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• Boost Your Earning Power with the Power of Language

  Did you know that the most accurate predictor of earning power is literacy? Literacy does not just mean being able to read, but also refers to your command of written language. I recently read an article by Steve Kaufmann at LingQ , a company that provides Read More... Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Continuing Education, Handy Resources, Personal Development, Productivity, Professionalism

• Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It

  Can you imagine a workplace with no pointless meetings, no boss hovering over your shoulder, and no punishment for arriving at 9:05AM? Two online friends of mine, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson , have just released a new book based on their popular Results-Only Read More... Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Employment Trends, Business, HR Issues, Life Balance, Productivity, Work

• The Secret of My Success

  Here’s a disclaimer before you start reading this post. I’m not writing it to brag or leave you thinking that I’m the greatest colleague or employee of all time. I’m trying to make a point, so I hope you will look at it in that light. Now that said, I’ve Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, People Skills, Productivity, Professionalism, Work

• Starting a Business? 4 Mistakes People Make

  Over at Employee Evolution , Natalie discusses common mistakes people make when starting a business. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration , over 50 percent of small businesses fail in their first year and 95 percent fail within the first Read More... Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Creativity & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Project Management, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Coping with Techno-Insecurity

  Back in 2005, my husband had a desktop PC custom designed by a store called Microcenter here in Chicago. Since then, we’ve been using this machine for nearly all of our home computing needs. For me, this adds up to a lot. Like most people, I spend hours Read More... Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Productivity, Technology

• Working Remotely or Remotely Working?

  The HR Capitalist has a great post about the distrust of those working from home. Are they really working, asks writer Kris Dunn, or are they simply squeezing 3 hours of work into an 8-hour day? More importantly, can a remote worker/telecommuter even Read More... Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: HR Issues, Life Balance, Personal Marketing, Productivity, Professionalism, Technology, Daily Life, Work

• The Next Frontier of Exercise: Training Your Brain

  My fellow Huffington Post columnist Alvaro Fernandez writes about the recent news emphasis on brain fitness and "brain training,” which reflects a growing interest in natural, non-drug-based interventions to keep our brains sharp. Fernandez says that Read More... Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Personal Development, Productivity, Technology, Work

• 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

• What Happened to Sick Days?

  Actually using sick days when you’re sick seems to be a thing of the past. Anne Fisher at Fortune reports on a recent poll by ComPsych , a major provider of employee assistance programs and other outsourced human-resources services. The firm surveyed Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, Productivity, Daily Life, Work

• Innovation is Nothing Without Execution

  Touche, Scot Herrick. Over at Cube Rules , Scot suggests that innovation may be overrated, and that innovation means very little without the ability to execute on great ideas. Innovation is important, says Scot, because we all need to be adapting to the Read More... Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Creativity & Innovation, Business, Management, Productivity, Project Management

• Beware of Subtle Self-Sabotage at Work

  We’ve spent some time on this blog discussing the warning signs that you may be in firing range at work, or that you’re unhappy in your current job situation. This week, CNN.com has an interesting piece on ways we might unknowingly sabotage our own efforts Read More... Posted Friday, December 28, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Emotional Intelligence, Office Politics, People Skills, Personal Marketing, Productivity, Troubleshooting

• "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

• Your Easy is Another Person’s Hard – and Vice Versa

  This week on Adventures in Capitalism , Chris Yeh talks about how he recently worked with a team of entrepreneurs who had done a phenomenal job of building a product that their customers loved, but couldn’t figure how to sell it to big companies for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Management, Personal Development, Productivity, Work