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How to Deal with Non-Negotiable Unrealistic Expectations

Eat Your Career

While it’s our duty to clarify and push back on such expectations, we may face situations where that impossibly high bar is simply non-negotiable. (By By the way, if you need help learning how to professionally pushback, I have an entire webinar on the topic of “Setting Limits and Managing Expectations” in the Career Success Library.)

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The Most Important Trait To Boost Your Productivity

Productivityist

Start With Low Cost Learning. This is why I recommend starting with low cost learning options. Here are three suggestions that provide low cost learning: Books. Use your library for the amazing tool it is. Negotiation Skills. After that, I enrolled in some courses with the Canadian Securities Institute.

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Information Is Cheap, Action Is Expensive

Brilliantly Better

Get on a bus and negotiate your arrival later. Most of the time, information was confined within thick walls, like libraries or laboratories. Yet, we almost never get on a bus, ready to negotiate our arrival later on. Just be out there somehow. Action was the cheapest merchandise out there. Everybody has it and used it.

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77 Things I Did In 2010

Brilliantly Better

From the selection phase, going through the interview and negotiation phases, all seemed incredibly familiar. I used CreateSpace for the task, which makes the ebooks available on Amazon.com too, at no additional cost. Got Rid Of My Physical Library Of Books. Not for me, but it was part of the consulting contract.

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Bored to Tears at Work - Help!

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I also thought about money, salary negotiation, and how I was spending my time. I would rather go to a pilates studio that has classes late at night that fits my work hours vs going to a gym that only costs $30 a month. I would rather buy used books on half.com vs driving in Los Angeles traffic to go the library for free books.