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If You Want to Quit Your Job, Get a Plan in Place
Even in this economy, there can be good opportunities to pursue. That means quitting the job you have now. You can change directions more smoothly if you take time to prepare.
How to Turn Your Goals Into Actions
Most people understand the need to set goals and higher standards, but how does that translate into practice? What does it mean to have a goal to “Lose 10 pounds,” or “Get promoted”? Drilling down to an actionable level of detail makes the difference between aspiration and achievement. One ofRead More
Should I Use a Paper or Electronic Organizer?
Ah, the evergreen question of all self-proclaimed productivity geeks. Should you keep your appointments and action lists on paper or in an electronic organizer? The answer: pick one. Making a decision work is more important than making the right decision. It really doesn’t matter. No, really, it doesn’t. I’ve spentRead More
Dealing with Boredom at Work: Make a Big Splash
Here are some telltale signs that you are, in fact, bored at work: You feel restless. You feel as if you’re not being challenged. You are surfing the web. Mainly about non-work stuff. You find yourself eating at you desk…a lot. The office water cooler has become your desk. I’mRead More
8 Stunning PowerPoint Templates: The Spring Line!
Every once in a while, we here at WorkAwesome like to provide you with some concrete tools that you can use in your work life. Today, we’re revisiting an old favorite: PowerPoint Templates. This past December we had 17 templates, and now we have a few more including several withRead More
Pushing Through Urgent to Get to Important
In an earlier article, I alluded to the notion that everyone should give themselves the gift of time. Coming off a long weekend gave me the perfect opportunity to do just that. I’ve had the time to reflect and get in the right headspace going into a week of workRead More
The Sanity of Plain Language
Although we all begin life using small words and understanding each other perfectly, somewhere between childhood and middle management our ability to communicate goes mad. We turn healthy little nouns like “product” into overgrown verbs like “productize,” which then become bloated nouns like “productization.” Forms are impossible to complete, instructionsRead More