Today, I came across a very sad and disturbing news. A young woman of 24 years old took her life due to work related stress. Some may think it is silly or out of this world to lose your life to something tangible like your job but I think it is one of the saddest…
Category: Working Together
Guest Post: How Sleep Affects Productivity at Work
Sleep deprivation is becoming a dangerous trend and where it’s affecting our health, happiness and relations, it’s also putting a serious dent on our work performance. Many of us may believe that snoozing is losing, though research proves otherwise. Sleep deprivation compromises cognitive functions such as concentration, working memory, mathematical capacity and logical reasoning, all…
The Secret To Building A Strong Real Estate Business
If you are thinking of starting your own business, then real estate can be a great area to get into. One of the main advantages of having a business in real estate is that the business structure is relatively certain. That is to say, as certain as it can be. Your customers are always going…
Are you being bullied?
Is it possible not to be aware that you are being taken advantage of? Absolutely. Recently, I bumped into a friend who has started his first job three years ago. For three years, he has been tasked to run simple errands, passed out for notable projects and even missed out on promotion opportunities. He wasn’t…
Time: The One Resource You Can’t Afford To Spend Lightly
Businesses deal with a lot of resources. Money, people, supplies and the like. With these physical resources, taking a hit is bad, but it’s reversible. Losing time, however, isn’t. You can’t afford to have slow days or weeks outside the occasional moment the business is quiet. So you have to use that time better. Don’t…
Guest Post: Why My Greatest Achievement As A Goldman Sachs VP Was Quitting
6 AM meant it was time to check voicemails. 11 PM meant it was time to check voicemails again. Every second in between reserved for hustling, fixing the thousand problems guaranteed to crop up that day. That was my life as a Goldman Sachs VP, and despite what you might assume, I didn’t hate it….
How To Make Yourself Indispensable
Okay, okay… There is no such thing or someone that is indispensable in our current economy but what you can make yourself be is if the company loses you, it can hurt the business really bad. This is one flaw that many companies tend to overlook – retraining and knowledge sharing. With this flaw, you…
