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5 Qualities of People Who Use Time Wisely

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Ask the cancer patient who just learned he has only two months left to live. By learning to emulate the five characteristics of people who use time wisely: 1. If your skill level is a two, don’t waste substantial time trying to improve because you’ll likely never grow beyond a four. But we can learn to spend time wisely.

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The Assist Conference 2015

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I am so proud and delighted to launch the first conference from Practically Perfect PA – The Assist Conference 2015. It is taking place on the 27th February 2015 in London and as you can imagine I am very excited! The Assist Conference is designed to support assistants, to arm us with the skills we need to tackle those issues.

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4 Lessons Ultra-Athletes Can Teach Us About Grit—In Life and Business

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To achieve that pinnacle of mental toughness, Darcy Piceu, a licensed psychotherapist, 20-year veteran professional ultrarunner and two-time UTMB winner (3rd in 2011 and 5th in 2015), suggests breaking down your goals into manageable chunks and using simple management tools like a calendar to keep the momentum going. “I

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5 Realistic Tips to Be More Positive

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It wasn’t easy, but by internalizing the following five tips, I was able to turn my negative attitude into a positive one : 1. By stepping back and concentrating on my best skill, my mind switched from feeling frustrated to feeling fresh, alert and more willing to accept new information. So how did I do it? Switch gears. Why is that?

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12 Things Even the Best Leaders Can Forget

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Learn from what other great leaders sometimes forget, so you can avoid forgetting the same (important) things on your path to leadership. They could be external in the form of a market win or internal in the form of a superstar performer. This article was published in December 2015 and has been updated.

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Emotional Intelligence Is Crucial to Good Leadership—Here’s Why

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Emotional intelligence refers to your capacity to handle internal and external emotions. But unlike innate, fixed characteristics, such as your IQ, EQ is a flexible skill that you can improve. enumerates the specific components of emotional intelligence as self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.

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Want to Work at a Startup? Read This First

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Quick responses to messages and being early to interviews are at least as important as years of experience and strong interview skills. We desperately need to get the most out of our internal team and are prepared and happy to reward you for doing more than the minimum. Learn when to do and when to ask for help.