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21 Tips To Be Productive And Happy At Work

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Let me start with a disclaimer, I am not pretending that I am a guru of some sort who knows how to handle work pressure in any situation. I am writing this as I think this may help you if you are in a similar situation as I once was. It was becoming difficult for me to increase productivity, I wasn’t able to concentrate and wasn’t producing results I wanted to produce. Then I made these small adjustments.

20 Tips To Be Productive And Happy At Work

It’s not that I practice all of the days in and day out, but I follow most of them every day. In a way, this is similar to the other projects I mentioned before, how to be a better person in 15 ways and how to feel good and increase productivity.

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When Your Career Doesn’t Progress Well

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Researchers have proven that career progress perception plays an important role in influencing an individual’s mood and productivity in the workplace. Whether you’re trying to be more productive in your current schedule or to have aspirations of launching a whole new start-up or a new career altogether, the drive to reach your goals is always aided by the feeling of making progress.

When Your Career Doesn't Progress Well

The way a person perceives their current position and recent career progress have a direct effect on their self-esteem, confidence, creativity, and morale. However, many times people are too hard on themselves and they allow their past and present to weigh down on their future.

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How To Organize Your Office To Increase Productivity

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Most people just do not realize how much their living and working environment impacts their personal productivity. If you are working out of a messy and cluttered area, you probably waste a total of 30 minutes a day trying to track down files or items that need.

Organize Your Office To Increase Productivity

Not only does this type of space keep you constantly distracted, but it promotes negative working energy as well. With that being said, you probably hear people say on a daily basis that they just don’t have enough room in their office to get organized, or their office really isn’t designed for their needs.

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How Does Getting a Good Night’s Sleep Help You Perform Better?

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To be a top contributing member of your workplace you must start by taking care of yourself in your private life, and that includes loving and being loved by your family and friends, having a hobby and most importantly, getting a good night of sleep, every night!

Good Night's Sleep Help You Perform Better

This is easier said than done for most people during the summer months. Tossing and turning during hot nights is one of the largest contributing factors to a poor night’s sleep. The best way to combat this problem is to spend in a good quality mattress.

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Be Better Employee: How To Write Winning Emails

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If your job requires you to spend a significant amount of time in front of a computer, how many mails do you write per day at work?

I do send around 30 -50 emails per day on average which includes mails to my team members, direct reports, leaders and colleagues. I write mails to people working in my organization or some other organization we deal with.

It is very difficult to cope with a inbox which receives a mail every couple of minutes and you require to answer a few of them as soon as possible.

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Beyond Benefits: What Makes a Workplace Great for Employees?

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Offering a competitive salary and benefits package is a huge part of building a quality team. After all, top talent likely won’t accept an employment offer without these basic features in place; they know their worth, and you should, too. But money isn’t everything when it comes to incentivizing and engaging employees, nor is paid time off. So, what is?

Beyond Benefits: What Makes a Workplace Great for Employees?

To put it plainly: Money can’t make up for poor company culture or a lack of employee appreciation. It’s not fun to work in an old stingy place or for someone who doesn’t have a company culture. Companies today need motivating factors beyond regular paycheck to attract and retain their best employees.

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How To Decorate Your Office Cubicle – To Stand Out in the Crowd

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An honest confession – until recently, my cubicle at work looked like a trash bin. I spent some money and energy fixing up my cubicle, and now it’s the envy of others.

In this article, I will talk about decorating a cubicle in manly ways. I have seen good, bad and ugly workspaces occupied by ladies, but they look so different from a man’s cubicle.

And honestly, I have very little idea of improving a woman’s cube. So, this article mainly aims at men. For women, there’s no better place than Pinterest to get ideas.

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Top 4 Resume Mistakes To Avoid

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This post is about productivity. This is about getting a better job. To land a better job, you first need to have necessary skills, sometimes that means getting specially trained. The next step is to brush up your resume. It’ absolutely required that your resume must be a top class document. It shouldn’t have mistakes in it.

Top 4 Resume Mistakes To Avoid

Your resume says a lot about you, it’s a showcase for the prospective employer, and you want to make sure it is saying the right things. Make your resume work for you and not against you by knowing what common resume mistakes to avoid.

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How To Streamline Productivity With The Right Collaboration Tools

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Nowadays, more and more businesses have gone virtual, particularly in California as this seems to be a new trend. Working virtual means they do not only work in a conventional office setup but also work remotely. The rise of the internet and mobile devices has introduced a lot of software programs and applications that are useful for many businesses, and collaboration tools are some of them.

How To Streamline Productivity With The Right Collaboration Tools

If you try to visit job boards to check some companies in order to expand your business relationships, you will find most of the companies you come across are most likely using some type of collaboration tools. This isn’t just a trend, as it’s becoming a reality.

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