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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

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If you have an open-door policy, place your back to the entrance, or face away from your cubicle entry to indicate your unavailability. Manage drop-in visitors – Reduce “people clutter&# by placing in/out trays outside your space to avoid being disturbed by staff. Keep the office door closed.

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The R's Of Employee Motivation

Ian's Messy Desk

From corporate cubicles to the factory floor, the collective skills and efforts of people keep your operation going. If you think your employee’s poor performance is costing you profit, instead of overhauling your employee roster, why not try motivating them to become better employees ?

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

He said to first figure out how much work you’ll need to put in to reach your income and client goals. The awesomeness of working for yourself, avoiding office politics and all the other nonsense of the cubicle farms, is priceless and outweighs all the other factors… Marian Schembari´s last blog. Powered by frugal

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Is blogging worth it? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Here’s a thought: What if that dropping readership, that dwindling traffic and that lack of discussion lets you invest your time in better projects, ones that help you get closer to your goals? Think hard about whether blogging as you are now is helping you reach your goals. Who says we’re doing it right?

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Fear of Success | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

That’s why I’m learning not to look at the end product (at the goal) but focus on the steps to get there, picturing the actions I’ll take to reach the success and that way I’m already successful because I’m acting and living out my dreams. But what is scarier to me is spending my life sitting in a cubicle.

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Emotional Benefits: Are You Using Them Enough? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

The other day he told me his goal for the students is not necessarily college (that’s not likely for many of these kids) – it’s high school graduation. The other day he told me his goal for the students is not necessarily college (that’s not likely for many of these kids) – it’s high school graduation.

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Why Freelancers Need a Consultant | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If you really can’t afford to hire a consultant right now, then make it a goal to be able to afford it soon. But I realized, later on, that they were totally on board with change… they just didn’t want to become a cubicle company and didn’t become freelancers to achieve that goal. We had to backtrack.

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