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Dead While Alive

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Dead While Alive Posted on 07/29/2012 // Leave a Comment “Now it’s over, I’m dead, and I haven’t done anything that I want. The money isn’t enough. I didn’t want to be dead while I was still alive.

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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

Ian's Messy Desk

If you have an open-door policy, place your back to the entrance, or face away from your cubicle entry to indicate your unavailability. Make sure the person doesn’t already have a full plate, and give them a deadline. If you don’t have a choice, ask for guidance on priorities. Keep the office door closed.

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The R's Of Employee Motivation

Ian's Messy Desk

From corporate cubicles to the factory floor, the collective skills and efforts of people keep your operation going. R-e-s-p-e-c-t Everyone wants to be treated with respect. Smart managers never overlook this fact: loyal, productive employees are one of your biggest assets. What you need? You know I got it!

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I’m telling my friends about the bad customer service

Service Untitled

As reality settles in, and the other demands of life weigh more importantly upon our daily lives, often the letter doesn’t get written. Good thing for social media and Twitter however, but will that solve all of the problems we can’t quite condense to 140 characters or less? Most of us will tell our friends.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

After reading the article on the "remote clicker", which is what I used to call it, I asked John in the cubicle beside me. Taking stock We don't know what we don't know ► June (1) Playing nice in the sandbox ► May (2) Whose meeting is it anyway? Although thingy will work in a crunch. Thanks Patty.

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It's Lonely in the Corner Office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:30 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , co-workers , cubicle , learning from each other , open workspace , professional assistant , teamwork Reactions: Newer Post Older Post Home Join me for a Webinar, Sept. I have never had my own office before and I cant say I like it, but I am getting used to it (sort of).

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

Success

I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose.”. They say no to cubicle lunches, four-minute book summaries, “multitasking” (whatever the heck that means) and monochrome, microwave dinners. What does this teach? Decisiveness.

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