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Stay on Track for Productivity

Success

Look up that new restaurant to make reservations for Friday night, get sidetracked reading the reviews and BOOM! LaPersonerie believes that sometimes isolation can make you more stressed. This article was published in May 2013 and has been updated. More time-wasters: social media and web-surfing. 45 minutes vanish.

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Does Money Really Make People Happier?

Success

After the anxiety to provide life’s basics, like food, a roof over your family’s head and an emergency fund is diminished, then you can look to the pleasurable perks of financial success, like reservations to that fancy French restaurant around the corner or a weekend spa treatment. Photo by @Annu1tochka /Twenty20.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

Success

If you’re interested in the restaurant business, this is the perfect chance to note what thrives overseas, be it individual dishes, types of cuisine or certain franchises. Yes, I’m the uptight stressed one, and he’s the infuriatingly open-to-whatever one. It can literally calm you. Big Returns.

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Ep 246: Jared Kleinert – CEO of Offsite

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

If you’re planning a team retreat, Offsite can save you time, money, and stress. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

It can be very stressful for employees if they have nowhere to take a personal call during the day or simply “be alone” According to the University of California, we are open to distraction every three minutes, with a consequent impact on our ability to focus and concentrate.

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

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To keep the 76,000-square-foot store running with only 120 employees, down 40% from the prior year, and with 50% fewer staff in the restaurant, they had to find efficiencies like streamlining the restaurant menu. My dad told me: ‘Rick, if you want the restaurant to run well, be in the restaurant.’ Great advice.”

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Company Perks and Showing Appreciation

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

For Dec 2012 and January 2013, I wrote a couple of posts you that you will find helpful. Some ideas are free, cost effective, and some are very, very generous. -Do What are the first things you have done at a new EA job? A: Congrats on the new job! I've answered similar questions in the past here and on my blog as well.