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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • Goal-setting and our excuses to be lazy

    Starting the year at work while working from home feels different than when you physically return to the office, seeing your colleagues fresh from the holiday thrills. Asking them how their holidays went clearly distinguishes the holiday break from the back-to-work season. And so, implementing the new year’s goals feels promising while the calendar is… Read more

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  • Three stages of generating ideas

    If your work involves generating ideas, you might have already figured out how to create one. But if you think that it’s more on getting a muse or a spur of the moment, you might find it difficult to generate ideas from time to time. However, there is process that makes it more replicable, one… Read more

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  • What kind of boss do you have?

    It’s easy to juggle many things simultaneously but never really have deep work. And how your boss perceives work also affects how you do work. From Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More, here’s a matrix on how to identify what kind of boss you have. Do-More Boss Do-Less… Read more

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  • Working long hours

    Working long hours is easier when you have a goal in mind. Say you want to save up for a house project. When you work at an hourly rate and are allowed to work all you want, whenever and wherever, you put in more hours without complaint. Can you even do that? Yes! When you… Read more

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  • Becoming an innovator at work

    It really is easy to fall into doing things conventionally, especially when the system is hardwired to be that. But when you are in a space where you’re encouraged to explore better ways of doing things, then you must heed the call and go outside the box. Sure, it may require you to think beyond… Read more

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  • Freelance work

    You can almost always make money anytime and anywhere these days with a laptop and a good internet connection. But it takes guts to find a freelance job on top of your day job and the will to put in extra hours just so you can earn a little bit more. Yet, it also takes… Read more

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  • Eyes on the prize

    Nothing is too tiring when you’ve set your heart on the goal. It even feels like you can do so many things with your time. Without purpose, it is easy to stray away and come up with many excuses. But when your eyes are on the prize, there’s no time to waste. Read more

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