Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2007

Its nice to socialize at times, but we are here to work. Taking a break is good for your health, but its not a bar or a club. Here are some tips on getting your team members to lower their voices: Ask the group of people to quiet down, move their conversation to a meeting room or even take the conversation outside.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

This is actually good for your heart and has many health benefits as well. A large number of people that wake up in the morning need their coffee to jump start their mornings and help them throughout the day. Some even drink way too much - 2 cups of regular strength coffee is enough.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? This, of course, can be a nightmare, since you could be walking up many flights.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 10, 2008

Flu season can definitely be debilitating to your health. Did your co-worker, significant other or a client give you a surprise by coughing and sneezing around you? Dont you wish you could be where they are (to the left) instead? It happens each and every year, even if you end up getting the flu shot.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

I remember going to a walk-in clinic (doctors office) for an ailment at the time. I gave in my health card and was asked to be seated. B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer. It was interesting to see that there were numbers on the side of them.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

As I was going through the manual, I saw chapters on office procedures, confidentiality, health and safety, security and more. I basically know how to answer the phones and take messages. The Human Resources Director pointed me to a small office and I was left alone to read what must have been 200 pages. I have not had much guidance.

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On The Job

APRIL 13, 2010

Air New Zealand and Alertness Solutions found in a study of in-flight passengers in a 2006 study that on the last day of their vacation, travelers had an 82 percent better performance than before their time off, and their post-vacation performance improved nearly 25 percent compared to their performance before a vacation.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You live in different time zones, you may have different interests, or different family lives. Some of them I only email, some I skype, and some I regularly talk to on the phone. I also like to travel, that’s why I’m going to Nepal on Monday…for one month…interacting with real people.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

I think that was also the day when I started to use my app as an excuse for not going out or as a standard answer at the phone. I can get pathological, I warned you… Frustration Level (0 – 100): 5 – That Quartz Core thing proved to be a little bit too time consuming, but in the end everything went well. Complicated.

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