March recommended reading

How to Hate Your Job (or 16 Things Not to Do)

From Reading For Your Success: “I didn’t know what to do so I listened to everyone else. I found a ‘good job’ at what I later discovered was ‘a big dumb company‘. I was ecstatic. A real job that everyone could be proud of. Awesome. The excitement lasted all of about 16 days.”

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Drawing in PowerPoint 101

From PowerPoint Ninja: “I view drawing in PowerPoint as a last resort when you can’t find an appropriate photo or clip art graphic. If I can customize an existing clip art image, I’m going to go that route before I embark down the path of drawing something in PowerPoint for a couple of reasons.”

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Your Emails are Too Long

From Zen Habits: “One of the worst problems I’ve seen when people send me emails is amazingly common: they’re way too long.

Here’s a rule: a long email is never necessary. Never.”

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80 Ways to Steal Valuable Minutes for Your Work Day

From OPEN Forum: “We’re all too busy. We’re living and working in an age with countless online and offline inputs, leaving little time for us. If you’re anything like me, you wish there were another couple of hours in every work day. Or at least a few clones of myself to do things like email and laundry.

I’ve asked some of the top small business and productivity bloggers and consultants to share some of their best tips on how they add more time to their days. They’ve got some excellent advice, and each unique to their industry and talents.”

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4 ways to increase your productivity at work

Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again, yet expecting different results.”  If you want to improve your work productivity, something has to change.  Sure, you could just work more hours.  But that only lasts a little while until you get burned out and hate your work.  Consider these four ways to increase your productivity at work without working longer hours.  You may even be able to cut back your hours once you’re achieving more!

 

31 inspirational quotes for March

Here’s what other people have to say about inspiration and achieving success.

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“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.  Nothing can be done without hope.” – Helen Keller

“No matter how hard the past, one can always begin again today.” – Buddha

“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.” – Clare Boothe Luce

“Few things help someone more than to give him responsibility, and let him know that you trust him.” – Booker T. Washington