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How to love the job you hate. Part 3.
Reframing is expressing a concept, idea, or product differently. When we change our point of view on any given situation, the facts remain the same, but a deliberate shift is made in how we see them. For example, we are reframing when we see a problem as a challenge...
How to love the job you hate. Part 2.
If any of the comments and statistics outlined in part 1 of this series apply to your situation at work, you might be justified in seeking a change in employment. Not that you’re necessarily faultless yourself, but it is difficult working in a toxic environment. The...
How to love the job you hate. Part 1
Hate is a strong word. It's the worst-case scenario. Perhaps you simply aren't motivated to wake up each morning anticipating another great day at the office, plant, or next assignment. There is no joy in your heart or spring in your step as you leave the breakfast...
The importance of writing things down.
Benefits of an “Idea Catcher” Writing things down clears your short-term memory of all those ideas, thoughts, and things you plan to do “when you get time.” An ancient Chinese proverb says, “The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory.” This is...
How to quickly break bad habits
Over 30 years ago, I had a bad habit of tossing my car keys on the kitchen table when I came home at night. Invariably I wasted time searching for my keys in the morning since they seldom remained on the table. To solve my problem my wife bought a key rack for me to...
A nap a day keeps the cobwebs away.
Although I used to nap only occasionally, I now nap on most days. I nap for a half-hour in the early afternoon. Napping is good for the learning brain. It helps strengthen the brain’s connections formed while working on your tasks, whether they involve writing, study,...
Are you prepared to manage your time?
Preparation is critical before any activity, whether it is a pilot about to fly an airplane or a surgeon about to operate on a patient. In his book “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Done Right,” Atul Gawande tells how pilots flew a particular type of...
Keep pace with an aging population
Will you still be alive and active in 2050? At 88, the odds are against my being here, but if so, I'd only be 116 years old. And that's possible if Harvard Medical School aging researcher David Sinclair is right in suggesting that the first person to live to 150 has...
Do you have a work portfolio?
What do you do for a living? That's a question that is easily answered by most professionals, managers, tradespersons, and other workers. “I'm a financial planner, professional organizer, bank manager, accountant, lawyer, salesperson, bookkeeper, maintenance...