You Need Mind Numbing Work
Have you ever enjoyed mind numbing work?
You need work that’s not going to weigh down your brain. A heavy brain gets tired. On the other hand, a slightly distracted brain is a light brain that can work on other problems.
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How to Feng Shui Your Workspace
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Estela M. L. Go of My Dog Ate My Blog
Want to improve both your productivity and happiness level? It’s time to feng shui your workplace. Feng shui is a practice that will help you design your environment so that it brings the best of you out. By following the 10 practical feng shui tips listed below, you can increase your productivity, your positive energy, and your working experience.
10. Practical Tips
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A Simple Guide to Overcoming Project Resistance
Do you ever notice how you are just resistant to some projects? You may have a 10 day deadline and you don’t start on it until day 5.
You think this will allow you to do some other stuff you’ve wanted to work on. The problem is you end up trolling the internet or doing stuff that doesn’t matter that much.
You’ve convinced yourself of the advantages of procrastinating and it backfires again and again. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with a little procrastination, but when your procrastination starts stressing you out then you have a problem.
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How to Discover Your Superpowers
A lot of people have been asking me, “What exactly is a superpower?” It’s time I gave you an answer.
So, over the past couple months I’ve talked a lot about developing your superpowers, but I never explained how to figure out what your superpowers are in the first place. The best way for me to do this is to start by asking you a few questions.
What do people come to you for?
Why do they come to you for this thing?
Do you enjoy helping people solve this problem?
The thing that people approach you about the most is a superpower. People love coming to you for this thing because they know you will do an amazing job. The most important aspect though is that you enjoy helping people with this thing.
Career superpowers are actions that come easily to you, are fun and you can do them for a long period of time. As you build your career, you should become more in tune with what your superpowers are. If you don’t, you will miss out on the opportunity to create leverage.
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4 Ultimate PC Productivity Tools
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Wendy Graham of online colleges.
If you work from home or attend online college, you know the importance of keeping productive; while working from the comfort of your house may seem like the best of all possible work environments, it can have its drawbacks. For one, you must have strong reserves of self-discipline and treat your work life as it were… a job. This can be difficult if one uses the same home computer for work and leisure. If this applies to you, consider the following programs.
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Who Won the Free Superpower Coaching Contest?
I loved the idea of paying my readers back with a contest for 2 Free Superpower coaching sessions. I’m sorry that I couldn’t have picked everyone. The entries were very heartfelt and inspiring. Click here to read them. I can see that there is a lot of fear when it comes to taking a career to the next level. This is a big part of what makes up my superpowers. I was afraid to start my own business, but I’ve talked to the right people and learned a lot of tricks and good habits along the way.
It’s all about asking the right questions. If you can’t ask the right question, you’ll never get to the root of the problem. I had a coaching session with Katie of the Levity project that inspired me to help you. She made me dig into my heart by asking the right questions.
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9 Ways to Overcome Work Annoyances
* I was afraid to publish this post because it may seem too simple for some of my advanced readers, but even my advanced work happiness people had to start somewhere. And yes, even advanced people need refreshers. So here it is.
Work has hundreds of little annoyances that can kill your happiness if you don’t create a system to deal with your problems.
Co-workers, bosses, and tedious tasks can throw us off our emotional center. We must find creative ways to deal with these issues.
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My Arch Nemesis Dr. Oatzel Almost Stole My Superpowers
As I improve my business I realize that I have a lot of fear.
Fear of people hating my stuff.
Fear of people laughing at my ideas.
Fear of not earning enough money.
Fear of not giving enough value.
As I work on hugging my fears, learning from them, then releasing them I become more powerful.
The fears at one time felt so intense and abstract at the same time. I felt like I couldn’t destroy such epic emotions.
They were my kryptonite. Can you hear the bells of awakening go off? Well, I did.
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Negotiate Your Way to Great Work
You may have noticed some of the changes going on around here. I’ve been talking more about developing your strengths and living your passions. This is what we should all be doing. We need to leverage what we already are good at and develop the skills we are passionate about.
Many of you don’t get to apply your strengths and passions in your careers. I was talking to a client of mine about these issues. She knows what she is good at, but can’t seem to make the transition. Her boss gives her the same work day after day that makes her unhappy.
As we continued to talk I began to see a theme. She did not want to say “no” to the crappy work or negotiate to get the work that excited her. She felt stuck.
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Focus on Fewer Things with Better Results – cartoon
I’m a big believer in creativity at work. We need to expand outside our comfort zones to reach the good stuff. That’s why I draw. It forces me to find new angles on work happiness. How do you find new angles?
Too often we get caught up in trying to be amazing instead of just letting our amazing ooze out.
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