Category: Your Job
Personal Life Outside of Work
Are you spending longer at work these days, putting in extra hours just to get everything done? And, when you finally clock out and leave, do you bring your job — and workplace worries — through the front door with you? It can be a constant struggle protecting your preciousRead More
How to Enjoy Your Job
Do you get a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach every Monday morning? Are you counting down the days until the weekend? If “TGIF!!!” is your most frequent Facebook status update, there is a good chance you secretly despise your job. I interviewed Joanna Penn, author of HowRead More
How to Overcome the Stress of Being an Overachiever
According to Dr. Phil, “we can’t change what we don’t acknowledge first.” With this being the case, I have finally come to terms with a plaguing issue that I’ve denied for many years: My name is Jennifer, and I am an overachiever. There. I’ve said it. The proof is in theRead More
The Hard Work Cure
“I would have to work hard tomorrow. Work could cure almost anything, I believed then, and I believe it now.” — Ernest Hemingway Hard work is many things. We live in a complicated, fast world, surrounded by distractions. Getting down to work can be a way to free yourself ofRead More
The On/Off Principle
If you’re the kind of person who thinks outside the box when it comes to work (as most WorkAwesome readers are), then you probably know all sorts of tricks and techniques for getting the most out of the working day. Whatever your “top tips” for time management are, there’s oneRead More
6 Ways to Rise Above Workplace Politics (and Emerge Unscathed)
Unless you have always worked by yourself, you are likely to have come across office politics in one form or another. When you think about it, it is just another way of describing human relationships. It’s not surprising that workplaces usually have some type of politics — especially when the natureRead More