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Smart Companies Are Making This Office Design Shift To Boost Health And Creativity

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This article was written by Lisa Lombardy of TPG Architecture for Work Design Magazine. Similarly, incorporating quiet areas like phone booths, library nooks, and individual workrooms into the interior of the layout provides space for those seeking greater solitude.

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What a top-level Assistant does…

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From our perspective we don’t believe that an assistant’s role or position is “imperiled&# however we do recognize, as the article details, that the role is evolving due to technology. Their by-line states: “An Assistant knows her boss like few others. Why their partnership is imperiled.&#

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From Executive Assistant to CEO

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. & Office Managers E-Learning Modules Outline E-Learning Modules: Part 1 Contact Us Enrollment Login All Posts, Tales from the Trenches, (6) Comments From Executive Assistant to CEO Submitted by Ethan on February 22, 2010 at 04:36 PM The New York Times has a great article about Ursula Burns, the new CEO for Xerox.

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Hanging in the Tech-Life Balance: Expert Tips for Digital Well-being

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It even helps us unwind after a long day by streaming our favorite TV shows and movies or reading a book or magazine article. If you don’t constantly hear an alert or see a notification pop up, you’re less likely to reach for your phone and become distracted in the first place.

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Time Is Your Most Valuable Resource—Don’t Waste It

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Your phone, the apps you use and every website you visit are designed to capture and hold your attention. Consider the real reason you check your phone more than 150 times a day on average: It’s a principle called random rewards, and it also explains why people keep pulling a slot machine lever over and over. It’s the world we live in.

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5 Time Saving Tips for Home Businesses

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Set a time to make/take phone calls. Instead of answering the phone whenever it rings consider setting aside an hour or so each day specifically for taking and making phone calls. I’ve written before about how much time can be consumed in your day by a phone call. Create and use an info packet.

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Wondering How to Become a Morning Person? Try These 8 Techniques

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Consider making your goals more about house chores and hobbies rather than work, like doing laundry, reading that article you bookmarked a month ago and shopping for upcoming birthdays and holidays. Put down your phone. Try putting your phone to bed at least one hour before your bedtime. Is your alarm on your phone?

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