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- To any meeting where food is served. If something productive also gets done, it's a
bonus.
- USING all capital letters on e-mail is the - electronic version of screaming. It's an
attention grabber, but it's hard to know what's being emphasized.
- UNPLANNED career moves may be the most exciting. Think of those unusual offers as career
dancing lessons.
- THOSE who refuse to play office politics could be at the mercy of those who do. At least
understand the game and the rules.
- MEETINGS always seem to last 50 percent longer than you think they will. Plan
accordingly.
- IN SOME MEMOS, the only things that matter are the cc's.
- Never put a glazed doughnut on a mouse pad.
- Lack of a sense of urgency will eventually lead to lack of a job.
- DAMNED if you do, or damned if you don't, are never equal. Pick the one that you believe
is right.
- THE rumor mill is always much faster than regular communications and often pretty
accurate.
- STOP looking for more time and start looking for ways to use the time you have.
- If phone-mail systems keep cutting you off when you leave messages, your messages are
too long.
- Delegation means you don't do some of the work anymore. Don't turn delegation into
duplication.
- PAY attention to your phone-mail greeting.
- If people begin every message by saying you sound tired or sick, change the greeting
using a more upbeat voice.
- WITHOUT the right people in the meeting, there will be more than one meeting.
- BE KNOWN as someone who builds bridges, not fences or bombs.
- THE MONDAY blahs are a reality. Scientists think it's because of what we eat and drink
on weekends. Don't change what you eat or drink; instead, set realistic expectations for
Monday.
- IF YOU give your boss a ride in your car, and because of the smell and mess he or she
asks if you have a dog, always say yes.
- DON'T send anything via e-mail that you wouldn't want in your personnel file.
- Never give people choices you don't want them to take.
- THE RACE at work is not always won by the swift, and there is more to life than
increasing its speed.
- Bark at the moon, not at your boss.
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