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41 Ways to Improve Yourself in Just 10 Minutes

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Learn a new language. Activities available on the app include improving gratitude, overcoming harmful thinking patterns and learning to manage stress. According to Discovery’s annual credit health survey from 2020, younger generations are being proactive in learning and improving their credit score. Learn from others.

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Finding Joy and Friendship in a Pandemic-Induced Hobby

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Skilled needleworkers mix decorative stitches, thread types and even beads to create intricate handheld works of art. I needed something to do—a hobby—that would force me to put my phone down and redirect my attention and my thumbs. We exchanged phone numbers and Instagram handles. Plus I learn and grow from them.”.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

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I would like to address the recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 18, 2020 by Rachel Feintzeig regarding The Vanishing Executive Assistant. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

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In its fourth quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021 financial reports—while many other companies were experiencing layoffs and frantically downsizing—BELAY announced record-breaking numbers. Working with a virtual assistant does have a learning curve. The choice to send workers home felt temporary in 2020.

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On Performance Reviews, Mindfulness and Redefining What It Means to ‘Make It’

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having already walked four miles with our son in the stroller, having shared a coffee and a chocolate chip scone, having imagined what it would be like to live in that house or maybe even that house over there , when I opened my phone to see a work email with a subject line: “Your Review Is Now Available.”. Then my dad died. Then Esquire.

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Workplace piffle, humane design and throwing away the blank slate

Workplace Insight

Lots is said about the skills we’ll need to cope with the challenges of the current Century, but this is perhaps one of the most important. Today, Apple’s products violate all the fundamental rules of design for understanding and usability Take the screen design for Apple’s phones. Originally published in 2020.

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Best of the Best: How to Create a Personal Brand Like DJ Khaled

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Was it actually a phone notification plugged into a loudspeaker? Khaled was about 16 and DJing a party in Orlando, Florida where he spent his formative years, when his phone rang. It was from the phone line inside his little makeshift studio in his parents’ house. Khaled, Nicole and the boys graced the cover of Parents in 2020.