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In one of his extremely interesting tweets Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar), author of many books, provides 5 good examples of Easy Work, together with 5 examples of Hard Work.
Which ones do you prefer?
Easy work:
1 complaining
2 pretending
3 blaming
4 judging
5 resenting
Hard work:
1 inspiring
2 learning
3 teaching
4 trusting
5 empowering
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Elle Kaplan highlights in her article on INC eight things that great bosses tell their employees daily to motivate them.
1. “I have total confidence in you.”
2. “This is what I want us to accomplish…”
3. “What can we do better next time?”
4. “I want to play to your strengths.”
5. “What is your opinion?”
6. “How can I better support you?”
7. “Let me know if you have any questions.”
8. “Good work.”
It is a useful list that can be handy in many occasions…
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Today we are simply overwhelmed by digital data, which make it very difficult to make our average workday a productive and focused one. Just consider how much time we spend daily on our email inbox, trying to read and answer to everybody and file every message. According to the digital explorer Alexandra Samuel (Work smarter with social media), having a clean Inbox is not only impossible, it is also a waste of time, and she provides five useful tips to resist the constant assault of online distraction:
- Stop trying to keep up. Instead of keeping up, make your goal keeping focused by being extremely clear about your priorities, both short and long term.
- Your most important online work happens offline. Be clear about what actually matters to you, before opening your computer.
- Match your digital life to your real-life priorities. Set email filters and, most importantly, make sure you’re setting up shortcuts and prioritizing what’s most relevant.
- Get your news all in one day. Use a newsreader which aggregate articles and create a news feed that lets you read stories and get information across the Internet all in one place.
- Don’t reflexively fill idle time with screen time. if you have less than five minutes of free time, resist the urge to fill it with smartphone time.
Read the full article on Fastcompany
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This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. – Anonymous
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The Diplo calendar 2017 realized by Stefano Baldi presents a selection of quotes for better living and better working.
Here is the selected quotation for the month of March
All things are difficult before they are easy
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If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends to talk to your enemies. Desmond Tutu
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Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains – daisy chains – of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between ‘his,’ ‘her’ or ‘their’ wish and yours. Andy Warhol
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