Category: A Whole Life
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To splash or not to splash into this new year?
… that was the question a couple of weeks ago 2023 will be what we make of it, and how we choose to focus our time, energy and attitude. A…
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Weekend Poll results: your professional development priorities in ’22
Maintaining focus amid challenging times In my recent Weekend Poll, I asked assistants about the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted your professional development (PD) over the last…
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Turning a corner in ’22
This was the day before I ran into chilly winter waters … for a 10th consecutive year! I thought I’d spare you any photos of my actual 10th annual Polar…
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Weekend Poll: Your professional development amid a prolonged pandemic
Maintaining focus amid challenging times To paraphrase John Lennon, “Another COVID year over, a new one just begun”. How are you feeling about 2022? You may have seen memes half-jokingly…
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Weekend Poll: Are you getting enough sleep?
Resuming an annual tradition Each year since 2016, I’ve asked readers whether you’re getting enough sleep. Last year was an exception and so, as we resume this annual look at…
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Life lessons from a pandemic
Some background Ever since my first COVID-related article and Weekend Poll, which I drafted in late February 2020 and published a couple of days later, assistants and association leaders have…
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One of Those Days – reflections on this second day of June
I’ve just had one of those days ..
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Weekend Poll Results: Assistants are Invested
This is the third consecutive year for this poll. While fewer assistants self-identified as workaholics, have a look at assistants’ attention to email.
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Weekend Poll: Are You A Workaholic?
We all like to work hard and smart. Sometimes, though, we let work dominate our lives. For the third consecutive year, I’m asking … Are you a workaholic?
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The Incredible Isle of Skye
Are you looking for a fascinating place to add to your travel list? The Isle of Skye is a place of incredible beauty, whether or not you have Scottish roots.
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Weekend Poll: Are You Satisfied with Your Career?
On the heels of recent Weekend Polls on workaholics and life-work balance, it’s time for my third annual poll on whether you’re able to give your career a thumbs up.
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Weekend Poll Results: Maintain Boundaries for Life-Work Balance
Be flexible as required, but build a fence around your personal time
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Weekend Poll: Do You Have Balance in Your Life?
Do you have a good life-work balance, or do you find yourself working from home or staying extra hours at the office? It’s Weekend Poll time, and I’m asking if…
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Weekend Poll: Life-Work Balance and Workaholics
Do you have a good life-work balance, or do you find yourself working from home or staying extra hours at the office? It’s Weekend Poll time, and I’m asking if…
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Fireworks!
This is Vancouver, where thousands of us converge on English Bay to make mad dashes into the waters off English Bay (or watch the madness!) for the city’s Polar Bear…
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Vancouver’s Not-So-Smelly Corpse Flower
The smell has come and gone, but Vancouverites are still flocking to see the unique Corpse Plant. Any guesses as to how the largest flowering plant on the planet earned…
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Weekend Poll: What Are You Reading this Summer?
Each year, I invite you to share your book recommendations with fellow readers around the globe. I’ve resolved the survey form glitch, so you can easily contribute your suggestions.
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Macdonald Holyrood: Early Impressions from Edinburgh
Following a whirlwind of activity in London over the last week, I hopped on a late afternoon train to Edinburgh Monday afternoon. It seemed a fitting way to launch this…