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

Success

In a 2018 study on the psychology of ultra-marathon runners, researchers found that mental toughness helps overcome the perception of physical, psychological, emotional and environmental obstacles. Call it maturity or experience, but we start to listen more—internally and externally—and learn to course correct to stay consistent.

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The Future of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

By Joan Burge, Founder and CEO, Office Dynamics International. By 2018, a fifth generation, the Millennial, will enter the work force. Demonstrate your leadership skills. Competencies – Calendaring, travel, task organization, projects. Being confident, prepared and honing your skills is a great way to handle this.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

No company just lopped a day off their calendar. For example, Flocc London digital consultancy ELSE holds their internal meetings on hard chairs to encourage people to be brief, while at Copenhagen-based IIH Nordic, they use countdown timers to keep meetings short. Instead, they had to meaningfully redesign how they worked.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

INCOMING MAIL: As with e-mail, you should read the letter to see if there are any action items for your boss (or yourself) and diarize them or put the appropriate dates in the calendar. MAIL LOG: Keep a log of mail that comes in and goes out. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.