Yes, I do love my job. I am a community news journalist. I work where I live. I write about the people that I interact with on a daily basis. My children go to school with the same children that I often write about. I live in your typical small town America. People know each [...]
How to be Liked at Work
We all would like to be liked at work. Not only is it an important aspect of enjoying your job, but the way your coworkers perceive you is important for your performance and success in the workplace. A well liked person is more likely to be respected in management positions or to be promoted. So, [...]
How Important Is It To Enjoy Your Job?
Enjoying your job is crucial to your wellbeing. Whether you work out of necessity or simply because you want to, having a job you enjoy, versus a job that makes you miserable will help set the tone of your attitude toward the rest of your life. Having worked at both jobs I loved and hated, [...]
How to Say No Without Causing Resentment
No matter what your role in life, learning how to say no to someone is one of the most difficult tasks you’ll ever have to master. It often takes a lot of courage, especially if you are sympathetic toward the requester’s plight. The thought of turning someone down can easily cause anxiety attacks and turn [...]
How Age Stereotypes Effect Work Productivity
Do you remember the old saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? In a mature company, it is very likely that the employees have different age groups. Certain assumptions about this age variety can cause difficulties in working relationships. Why? Misunderstanding and rivalry can build up between these groups. Why again? Labels can underestimate [...]
What Are The Workplace Behaviors That Employees Need For Success?
Appropriate work attitudes are necessary for an employee to be useful in an organization and to progress within it. The success of an employee also reflects in the success of the business. Ideally, employees and employers value each other and are working towards the same goal.
Most Achievements are Brought about through Hard Work Rather than Inspiration
In any field of discipline, it is always important to have ambition and drive. Those who do best in organizations are not necessarily the ones with the greatest talent. Often, they are the diligent ones who put in the hours and the hard graft. Of course, there is a big difference between hard work and [...]
How to Be Successful in Your Chosen Career
Today’s breed of employees can expect to have to change jobs a number of times and take more responsibility for their success. Having a successful career is dependent largely on your attitude, together with the skills and results that you achieve. The contacts you maintain in your professional life and the kind of people who [...]
Fortitude is an Important Workplace Character Trait
Fortitude, as defined in the dictionary, means endurance, courage, strength of mind, staying power. It is perhaps an old-fashioned concept to have the endurance, the mental strength and the staying power to keep on going especially when the going gets tough and the tough are the only ones that can get going. But sometimes, due [...]
Positive Work Attitude: A Critical Element in Employee Hiring
Today’s businesses – whether small or large – give priority importance to employee attitude in hiring talents rather than the knowledge and experience that people can bring to their job. Employee attitude is considered by most employers as valuable employee qualifications and may even be ranked higher than knowledge and skills because these can be [...]
Ways To Keep Your Job in a Difficult Economic Climate
Whether you are climbing the workplace ranks or you’re just happy with your workplace lot, keeping your place is a challenge. Every year, unemployment seems to rise so no one is safe. In order for you to increase your chances of keeping your job, you have to increase your worth to your company. No company [...]