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How Change Is an Invitation to Think Differently

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We started an online education company, which has exponentially multiplied our ability to reach people in ways in-person events and seminars never could. Equally true: The gifts are always there. I find the straightest path out of chaos is to ask yourself: What’s the gift? Here’s what I know: The bad stuff is always there.

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Experts Weigh in on 17 Investments for a Rich Life

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That’s why you’ll see the great ones attending seminars, workshops, etc. Put your money toward classes, seminars and books that will make you more successful.”. Further, the amount of the gift ($20 or $5) had no impact on the receiver’s reported happiness.”. Get specific. We’ve all heard the tip: Hire an assistant.

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Let the Teacher Teach

Office Dynamics

You may be done with high school or college, but you have plenty of opportunities for learning through seminars, workshops, in-house training, and conferences. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. Be a sponge. Who can you teach?

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Let the Teacher Teach

Office Dynamics

You may be done with high school or college, but you have plenty of opportunities for learning through seminars, workshops, in-house training, and conferences. Most of my work is conducting on-site workshops and seminars for a specific organization's administrative professionals' staff. Be a sponge. Who can you teach?

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5 Powerhouse Strategies for Creating Administrative Peer Power

Office Dynamics

Sharing expertise, mentoring and offering to cover for your colleague during their vacation or for a medical emergency, are all great contributors to peer synergy. In fact, if you wanted to create the perfect administrative group or team, you would want assistants who each bring a different gift or perspective to the group.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

Find a mentor. I’m working on taking time off for visits, but in the meantime I’ll reconnect the old-fashioned way by writing, sending cards throughout the year; little gifts the family might enjoy, too. Ask questions of mentors and peers. Take stock and charge forward. Are any of those battles worth continuing? Get a leg up.

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Company Perks and Showing Appreciation

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Employee discounts to local businesses and the performing arts -Executive retreat or seminar based on Jim Loehr’s The Power of Full Engagement or The Power of Story -A team of volunteers to promote a fun culture at the office with a nominal budget allocated by the company for game nights, Halloween costume contest prizes, talent shows, etc.