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10 Simple Tips to Improve Your Time Management Skills

Success

So you need to find ways to improve your time management and make the most of what you have. Highly successful people are experts at managing their time and priorities. The good news is you don’t need to go to school or take online courses to improve your time management. Do you receive phone calls that divide your focus?

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Should I Use a Robo-Advisor to Manage My Investments?

Success

A robo-advisor is an automated investing service that uses a computer algorithm instead of a person (or sometimes along with a person) to build and manage an investment portfolio. Robo-advisors provide a digital platform that manages your investments automatically. You can access the platform 24/7 from your phone, tablet or computer.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. Best practices for standing up for yourself. I apologized.

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7 Self-Care Subscription Boxes That Can Help You Manage Stress

Success

Subscription boxes are all about convenience—purchases you don’t have to think about, remember to renew or even go farther than your front door to pick up. After all, the hustle economy has trained us to be on the go all the time, and when we get caught up in our busy routines, we often forget about ourselves. Let’s Make Art Cost: $38.25/month

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Calendar Management for Executive Assistants

Office Dynamics

As an assistant of 20 years, I had one perspective of meeting management. You must keep these things in mind when you are managing your executive’s calendar. Calendar management is an important skill. You would consider jet lag; personal appointments; time to prepare; time to wrap up a meeting; logistics; travel time.

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5 Ways to Nail a Surprise Phone Interview

On The Job

I think anyone can do well in a phone interview if they're prepared, but what happens when you get an ambush call? into the phone as you step in dog barf (the dog didn't like the cushion so much) and suddenly your career is teetering on the abyss. Don't answer the phone when you're in rush hour traffic or eating lunch.

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Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems…

ProAssisting Blog

I know that they ask for this information—account numbers, PINS, last 4 digits of your social security number—so that the representative has your account or profile pulled up when they take your call but based on my experience 98% of the time, I have to repeat that information to them anyway… just ridiculous.

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