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10 Bad Habits You Really Need to Break

Success

Using your phone, tablet or computer in bed. Most of our favorite evening devices—laptops, tablets and mobile phones—emit short-wavelength blue light brightly and right in your face. When you click out of your work because you get an itch to check the news, Facebook, a sport’s score, or what have you, this pulls you out of the flow.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

We asked a host of experts, readers who follow SUCCESS on Twitter and Facebook , and our SUCCESS staff what they will do to kick-start the new year. Call one of your children on the phone. Gina Muré from Facebook. Rory Vaden from Facebook. Think about it. We got wide-ranging answers, anecdotes and tips. Take a nap.

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How to Stop Hating Your Team

On The Job

The survey also finds some of the other reasons that contribute to the negative feelings about teams: Gossip. This may be a more important skill than ever because the students have grown up communicating with technology, one-on-one cellphone texting, online with Facebook friends or tweets to the world. Passing the buck.

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Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea?

On The Job

Facebook announced this week is has 500 million users. But the truth is, employees do use Facebook at work. Cavalli points out that social media interaction isn’t always about discussing a new movie or dishing the latest gossip. And not one of them ever, ever, ever uses it at work. They Twitter. They comment on blogs.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

Success

This leads to gossip and politics, often just below the surface of what looks like a happy and positive culture. In the age of social media, bosses should be especially careful of how boundaries can get blurred if, for example, they become friends with employees on Facebook, which happens all too often. No example is too small.

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Help! My Boss Is a Jerk

Eat Your Career

Do you like email, phone or in-person conversation best?). This is not a gossip fest or a vent session. Share this on Facebook. Here are a few examples of the types of questions you can ask (and the information you can share about yourself) to get things started: How do you prefer to communicate? (Do What drives you insane?

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2 Big Myths About Work You Need to Ditch

On The Job

That includes, she says, anything introduced into the work environment with personal handheld devices such as smart phones, which can show videos or photos. More employees and managers “friend” one another these days on Facebook or “follow” one another on Twitter. Social networking. Just some friendly advice from The Resume Chick.

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