Month: February 2012
How to Stay Alert & Refreshed: 6 Ways
We all know what it feels like to stay up too late and struggle to stay alert the next morning. Some common causes for tiredness in the workplace are keeping odd hours, a bad diet, too much or too little exercise, caffeine addiction, alcohol abuse and, poor sleeping patterns. ItRead More
How to Go Paperless: 8 Ways
Why should you go paperless? Is it even possible? The short answer, yes but it’s very difficult. With some diligence and flexibility to change your old ways, you can have a pretty big impact. Let’s assume that you’re over the whole ‘go green’ initiative since recycling placates your conscience andRead More
Crisis Cruising – an Extreme Sport?
“The crisis is the most blessed situation that may occur for countries and persons alike, because it leads to evolution. It’s during crisis that great inventions, discoveries and strategies are born. Without crisis there is no struggle, without struggle life is a tedious routine, an irksome agony. Without crisis thereRead More
How to Keep Motivated During the Dog Days of Work
It’s a story to which many people can probably relate: A few months after I started at a new job, the excitement of the new opportunity had begun to pass, I had finished my first few major projects, and the arrival of summer began to divert my attention elsewhere. Suddenly,Read More
Success Plan 2012 – Part 2: Protect Your Job and Boost Your Employability
Editor’s Note: Read Part 1 here. Do you know why your job exists or what ensures your employability? Strip away all the window dressing and at its core, your job exists for one simple reason: to identify, prevent, and solve problems within an area of responsibility, in order to help the company make money, save money, orRead More
Review: MindMaple — Generate Awesome Ideas with a Mind Map
For many, one of the most stressful things about work is just that—all the work. In such an up-and-down economy, businesses don’t always have the size of staff they need, so employees are forced to take on extra roles and juggle extra responsibilities. Even if your work is simple andRead More
How to Offer an Awesome Customer Support
In an ideal world, your customers would communicate with you only during business hours. They would peruse your website before calling you about anything, and place online orders – which you’d gleefully fill while enjoying your morning coffee. You’d never get a crabby email clearly demanding customer support, and youRead More