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How do you work from home?
More and more companies provide you with the opportunity to work from home, depending on the nature of the activity.

“It’s Going To Be OK” Is Not a Long Term Strategy
Positive thinking is what helps you to move on, to progress, but without a proper strategy and some concrete actions, it’s not just “going to be OK”.

I Am on Vacation
To be on vacation may sound a bit out of season for us, but in some countries high season is in full swing… so, you can have it anytime.

My Time Is Not Different From Your Time
So much was written about time management that I am certain my time is different from yours or even from the time we had yesterday in the same time frame.

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.

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.

Back To School
As the manager/employer you need to be there when your employees children go back to school and and help when school starts.

You Can’t Even Imagine How Much You Can Achieve Without Email
I am not starting a cult called “Without email”, but if you are employed – you are in great danger for the electronic letter to eat your heart out.

FAQ
According to an almost accurate translation, FAQ mean answers to the most frequent questions which may pop up when something new is introduced.

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.

Why Delegation Is So Important to a Manager
Delegation should be amongst the first chapters of the book “How to Become a Boss for Dummies”. The process itself means that you empower someone.

What Have You Achieved By Midday?
Tell me if this sounds familiar – when noon is approaching you realize you haven’t yet achieved not even half of your scheduled tasks?

How Much Time You Waste on the Internet?
I don’t think you realize how much time you actually waste browsing the Internet, that’s why the situation is so dramatic.

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.

Why the To-Do List Is Not Helping
The to-do list is a sequence of stuff to do without necessarily having a clue on how to do it.

Who Do You Carbon Copy
If you don’t know who you are supposed to put in Carbon Copy, the easiest is to place there everyone who has something to do with that message, either directly or not, along with all their relatives. Not really everyone, save some for the blind copy, a.k.a. BCC.

The Backup’s Backup
Backup is another way of stating you have a contingency copy of your work.

I’ll Start Tomorrow
Did everyone survive the syndrome “I’ll Start Tomorrow”, or do you move mountains already? Chill, it was a rhetorical question! I said tomorrow, not today – it’s not like you came back to read the blog post you read yesterday.

If You Suffer From Micromanagement-itis, You Weren’t Vaccinated For Sure!
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For the sake of all employees, know there is hope if your boss suffers from micromanagement-itis. If you have a sick boss, help him. Don’t let him in his/her own misery, as it will torment you too.

To Be or Not To Be Project Manager, That Is the Question
Traditionally, a Project Manager is the one planning and sometimes executing a project – from the start to the very end. The end may not really be in reach , but not because of the Project Manager

Your Priority Should Be the Family, Not the Job!
I am convinced that you know what is your number one priority. In theory you do. In practice, you might not be so skilled at managing your job outside work.

There Is No Democracy Within Companies
I hope you didn’t think there is democracy within the companies you work for and that we each get a vote on how to do our job. This thing with voting applies merely when choosing a location for the end of the year party, not for serious business decisions.

Let’s Have a Meeting About Nothing
I know this has never happened to you – participating to a meeting on nothing and less likely, calling one yourself. This is a privilege that few mortals have. Very often :)

Telework or Remote Work
It’s been a while now since remote work was adopted as an option to classic office hours. One out of five employees throughout is part of it.

What (NOT) To Do On a Plane
If last week I was telling you about what (not) to do at the airport, today you are going to read about proper behavior on the plane.

What (NOT) To Do At the Airport
At the airport everyone expect their loved ones and it’s a true emotional furnace. At the Arrivals gate… ‘cause the Departures have different emotions.

14 Minutes a Day
Yes, you read it well: 14 minutes every day, meaning 1% out of the 1,440 minutes that a day has. 14 minutes in which you plan what to do during that day.

When a Man Says He Will Do It, He Will Do It!
If a man says he will do it, then it must be true, you don’t have to ask him every 6 months asking when he’ll do it. All clear?

What Is Change?
Change is not what it may seem and I don’t even want to go near the famous resistance to change that has been part of the struggle.