Lately when I visit offices, I’ve been taking a quick visual inventory of the number of people wearing headphones. What was once a total rarity has taken off in recent years. Partially this is due to the advance in computer and Internet technology. It’s now possible to listen to almost any kind of music through […]
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I was at a conference recently of administrative assistants, and one of the panelists talked about how her boss was her “professional spouse.” Not her actual spouse, mind you. Both the executive and the assistant were married to other people, but her point was that (with her words) “as a secretary to an important company […]
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If I were to be entirely honest, I would say I am a “recovering perfectionist.” Once you have the idea of what it means for something to be flawless, it’s very difficult to accept anything less in the future. However, there is much more value in abandoning the idea of perfect work in favor of […]
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