Category: General
Competence or Confidence?
Competence or confidence. Which comes first? Do your ever-improving skills grant you confidence? Or, alternatively, is it your confidence that catalyzes the growth of your skills? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? You can certainly have one in spades and suffer a conspicuous lack of the other. SomeRead More
Leadership 101
Are you working with your team to achieve your goals, or do you have to drive them the whole time? A manager thinks the job won’t get done without him; a leader knows the only way it will get done is without him.
Put the Sleeper Hold on Boring Meetings
Productivity gurus love to pick on lame meetings. But let’s be realistic…even top creative professionals have to endure meetings with clients or with project teams. Taking ownership of your work means taking responsibility for the quality of your meetings.
Working Like A Great Chef
A good chef can make great meals out of top-shelf ingredients. But great chefs turn average, ordinary produce into delicious dishes. Anyone can throw a filet mignon on the grill and end up with a great meal; the challenge lies in who can impress their customer with the less-prized cuts;Read More
What is a Dream Job?
We are always rolling the idea of a “dream job” around in our heads. Whether you’re sagging your head on a slow workday or sweating bullets during a hectic one, thoughts of your perfect job will cross your mind. What is a “dream job” anyway? It’s different for everyone, butRead More
Time-Saving Tips for Life Stuff
From reading the posts and comments throughout WorkAwesome, it seems that a common complaint of many of the writers and readers is a lack of time. Hopefully this is because you are too busy with work and raking in the financial benefits that come with this. Perhaps you’ve got aRead More
Keeping Track of Your Tech Devices
Yesterday I realized that I had 5 portable devices to recharge and a drawer of tangled cables from which to get each of the 5 recharge cables (each device has its own). My TV remote and cordless phone seemed to need new batteries and the hand held vacuum was outRead More
5 Ways to Add Value to Your Weekend
You’ve only got 168 hours to make your weekend awesome – spend it wisely. Here are 5 tips to help you get value from your weekend.