Water Cooler Wisdom

Are You Really a Workaholic?

Marketing guru Seth Godin has just set a bunch of us wondering if we really and truly are workaholics. I always thought I was. After all, I’m driven to work 50+ hours a week. It’s not enough just to be in the office, I actually have to be contributing Read More...

Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments

Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

The Value of Planning Ahead

I am expecting my first child in March. My husband and I can’t wait to meet our little boy, but are a bit apprehensive of having our lives turned upside down. While starting and nurturing our own family unit is a high priority for us, we maintain two Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Project Management, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

"Think Twice" Before Making a Wrong Move

In their 2008 Investor’s Guide, Fortune Magazine offered ten tips to help us prevent the heat of the moment from melting our better judgment. The tips form an acronym – Think Twice – and are worth keeping in mind no matter what you’re thinking about or Read More...

Posted Sunday, December 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Best Practices, Ethics, Business, Management, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity

If You Don’t Mean It, Don’t Offer

Have you noticed that if you send an e-mail to a Web site address labeled “Info” (for example, info@company.com ), you will never, ever hear back from a real person? It seems that this “Info” address is akin to a black hole, and it’s particularly upsetting Read More...

Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Communication, Business, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work

5 Ways to Get Respect Despite Your Youth

One of my favorite new blogs is Employee Evolution (check out my recent guest post over there!), and this week, contributor Chuck Westbrook (who has just started his own blog, I Hate Your Job ) has a great post on ways to get respect quickly despite your Read More...

Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Entry Level, Communication, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Productivity, Work

Decision Making in 60 Seconds

A lot of my friends have trouble making decisions, and it's something that impacts both their personal and professional lives. I’ve never known how to help them until I saw this great post from blogger extraordinaire Steve Pavlina. Steve says that decisions Read More...

Posted Saturday, July 07, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Career Change, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Plans, Hopes, Goals

Get Into Pre-Vacation Mode

I just adore this post from Lisa Haneberg at the Management Craft blog . Lisa says that a good way to be more productive in everyday life is to fake your way into pre-vacation mode. Imagine that you are going on a 4-week vacation next week and change Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work

Neutralizing the Naysayers

Marketing blogger extraordinaire Seth Godin has a great post on the various ways people defend the status quo, and consequently quell innovation in their organizations. Seth actually heard or read all of these quotes about actual good ideas. "That will Read More...

Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Creativity & Innovation, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity

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