5 tips for finding your dream job

When we were kids, we dreamed big. Astronaut, fireman or dinosaur hunter all seemed well within our grasp. Now, for most of us a dream job consists of anyone willing to match 3% of our 401K. But just because we’ve got serious responsibilities is no reason to lose sight of our dreams.

Here are five worthwhile tips to help you chase down that dream job!

1. Stay flexible.
Your dream job may not be around the corner, it could be around the world. If you really want to chase the ideal job for you, the trip may require plane fare. Establish your priorities on location and search accordingly.


2. Know your goals.
It’s the people who have a clear focus on what they want to do and who they want to be that impress potential employers. Don’t try to be all things to all people and you will get further faster.


3. Hit the books.
You’re going to have to do some serious homework before you start searching for your dream job. Grab a cup of coffee and hit the stacks and Barnes and Noble for books that help you figure out what you want (such as What Color is your Parachute and other classics of the genre). Then hop online and start looking through lists of Best Companies to Work For and the like. Aim high, but know your target!


4. Stay grounded.
This is dream job, but don’t lose sight of the fact that no job is going to be ideal in every way. Sometimes you may have to make a minor sacrifice in one area to enjoy HUGE gains in another.


5. Remember that patience is a virtue. Your dream job may not materialize the moment you wish it to be so. You’re going to have to pound the pavement and be persistent. And whatever you do, don’t quit your existing job until you’ve got something new lined up.


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Sharpen your mental skills!

The best way to enhance performance at work is to increase your mental skills. By following just a few of simple tips and tricks below, you will be well on your way to a bigger brain – and the power to achieve more inside and out of the office!

• Don’t lose sleep! The more you sleep, the better rested your brain will be. And a well-rested brain has the more capacity for learning and adapting to new situations.

• Eat healthy meals. Don’t feed your brain and your body junk. Just like an athlete uses high-energy foods to fuel their performance, so to should you eat more fruit, vegetables and other “brain foods” to enhance your intelligence.

• Don’t watch so much TV. TV is great in moderation, but it is also a very passive activity. You aren’t using your brain much when you watch TV – and to grow smarter, your brain must be stimulating all the time.

• Read more and write more. Reading and writing enhance your brains functioning power and increase your ability to communicate effectively with others.

• Take on new challenges. Try new things! Take more classes, learn a foreign language, travel to places you’ve never been before. Broadening your horizons will make you more intelligent by design.

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Accounting tips for small businesses

If you’ve got your own business, or are thinking about starting one, you’re going to need to crunch a lot of numbers and shuffle a lot of papers to make sure your finances are always in order.
Here are some straightforward tips for managing your business’ money.

1. Keep everything! Receipts, bills paid, valet tickets, you name it – if it is related to your business, you’re going to need it come tax time.

2. Review your finances regularly. Smart business people pinch every penny until it screams for mercy. Always be on the lookout for ways to cut costs.

3. If you’re too busy, hire a bookkeeper. Having a professional to do your books may seem like too much of an expense, but consider the costs of mishandling your finances (audit and penalties from the IRS anyone?) and also think about all the sales you can close while your accountant-for-hire is handling the money.

4. Don’t forget about retirement. Remember to take money out of your own check for your retirement fund. You don’t want to be left short in this area come your golden years.

5. Protect your business against fraud. Buy a shredder and destroy old papers with vital information on them and direct mail credit card offers in your name.

6. Don’t mix business and personal accounts. Always maintain a separate checking account for your business. Keeping the same account for business and personal use is a nightmare to maintain and a red flag for audits.

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The three greatest You Tube office videos of all time!

Ah, You Tube, stealer of our once productive time. The site has produced some memorable moments over the past few years, but few are greater than these three videos – each capturing a unique element of an office gone koo-koo. Watch and enjoy…just don’t bill the time to us!

1. The greatest office prank ever! In this hilarious video, employees come in after hours and replace a highly-trafficked hallway with a wall. That’s right, they build an actual wall, seamlessly where the opening once was. Watch and enjoy the massive confusion this prank causes.



2. The greatest office NERF war ever. Maybe you’ve rolled up a piece of paper and whipped it a co-worker in a joking manner. We all have right? Well now, take that action, multiply it times a million and then add elements of Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan and you’ve got the most extreme conflict between Sales and I.T. even captured on film.



3. The greatest office meltdowns ever! This compilation video is made up of some of the most hilariously scary moments ever captured by an office security camera. You may have never taken it to extremes like this, but you’ve probably thought about it…



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Creating the perfect To-Do list

To-Do lists can be a blessing or a curse. They’re a curse if we don’t use them properly, or spend all our time making them instead of executing the tasks themselves. But they can be a real blessing, and enhance productivity is created and utilized properly.

Here are some tips for creating the best To-Do list in town!

Tips for creating your perfect To-Do list:

• Prioritize everything on the list. A list is of little use if the important items are all lumped together with the things that need to get done ASAP! Mark every item on your list with an A,B, or C (or 1,2 or 3) which each letter or number signifying the priority level of that item. This will give you a quick visual on what need your attention right away.

• Review your list every morning. Consult your list at the start of the day so that you can better prioritize your time.

• Cross items off the list when they are complete. There’s nothing more satisfying than looking down at your To-Do list and seeing all the important things you have accomplished CROSSED OFF. It’s a real motivator!

• Don’t mix lists! Keep one list for your work-related tasks and a different To-Do list for home-related projects.

• Review your list and look for ways to combine tasks. Often, there will be items on your list that overlap, or are related to one another and can therefore be knocked out all at once. Look for ways to group these tasks together.

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How to manage an unruly email inbox

How to manage an unruly email inbox

Unless you are genuinely dedicated to helping financially-strapped Nigerian royalty, or hording Canadian Viagra, chances are you have to sift through a lot of useless email in a day. Heck, even the non-SPAM from people you know and love can get a little overwhelming at times.

Here are some simple tips for managing your email inbox!

1. Delete the junk first. Each day, make a couple of sweeps through your inbox and remove all the spam. This will provide a clearer picture of actually needs your attention.

2. Separate by priority level. If you’ve got some pressing emails that need responses, put them in an URGENT subfolder and get on them right away. For important, but less urgent items (such as those from family and friends), set aside a folder to put them in, and reserve a time each day to review them.

3. If something only requires a quick response, do it! If you are performing step 2 (above) and you identify an email that only needs a two-word reply, just get ‘er done! It’s one less thing to worry about. Never let the simple ones linger.

4. Don’t save everything! For business, it is important to create a well-organized structure of sub-folders and keep a virtual paper-trail for as long as possible. But pet photography forwarded by your great aunt in Wisconsin? Not so much. Commit to regular clean sweeps of non-essential (but non-SPAM) emails.

5. Stop signing up for stuff! Really, do you need the monthly subscription to the Gold and Silver Futures Trading Investment Tip Email Newsletter? Check out everything you’re getting on a regular basis, and then “UNSUBSCRIBE” liberally!

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A brief history of the cubicle

Maligned by office workers everywhere, referred to by many as the “three walled prison”, the cubicle is not considered a favorite destination for any adult who has to find a way to pay the rent. But perhaps a little insight into great moments in cubicle history will help us see this faux-office in a different, more positive light…well, maybe not, but here’s the information anyway.

• The cubicle is to have made its first appearance in the offices of chipmaker Intel Corp during the 1960’s.

• Robert Propst designed the first office cube, while working for Herman Miller. “We need to stuff more people into these buildings”, Miller was thought to yell out one day during an adverse reaction to his medication.

• Author Douglas Coupland once famously referred to office cubicles as “veal fattening pens”.

• There is a punk rock band in Los Angeles called Cubicle that plays songs about office life.

• The term “cube farm” refers to offices that grow quickly and therefore need to be loaded to the max with cubicles.

• Research has shown that people who decorate their cubicles with cat photos are scorned by their co-workers at lunch with a 152% greater frequency than those without cat photos.

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