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Workers Behaving Badly: Why Our Stress May be Bringing Out the Worst in Us

On The Job

We see empty chairs at work, evidence of the people who have taken early retirement or other buyout packages. So, today, I want you to think about the person in the cubicle next door or down the hall. Office squabbles seemed ridiculous, and petty jealousies even more so. Almost every one of us know someone who has been laid off.

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The Habit Of Getting Things Done

Productivity Bits

You might opt to retire from your current job, but guess what, work does not end with your retirement. Stress-Free Environment - Is your cubicle optimized for productivity? Cessation of work is not likely to happen in the next century or so. What does this tell us? You’re right. Work will not go away. What We Need To Know.

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Hacking Corporate: How to Create the Work Environment You Want

Productivityist

Which environment creates more value: one where employees have autonomy to pursue a challenging, purpose-driven career, or one where he or she is constrained to a cubicle, micro-managed, and challenged with unnecessary meetings? In practice, this may mean you work from a location other than your cubicle. If you get called out, great!

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How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe

Workplace Insight

Although he came to be known as the father of all those cubicle farms that dominated US office life in the late 20th Century, and still do to a lesser extent, he was driven by some of the same principles as the Schelle brothers. It’s an enduring model of office design that exists in updated variants to this day.

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Social Impact of Working From Home | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Dino Said on December 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 am I agree , I too work at home and I love it , no rigid dress code , no claustrophobic cubicle and no stress generating travel from home to work office. Retirement Plan Said on July 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 am Choosing how long to work and on what schedule has long showed productivity benefits.

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The Solopreneur Handicap That Makes You Suck at Productivity

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

We’ve been so busy telling people to Escape Cubicle Nation , retire to 4 Hour Work Weeks and become Non-Conformists … that we’ve overlooked a few advantages of old-school big business entrepreneurs. Despite the obvious sarcasm, solopreneur life isn’t bad for those willing to make it work.

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You Will Survive: 8 Strategies to Overcome New Entrepreneur Anxiety

Success

Breathe and know that there’s no need to retreat back to cubicle-land. There is an escape from the Money Panic, and it doesn’t involve selling off retirement investments or increasing your credit card limit. The act of starting a business demands this initiation from every entrepreneur. It feels awful, but it’s perfectly survivable.