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Sound advice on essential office skills from mastering social media to making a clean exit after quitting
1. Paint rain clouds on the office windows so you don’t feel like you’re missing out.
2. Ask your…
Getting Physical with Your Co-workers
1. Sign up your colleagues for Tough Mudder, but don’t give them the full details until event day. Not…
1. Collect a stable of underlings. The more people looking up to you, the more powerful you appear.
2. Expand…
Dealing with Kids on Spring Break
2. Start a…
How to Give a Motivational Speech
1. Rely on extremes. You dropped out of school or you were top of your class at Yale; in your…
1. Going dairy-free in 2014? Then so is the rest of the office.
2. Practise positive self-talk to help yourself stay confident while…
1. Ensure that even your anti-flu shot colleagues get immunized. After all, if they fall ill, you’re going down with them.
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Breaking Through a Creative Slump
2. Practice the yogic “corpse pose” to still your cluttered mind.
3. Fill your workstation with…
Halloween Costumes, Office-Style
1. Earn respect with an authentic costume. Superhero-style duds need superhero-style tights.
2. Flatter your boss and show her your humorous side by dressing…
1. Spread rumours that you’re quitting before giving your notice. This way your boss will be less surprised.
2. Start skipping meetings. You’d just…
1. Be on every social network. That’s what all your devices are for.
2. Whoever said, “Don’t mix business with pleasure,” never saw your…
How to Network Like an Extrovert
1. Stay mobile to ensure that you are able to make contact with everyone. If running helps achieve this goal, so be it.
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1. Start taking midday siestas to get your body in vacation mode.
2. Forget impending deadlines; just leave an exhaustive to-do list for the…
How to Stay Active in the Office
2. Every walk to the printer is an…
1. Show eagerness by discussing the issue with your boss on the spot.
2. Over-ask with such an inflated salary request that the counter…
Transit Rider
1. The protected space under a bus stop or awning is highly coveted real estate. A Darwinian attitude should be employed when…
