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February 2017

Getting Ahead

9 Tips to help you become Successful in your New Job

I was excited to receive a request for a post on how to deal with starting out a new job and being successful on it. It was particularly of interest to me because I just recently resumed at a new job and I could very well relate.

Also, in the last 2 years, I have had reasons to resume at a new job often, not because I wanted to, but because of circumstances beyond my control.

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Career Change

6 Behaviours Co-workers use to Judge your Personality

From the first day you start your job, colleagues start looking out for behaviours, qualities, and possible patterns.

Quite frankly, from the interview you had before you got the job, your interviewer most likely looked out for traits to know if you were the right fit. If your behaviours matched that of the company culture at that preliminary stage, it may become one of the factors that determine if you would be selected or not.

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Career Change, Inspiration, Lifestyle

4 Celebrities Share how they Achieve Work-life Balance

Many workers struggle with finding the right balance between work and their personal life. Do you also struggle with this?

How can we find happiness at work or in our personal lives if we don’t put in the effort?

Many of us focus way too much on work and forget about our personal lives, families, or friends. Some other people do the exact opposite, focusing more on their personal lives and forgetting to spend quality time on their jobs. This could create negative long lasting consequences in either case.

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Career Change, Getting Ahead

How to Schedule your Day to have a more Productive Day at Work

We all have twenty-four hours in a day and very often we hear people complain that there aren’t enough hours in a day. This may sound weird and I must confess, I have said that to myself sometimes.

But even very successful people have just twenty-four hours in a day and make the most of it. With that in mind, it won’t be a bad idea to discuss ways to improve productivity, especially at work.

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Career Change, Getting Ahead

3 Ways to Increase your Emotional Intelligence

You must have heard of Emotional Intelligence, right?

It sounds explanatory anyway, but if you haven’t heard of it before, that’s totally fine. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I also became more familiar with the term. Then I also took some classes in this aspect during my post-grad.

So many people lack emotional intelligence and may not even be aware of it. So I thought it was a good idea to share here on the blog because it’s a must-have life skill.

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Lifestyle

Food Hack: The Perfect Homemade Burgers for Work

When I created the relaxation category, what I had in mind was to create a space where we could discuss non-work related stuff and find ways to ease the stress in our personal lives.

It was to be some sort of place for us to gist whilst learning one or two things. Just to have a relaxed space on the blog, you know? We have to let our hair down every once in a while, or what do you think?

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