Business and Working From Home Tips and Tricks
How to Define Your Professional Mission and Vision
You’ve read your organization’s mission and vision statement. But it wasn’t until recently that someone suggested you create your own statement that outlines your professional mission, and where you’d like to be in the future so you can work toward…
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How to Write a Professional Bio That’s Fresh and Interesting
Oh no — you were tasked with the responsibility of updating your professional bio. And now all you can do is stare at a blank page and wonder what you can possibly say about yourself. Are you supposed to be…
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How to Let Your Supervisor Know You’re Ready for More at Work
Unlike fairy tales may lead you to believe, opportunity doesn’t always find itself on your doorstep. This means your supervisor won’t necessarily be the person who recommends you for a new job or offers you a training program or professional…
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How to Achieve a Great Professional Reputation
You care a lot about what people think of you — and that’s a good thing! How you’re viewed by others directly affects your career. You know that when others like you, working with them will be easier, you’ll get more…
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How to Stay Motivated Now That the New Year Buzz Is Gone
When you set your New Year’s resolutions for 2021, you felt as if you could tackle anything. You were ready to say goodbye to 2020 and start fresh. But now that the year isn’t so brand new anymore, you’re finding…
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How to Best Support Remote Workers: An Interview with Mari Anne Snow of The Remote Nation Institute
2020 introduced remote working to many organizations that weren’t familiar with it or who may have never previously considered allowing their employees to work from home. At the beginning of the pandemic, remote working was allowed for survival. But, over…
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6 Resolutions for Mortgage Professionals in the New Year
The start of a new year comes with a clean slate. It’s an opportunity to set goals, resolutions, or intentions for the year ahead. But when you work in the mortgage industry, how do you know how to set your…
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5 Reasons Why Failure Is Actually Pretty Awesome
Just recently, I watched the TV show Dino Dana with my five-year old, and the lead character explains to her sister that in science, there’s no such thing as failure. She says any question or experiment, even if they appear…
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What to Say in Your Out-of-Office Email and Voice Messages When You Take Time Off
You’re finally taking some time off of work. Sure, your holidays this year won’t be spent sunning in the tropics or scaling an ice-capped mountain as you might have hoped, but you’ve got big plans for taking some down time…
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How to Review Your Year and Set Goals for the Next
2020 is a year unlike any other. Many people lost their jobs or started working from home, began schooling their children at home, changed careers, got sick, or faced many other personal challenges. Yet, here you are at the tail…
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