as writing it by hand. I do feel much more comfortable with a keyboard than hand though. As for hand-writing versus keyboard, I too am much faster when using the latter, but for me, that’s not the point. I get hand cramps!

2010 40
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Are You Interfering With Your Readers' Lives?

Men With Pens

Take psychology-style self-help books as an example, arguably the single most destructive e-book on the internet today. No matter what the topic is, before you put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, be sure that you have the qualifications to write about whatever you are about to share. Would you want references?

2010 40
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What To Do When You've Been Insulted | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

No delicate tippy-tapping on the keyboard for me. The only upside in my example is that I was the client, so I haven’t lost business, just a good supplier. Sometimes it’s best to just walk away from the keyboard. Bang” out a response is probably more appropriate. This guy had just insulted me. Or had he?

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