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10 Bad Habits You Really Need to Break

Success

Using your phone, tablet or computer in bed. Most of our favorite evening devices—laptops, tablets and mobile phones—emit short-wavelength blue light brightly and right in your face. When you click out of your work because you get an itch to check the news, Facebook, a sport’s score, or what have you, this pulls you out of the flow.

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Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea?

On The Job

Facebook announced this week is has 500 million users. But the truth is, employees do use Facebook at work. Cavalli points out that social media interaction isn’t always about discussing a new movie or dishing the latest gossip. And not one of them ever, ever, ever uses it at work. They Twitter. They comment on blogs.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

Success

This leads to gossip and politics, often just below the surface of what looks like a happy and positive culture. In the age of social media, bosses should be especially careful of how boundaries can get blurred if, for example, they become friends with employees on Facebook, which happens all too often. No example is too small.

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Help! My Boss Is a Jerk

Eat Your Career

Do you like email, phone or in-person conversation best?). This is not a gossip fest or a vent session. Share this on Facebook. Here are a few examples of the types of questions you can ask (and the information you can share about yourself) to get things started: How do you prefer to communicate? (Do What drives you insane?

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15 Tips for When You Need a Break From Work

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Set your cell phone alarm so you give yourself enough time to wake up, get out of the sleepy daze, and be functional when you return to your desk. If you're lucky, there's not a phone in the restroom or you're not expected to answer your cell phone from there. Don't gossip or share confidential things, but you get my point.

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Microsoft Office Poll Results

Professional Assistant Blog

Also, Facebook has a few I believe. If I do end up coming up with a little extra time in the future, I will write a post on it. Try checking Yahoo Groups or Google Groups. There are quite a bit of AA forms there.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

We asked a host of experts, readers who follow SUCCESS on Twitter and Facebook , and our SUCCESS staff what they will do to kick-start the new year. Call one of your children on the phone. Gina Muré from Facebook. Rory Vaden from Facebook. Think about it. We got wide-ranging answers, anecdotes and tips. Take a nap.

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