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How’s Your Sense of Humor at the Office
Even if this may sound simple, the sense of humor at the office isn’t something that everyone is endowed with.

You Teach Others How to Treat You
By applying a simple principle- if you treat me right I shall treat you the same – it’s mainly your choice you allow other people to treat you.

What Can You Do About the Constant Whiners?
Those constant whiners, who always complain about something, create an unpleasant environment no matter where they are, not just at the office.

How Contagious Are You?
No reason to panic, but Mr. and Mrs. Contagious are coming to town. This is not about some mysterious flu though and will not make the news either.

What Can You Do When Everyone Works Hard and the Results Don’t Show Up
So it may happen that everyone works really hard, doing everything by the book, but somehow the results don’t come.

Your Opinion Matters
Though it may not always feel so, your opinion matters regardless of where you work or how insignificant your role in the organization may seem.

I Feel You Don’t Listen
When I say you don’t listen, I don’t necessarily mean I told you to do something and you seemed not to hear it. It looks like you hear some noise.

Hypocrisy Is a Serious Condition
The definition of hypocrisy: sitting around all day doing nothing but complaining about the “imbecile” boss or co-worker

Trust Is Earned, You Don’t Get It For Free
Trust is among the most important aspects in the relationship between the employee and the employer and vice versa.

Your Emergency is Not Mine
Many times we expect for things to happen in an instant, but just as often it happens that your emergency is not my emergency too.

What Do You Do for Yourself?
You are certainly doing a lot of things for other people, but what do you do for yourself?

Do You Look Out the Window or in the Mirror?
Mister Collins was saying that if you look out the window instead of in the mirror, it’s possible you are not doing the right thing.

But… We Always Did It This Way
Just because you have an idea doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good one but we always did things this way around here and it worked out fine.

Why Education Plays an Important Role in Your Career
As odd as it may seem, education plays an important role in the evolution of your career. From interview to promotion, education helps a lot.

Constructive Feedback or Hate
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Most of the times the difference between constructive feedback and hate is a fine line that can quickly escalate to harsh criticism.

Don’t Wait For the Perfect Opportunity
If you are planning to wait for the perfect opportunity, you’d probably have a lot to wait in vain.

Why Don’t You Sneeze With Your Eyes Open?
Of course you can sneeze with your eyes open, is just that your body’s reflexes won’t allow you to, not before they activate the defense system.

Nothing Will Work When You’re Not OK
Everything around has a direct or indirect connection to what you do and nothing will work when you’re not OK.

On Being Wrong
If you feel you have never done anything wrong, relax, it certainly did happen. Maybe no one told you, maybe you didn’t realize it.

Can You Say No?
It may seem very obvious, but each time you say no to others, you say yes to yourself. This is very helpful when it comes to a better self management.

How Much Stuff Can You Do Right at the Same Time?
I have written many times about multi-tasking and in the meantime not a lot has changed – because you can hardly execute more tasks at the same time.

What’s the Deal with Motivational Speakers?
Motivational speakers are becoming common in many countries, and this was clearly a normal situation but this doesn’t mean you are a good or a bad one

Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
You’d better spend time considering why you comparing yourself to others. What does this do for you other than making you a little or a lot frustrated?

Why a Mistake Is Your Best Teacher
The mistake is our friend – the most beautiful affirmation I have heard from my little one, following her student - teacher discussions, during primary school.

I’m dying
It’s been a few years now since I keep saying I will be dying soon enough as as I have reached my mid age; I plan to hold on to that promise.

Let The Neighbor’s Lawn Go Dry
Hope you didn’t imagined that people don’t like to look ‘over the fence’ at the office, to make sure that neighbor's lawn go dry.

Why Don’t You Say Hello?
It’s not even that hard to say hello, not at all. “Hello” accompanied by a smile or by a more complex “How may I help you?” can work miracles.

Placing the Blame Doesn’t Do Any Good
We are so good at placing the blame on others that some of us may even turn into Blame Game Coaches. We have reached such a level of know-how that we reach proficiency in blaming everybody else.

Why Are You Always Late?
Excluded people reading this article, of course, so I don’t mean that you made a habit out of being late :) for briefings, meetings, weddings, the airport or the dentist – but just that others being late affect you directly.

How Can You Handle a Lying Colleague?
With or without intention, when a colleague – be it a peer, subordinate or worst case, a superior – is lying to you, it really sucks big time and any future collaboration with that person becomes questionable.