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3 Awkward Money Conversations in the Workplace and How to Navigate Them

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While you share in your coworker’s happiness, does that mean you’re obligated to contribute to the gift collection that celebrates multiple, and often back-to-back, milestones? Not contributing to a gift should not negatively reflect on someone in the workplace. 1: Celebrating a coworker’s (fill in the blank) Engagement.

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Ep 159: Nellie Jacob – Longtime Executive Assistant and Strengths Coach

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Whether at school, at home, with friends, she was the organizer, the nurturer, the relationship builder, the negotiator, the one looking ahead, while high functioning in the here in now. If you send business gifts to employees, clients or sales prospects, Goody is a game changer. Go here to start gifting today ! LEAVE A REVIEW.

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A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Olympia had a gift of making you feel as if you were the most important person in the room. Everything is negotiable. She was able to quasi-patiently tolerate the negotiating process and “let it cook.”. Neither of us dared to think our work together would last for 25 years which leads me to one of the first lessons I learned.

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On the Selling of Souls: Where Do YOU Draw the Line?

Eat Your Career

I want to demand that who I am is non-negotiable and the world must simply adapt. I do believe even the most righteous person would trade a piece of his soul in exchange for the right gift: a kiss from a distant lover, a moment with his buried father, a chance to live a dream. You must be ruthless in your negotiation.

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You’re Overthinking It—These 4 Simple Self-Improvement Hacks Will Change Your Life

Success

So, when I received the gift of a planner that had big boxes for each day, I simply jotted down my total minutes spent moving or doing something active in the corresponding box on each date. Why bother when we have email, social media, text and so forth? Your email inbox will thank you. At first, I started with a 5. Need proof?

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Answering Reader Mail: Making A Splash Without Changing Everything

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

There’s nothing worse than hiring a new employee and having them come in thinking they have all the answers and are God’s gift to the company. You’ll get a sense within the first few weeks and failing that, you can always send one polite email for a lunch invitation and if they don’t respond, don’t follow up. You can just write “Thx!”

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STRESS - 22 Ideas on How to Identify it and Eradicate It!

Stephanie LH Calahan

Schedule some uninterrupted, non negotiable down time for yourself. Turn off the computer, don't check email or voicemail. I received my first journal as a gift when I was eight years old. So think of a journal as a gift to yourself. Thanks to Maria Marsala of Elevating Your Business. Best De-stress. Take The Day Off!

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