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9 Types of Journaling and How They Can Benefit Mental and Physical Health

Success

Research has shown that writing and journaling can improve cognitive function and reduce stress and anxiety. You can write whatever comes to mind without a theme or specific agenda. The Social Media Addict Tool: social media Method: Create a private or public account and create little entries about your day.

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The rise of the pods shows how the workplace pendulum swings

Workplace Insight

Open plan officer workers and workplace professionals moaned about acoustics, stress, and more recently, germs in large open workspaces. Extreme changes are often forced through and heralded as the future, usually driven by poorly hidden agendas. This is in line with society’s battle to decipher hysterical online debates.

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What ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Teaches About Wisdom, Work and Relationships

Success

Let’s take a step back to just before the explosion of social media. You see her on screen repeating “I love my job, I love my job” after a particularly stressful moment, as if she’s trying to remind herself that thousands of people would kill to have her job. Despite its title, it wasn’t a film about a demon’s wardrobe.

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Administrative/Clerical: What is Your Biggest Office Productivity Killer?

Office Dynamics

You can also suggest preparing a formal agenda for each meeting so that your colleagues do not start killing time discussing other topics. Social networking is fun, but it won''t boost your office productivity. In the OfficeTime survey, 75 percent of the people who responded said they spend up to two hours per day using social media.

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

They don’t have an updated resume, a professional portfolio of work samples, or a social media presence. This makes a stressful time even tenser. Course agendas and certificates from continuing education. They don’t have a network of professionals they can activate at a moment’s notice. Past performance reviews.

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Save An Hour A Day With IQTELL

Productivity Bits

We have a lot on our agenda, and we carry an oversized to do list that limits our ability to use strategy and plan our day to achieve our goals. Instead, prioritize tasks that you need to clear from your agenda because they are more pressing. Our reality is that most of us are really busy people. Work in patterns.

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Thinking Differently about Difficult People

The Office Professionals Place

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Thinking Differently about Difficult People Dealing with difficult people can cause us to lose focus, productivity, and increase stress levels. The ability to handle people we have negative feelings about can cause the office atmosphere to become unmanageable, stressful, and in some cases hostile.

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