Author: JournalJourney
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Decode Layoffs: The Why, When, and How to Stay Afloat
Have you ever felt like your job security was hanging by a thread? Corporate life can feel like a high-stakes game. One day you’re climbing the ladder, the next you might be facing layoff roulette. As someone who’s navigated the twists and turns of various industries for over two decades, I’ve seen firsthand how unpredictable…
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The Secret to Career Advancement: Focus on What Matters
Understand the right priorities of your work to succeed within your company Feeling overwhelmed by your daily tasks? Your to-do list never seems to shrink, and your long-term projects progress slowly because you keep getting pulled into urgent issues that consume your time. Famous methods like the Eisenhower Matrix or “Eat That Frog” are effective…
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Review of the Clever Fox Gratitude Journal
Clever Fox Gratitude Journal: A Deep Dive Review for Self-Care Seekers Within many gratitude journals out there, the Clever Fox Gratitude Journal has provided deep introspection opportunities with various prompts to help you discover your inner peace. Additionally, this journal is combined with multiple other journal systems such as weekly review and monthly check-in. This…
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2 Pillars of Career Success: Aligning Goals with Your Boss
Have you ever felt frustrated or undervalued in your role? One common reason for these feelings is a lack of alignment between your goals and your boss’s expectations. By establishing a clear consensus on your job responsibilities and objectives, you can significantly improve your career trajectory. In this blog post, we’ll explore the benefits of…
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The Secret to Productivity: Hidden in Your Hourly Schedule
Do you use an hourly schedule every day? Do you use it digitally or analog? While it’s common to use it for keeping track of daily meetings, dinner plans, and other schedules, it can also be used to check your productivity, identify issues, and help you have a more productive tomorrow. I use an analog…
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4 Benefits of Weekly Reports to Succeed in a Corporation
Do you submit weekly reports at your company? As an entrepreneur or freelancer, do you conduct weekly reviews? I’m a strong advocate for weekly reports, and I believe in submitting them proactively, even if my supervisor doesn’t explicitly require them. I do this not only for my supervisor’s benefit but also to gain a better…
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8 Grocery Shopping Tips To Win Your Home Finance
Is your bank balance under $100? Are you living day-to-day until payday? Do you have enough cash in your HSA to cover a cancer diagnosis tomorrow? A CT scan can cost $3,000 without insurance, and even with insurance, it can be around $800. If your car breaks down tomorrow and is totaled, do you have…
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How to Find Small but Effective Rewards to Keep Motivated
Gamification, or rewards for achieving goals, is something everyone has experienced at least once, right? Actually, I often felt that I couldn’t find a reward that truly resonated with me. For example, people often say, “I’ll treat myself to a nice meal after finishing this task,” or “I’ll go to a spa after completing this…
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How to Simplify Cooking for Non-Cooks
How to Simplify Cooking for the Culinary Averse: A Quick Guide You Can Start Tonight Do you find yourself constantly touching your iPhone while cooking? Each time, you have to unlock the screen. Even after unlocking, you need to scroll to the desired spot… Sometimes, you accidentally select a photo, and it gets enlarged… Meanwhile,…
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Which Time is Your PRIME Hour ?
Are you aware of your hourly usage? Have you ever checked? Do you feel you are spending every day productively? or wasteful? This would be a highly subjective analysis unless you record it. I suggest that you record your activity at least 1 week, preferably 2 weeks.Such that you can find out your sweet spot…
