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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

Gerber, 38, now a serial entrepreneur and author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter , published in 2018, has become an evangelist for entrepreneurship, particularly for resourceful young go-getters who may not be cut out for life as cubicle dwellers.

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

Success

They say no to cubicle lunches, four-minute book summaries, “multitasking” (whatever the heck that means) and monochrome, microwave dinners. Great work is almost never urgent work, and so we get swept away by the ringing phone, the jerk in traffic, the phone bill that’s overdue. In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore.

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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

Ian's Messy Desk

If you have an open-door policy, place your back to the entrance, or face away from your cubicle entry to indicate your unavailability. When placing calls, respect the time of other employees by immediately asking if you have phoned at a convenient time or should call back later. Keep the office door closed.

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It's Lonely in the Corner Office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I can interact where I am now, but I have to get up and go if I want to speak with someone and then when I get there I may find they are busy or on the phone so I have wasted my time. Of course there is a down side to being able to do that. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. (for

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

After reading the article on the "remote clicker", which is what I used to call it, I asked John in the cubicle beside me. Reactions: 2comments: Patty said. Hi Patricia and fellow admins. We looked in a catalogue and found it. It's called a Presentation Remote. Patty March 01, 2010 Patricia Robb said. Thanks Patty.

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The Ultimate Guide to Motivating Yourself

Brilliantly Better

This sounds to me more like ‘sugar-cubicles’ motivation, rather than a mature man discipline. If I understand your article correctly, you’re saying that we should put a TV inside our brain? With vivid colored and loud movies? Cristian Pascu´s last blog. I have stared doing such activities in ly life too.

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