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Getting Back To Work: Triage Your Inbox
After a holiday, you probably have a lot of emails.
- Instead of trying to get to inbox zero on the first day, create three email labels: Need an answer today, Need an answer this week, Probably deletable.
- Using the subject line alone, filter all the emails into these three folders, then only focus on the first folder today.
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The first thing to get you back in the work game is to get yourself organized.
After a wonderful rest at the end of December, getting back to work in January can feel like a struggle. But the beginning of the year is the time when your job probably starts to pick up, and s...
It is a simple task that will make you feel motivated.
- List all your to-dos for this month and sort them by urgency.
- Then decide how you'll spend 'today'.
- Focus on one to three big tasks and keep the rest for later in the week.
- Try to re-schedule meetings on your calendar for later in the week.
- If the meeting is urgent, try starting the conversation over email.
- Make sure you are taking lots of breaks throughout the day. The easier the first d...
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- Procrastinating on tasks—both small, nagging ones and large, challenging ones
- Boring work that needs just to get done
- Responding to email and other messages while working
- Staying motivated and energized throughout the entire work day
- Focusing and finishing the...
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Rebuilding confidence is not the same as building confidence.
- When building confidence, you're trying to do something you're not sure you can do.
- However, rebuilding confidence means you used to be good, but failed at some point. Getting back is much harde...
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Black Friday is the conventional starting day for the holiday shopping season.
Historically, it’s also been the best day to find great deals on the year’s hottest toys, games, and electronics.
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