Points from the article:
- Balance is more important than peak performance
- Understand the difference between urgent and important
- Set healthy boundaries and smart goals
What do you think?
Category: workthoughts
How going above and beyond at work became required – BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220921-how-going-above-and-beyond-at-work-became-required
How very true! “Meets expectations” performance would net you a 3% raise (a net-pay cut vs inflation). Going “above and beyond” might get you 4-5%. Still a net pay cut.
Sad that this was from an employer that was always talking about and promoting employee health, well-being, and work-life balance.
How adaptability helps you ‘bounce forwards’ at work – BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220915-how-adaptability-helps-you-bounce-forwards-at-work
Adaptability rules. Try it – you’ll like it!
Curiosity: The neglected trait that drives success – BBC Worklife
Why we should embrace ‘radical curiosity’ and learn to ask better questions
- Ask essential questions
- Only then get started
List of hottest 2022 job titles includes accountant, IT, HR
https://www.fastcompany.com/90782288/these-are-the-most-in-demand-jobs-right-now
Something to think about, whether you’re looking to hire, or looking for a better job.
Content creator’s on the list, too.
Why workers just won’t stop quitting – BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220817-why-workers-just-wont-stop-quitting
Well, as long as employers continue to treat workers with the “same-old, same-old” abuse and mistreatment – why keep working there?
The ‘illusion of knowledge’ that makes people overconfident – BBC Worklife
Something to think about – at work if you’re still in the office world, in your creative work if you’re an author or artist.
If you’re a writer, how does this apply to your characters when they find themselves in situations where they think they know what to do?
The surprising benefits of gossip – BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220804-the-surprising-benefits-of-gossip
This article was interesting to me, for a couple of reasons.
First, the possibility that a human need for gossip led to the development of language? Fun (to me, at least)!
Second, after two years and four months of working remotely… what and how does office gossip affect things?
Gossip can be good or bad. In the age of #MeToo, gossip that warns its listeners to “Never be alone with” certain men can save people and companies a lot of trouble!
So, for writers and storytellers, how do you use gossip in your tales?
Thoughts about leadership, DEI, and work life
I recently retired. (Yay, me!)
I used to post links to articles about leadership and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to my former employer’s intranet. A number of my former co-workers said they liked that. And I liked sharing things I’d read.
So I told me them I’d think about posting them on my Dancing Tree frog blog.
So I’ll be doing that. Look for these topics:
* Leadership
* DEI
* Workthoughts
Hope they help!
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