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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

Ian's Messy Desk

If you have an open-door policy, place your back to the entrance, or face away from your cubicle entry to indicate your unavailability. If you’re on the receiving end of delegation, learn to say no if your schedule is full, or find out what isn’t urgent and leave it for another day. 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. You can easily set the right tone in the workplace by learning to respond to a basic need we all share… which is to be respected and valued. What you need?

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It’s not all that bad once you learn how, but it’s not a job for wall flowers. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. You’re on your own. No one will hand work to you. Powered by frugal

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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. Yesterday I learned it’s not going to happen any time soon.

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

Men With Pens

As for listening to parents, mine learned this weekend that a wise parent can actually prevent theft. Do we appreciate it because we’ve learned how to make it interesting to us, or because we can choose to work on what interests us most? What are you going to tell them?&# but it’s the crucial key to bringing in sales.

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Why Freelancers Need a Consultant | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

So they try to be do-it-yourselfers, learning from blogs, ebooks, and other sources of free information. I usually look at the person’s free stuff first, look at where they are in their own business (I only want to learn from people who are where I want to be). They often think they can’t afford consultants in the first place.

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Is blogging worth it? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

We’re the early adopters of blogging, shaping it and changing it as we learn about its potential. Blogging is the new cubicle (you can’t steal it, I’m already writing it!) They might be surprised to learn that a large percentage weren’t even blog readers to begin with. Who says we’re doing it right?

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