Vox Open Sourced

AUGUST 13, 2025

When we gossip about famous people, we’re usually trying to set the norms for how the rest of us should behave: be beautiful and kind by following the rules like this beloved star, but don’t be annoying or trashy by breaking the rules like that one. Viral links on people’s Facebook walls were goofy , not yet political or divisive.

Social Media

Success

MARCH 29, 2022

Using your phone, tablet or computer in bed. Most of our favorite evening devices—laptops, tablets and mobile phones—emit short-wavelength blue light brightly and right in your face. When you click out of your work because you get an itch to check the news, Facebook, a sport’s score, or what have you, this pulls you out of the flow.

Gossip

Success

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We asked a host of experts, readers who follow SUCCESS on Twitter and Facebook , and our SUCCESS staff what they will do to kick-start the new year. Call one of your children on the phone. Gina Muré from Facebook. Rory Vaden from Facebook. Think about it. We got wide-ranging answers, anecdotes and tips. Take a nap.

Mentoring

Success

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This leads to gossip and politics, often just below the surface of what looks like a happy and positive culture. In the age of social media, bosses should be especially careful of how boundaries can get blurred if, for example, they become friends with employees on Facebook, which happens all too often. No example is too small.

Mentoring

Eat Your Career

MAY 24, 2011

Do you like email, phone or in-person conversation best?). This is not a gossip fest or a vent session. Share this on Facebook. Here are a few examples of the types of questions you can ask (and the information you can share about yourself) to get things started: How do you prefer to communicate? (Do What drives you insane?

Telecommuting

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

I can tell you my friends and colleagues got a lot of phone calls in those early days and it was a wonderful resource and help to me. The problem that sometimes occurs with sharing with current co-workers is it can turn into office gossip. This is where a strong assistant team is nice to have. 411 Look Up 411.ca

IAAP

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 12, 2013

Set your cell phone alarm so you give yourself enough time to wake up, get out of the sleepy daze, and be functional when you return to your desk. If you're lucky, there's not a phone in the restroom or you're not expected to answer your cell phone from there. Don't gossip or share confidential things, but you get my point.

Phones