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Hustle Culture Is Over. Slow Productivity Is the Way to Meaningful Work

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Yet, the people who are doing this find themselves burned out , and worse, not producing meaningful work, Newport asserts in his book. And while we think it’s our bosses or deadlines, or even our bottom line driving the stress to produce, he tells readers it’s someone else pressuring us—ourselves.

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Celebrating Administrative Professionals

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

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Scheduling a performance evaluation meeting and setting measurable goals can be stressful or even seem unproductive to some. The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity.

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

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Excellent calendaring skills. Positive, can-do attitude. Ability to prioritize. Accountable. Trustworthy. Ability to remain calm under pressure. Customer-service focused. Excellent time management skills. Good listener. Professional presence. Keeps delicate information private. Political knowledge.

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Communicating With Your Manager

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This is the best advice you will ever receive on how to build a strategic partnership with your executive, manage their day, and stay on top of the volumes of tasks and projects you have to handle. Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Special Projects. Reduces stress.

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Are You Too Busy for The Most Important Partner In Your Office? The Importance of Daily Huddles

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They’ve been scheduled on their calendar as well. Yet there are proven benefits when executives and assistants take some time to discuss the day’s priorities, upcoming schedules, projects and more. Reduces stress for both the executive and assistant. 99% of the time these are dismissed as not important.

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How to Protect Your Time and Energy by Creating Boundaries

Jen Lawrence

Like many people, I didn’t feel the stress until I was so far down the rabbit hole that the only way out was to reach the bottom. Even the most ambitious of people have days where they choose a Netflix binge over finishing a project. Household chores and projects all find their way in between. But the burnout hit me hard.