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22 Self-Improvement Gift Ideas for Personal Development Junkies

Success

Thrive Market membership Healthy products accessible to all: That’s the goal behind Thrive Market , a membership-based market that delivers high-quality, healthy, sustainable and ethically sourced groceries and home goods to your doorstep ($60–$144). Plus it comes with 24/7 secure backup and a six-month battery life. It also takes a village.

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Beyond the Org Chart: How Procedures Elevate Leadership in Administrative Professionals

All Things Admin

The Leadership Manual: Crafting Procedures as a Path to Recognition In my book, Become a Procedures Pro ® , I emphasize the unparalleled value of taking the initiative to develop and refine organizational procedures. Before leaving, I was able to spend a few days going over the binder with my temp.

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

As the assistant wanting to get approval, you would fill in the Goal/Learning Objectives column and then present that to your executive and show the benefits of each. It goes back to what I said about your career goals and aspirations. Is that in line with your goals and the other things I discussed you consider in the webinar.

IAAP 100
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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Tell us your story on how you went from temping in LA to being the EA of high-profile CEOs. I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town.

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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Take personality tests, read books, talk to people. 2) Make it clear you have bigger goals. When you interview for new jobs, do your yearly job performance reviews, network, or whenever appropriate, make it clear you have bigger goals. Become as self aware as possible regarding your beliefs, values, and principles.

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Resenting Your Boss & How to Overcome It

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The point of the above exercise is to figure out if the solution is something that can be fixed with a little action/daily maintenance (go on vacation, take better care of yourself, respectively) or will take long term planning and goals/strategy (move closer to family or save enough money to travel for a year).

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Bored to Tears at Work - Help!

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. I would rather buy used books on half.com vs driving in Los Angeles traffic to go the library for free books. Write a book, learn a new language with headphones on and Rosetta Stone or youtube videos.