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Profit versus Meaningful Work?
Meaningful and Fulfilling Work At times there may seem to be a conflict between profit and meaningful work. This is where the values of the leader come into play. Here is an example of just that. The...
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Is This Work Meaningful? 10 Questions to Ask Yourself
Meaningful work can come and go. Some find it in their first job and others are near retirement and still haven’t found it. Still others find it and then something changes and once again they need to...
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Happy at Work – One Job or Multiple Streams of Income?
A friend shared with me that her 30 year old daughter, Lois, had just lost her job. The real estate investor that Lois worked for decided to close his business in January 2015. Lois had been analyzing...
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10 Tips for Those Starting Their Careers
Starting your working life is both exciting and scary. You want to be happy at work. Some find the job they want. Others have to take something that is different from what they were looking for....
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Do You Need Passion To Be Happy At Work?
One of the most viewed lists I have done in the last five years is 10 Ways to display Passion http://www.asparker.com/ppts0910a.html. If you don’t know how to display passion you may be confused as to...
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Find Your Passion By Knowing What You Want.
After 12 years as a stay at home Mom and a one year return to teaching I decided I needed something new. I loved staying home when my children were little. There was a lot to do and I was busy. As they...
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Help Your Co-workers To Be Happy at Work
Happy at work To be happy at work it is important to enjoy and learn from your co-workers. A cohesive team makes work more enjoyable. It is important to form good relationships with people in your...
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Matching Your Values to Your Company’s Values
How can you identify a company’s values and why is it important? Your values can be defined as those activities that are most important to you. When your life is in great shape they are the things you...
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Be Prepared For A Job Change
My client, John, had recently lost his job. What was most puzzling to him was that up until he got his notice his manager had given him very positive feedback about his performance. The truth was the...
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Not Happy at Work – Amazon’s Working Environment
Turns out some of the people at Amazon.com are unhappy at work. If you read the NY Times article about the Amazon.com workplace it does not sound like a place I would like to work – bosses are...
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Finding Your Voice
“She found her voice?” the panel moderator stated questioningly. What does that mean? Shouldn’t she have found it by this time? These were the questions posed by moderator after the New Hampshire...
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Ten Business Systems Necessary to Run a Business Profitably
Good systems support the business owner by helping him/her to make good decisions. Instead of juggling the many tasks the owner organizes his/her tasks into processes or systems. Every business has...
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10 Ideas from the Book The Secret
Several years ago there was a lot of talk about the book The Secret. It was on the best sellers list for a number of months. When a friend offered to lend me her copy, I decided I was curious enough...
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Managing Yourself and Your Career
Years ago when I was a successful sales professional for AT&T I had a conversation with a colleague about where I wanted to go professionally. My goal I said was to become a large global account...
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What makes you happy? 10 Characteristics of Resilient People
What makes you happy at work? It is easy to stay happy when times are good. It is more challenging when life has thrown you a curve. In difficult times it is important to bounce back. Resilience is...
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Perfectionism – Is it a strength or a weakness?
Recently a reader wrote this to me, “I am still bothered when people call me a perfectionist. In school, people call my daughters perfectionists too. The inference is, you are wrong to work so hard on...
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10 Tips for Being a Productive Member of a Team/Committee
You have probably been asked to serve on a committee or team. When possible it is important to choose those teams wisely. (There are times when your manager appoints you to a team and you are not...
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10 Ways Employers Can Help Their Employees To Be Happy at Work
Employees that are happy at work are more productive and less likely to look for another job*. They also can help you to attract new employees who are looking for a good place to work, Employees who...
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60 Hour Work Week — Can You Survive it?
In the 80s while I was an account executive for AT&T most people in my organization worked normal (for then) business hours. By that I mean they arrived close to 8 or 8:30AM and left between 5 and...
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Detecting or Inventing Your Mission
“Everyone has his own specific vocation in life. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus everyone’s task is as unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. We detect...
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