Smart Lemming Diary: Poaching Former Colleagues and Dealing with Unresolved Anger with a Former Boss
July 28, 2010 – 11:17 pm | No Comment

Why do new executives bring in their own team when come into a company? Is it easy to get over the hurt and anger of being severed from one of your favorite employers? Does time heal those old wounds of betrayal?

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Summer Reading List: Minimalist Lifestyle, Zen at Work, and Your Highest Goal
July 16, 2009 – 11:50 am | No Comment
Summer Reading List: Minimalist Lifestyle, Zen at Work, and Your Highest Goal

What makes a perfect summer read? The author has a strong voice while offering an extraordinary insights. The book should be a quick read that allows you to easily make changes in your life or …

23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #12 - Don’t react
July 16, 2009 – 10:33 am | One Comment
23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #12 - Don’t react

It’s hard not to react to situations that make us unhappy or threaten us. If we’re always reacting to these things, people, circumstances, external events can control us. By having the discipline to not react, …

23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #11 - Don’t gossip
July 15, 2009 – 10:36 am | No Comment
23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #11 - Don’t gossip

Do you gossip at the office? Be honest. You know you’ve gossiped at some time in your job or career. When you gossip, you are showing you are untrustworthy even if that’s not your intent. …

23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #10 - List your accomplishments
July 14, 2009 – 10:55 am | No Comment
23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #10 - List your accomplishments

Do you know what you’ve accomplished in your job and career? Sometimes we need to remember our accomplishments to be happy at work. We must acknowledge that we have evolved our knowledge and skill set …

Smart Lemming Tip for Newbie Knowledge Workers: Learn the Tools of Your Trade
July 13, 2009 – 11:59 am | No Comment
Smart Lemming Tip for Newbie Knowledge Workers: Learn the Tools of Your Trade

Your Productivity Tools
When you’re fresh out undergraduate or graduate school, you’ll most likely need to use basic tools to do your work. I’m referring to Microsoft Office Professional Edition and related Microsoft products. If you …

23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #9 - Try something new to get different results
July 13, 2009 – 11:28 am | No Comment
23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #9 - Try something new to get different results

Do you use the same work tools or ways of thinking over and over again only to get stale or uninspired results? One way to be happier at work is to keep learning new things …