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Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/iPad and enjoy 🙂 CAREER I work from home most Fridays; here are Ten Tips for Working from Home that help me get more done. When I am at the office, it’s often just back-to-back meetings… and I can’t actually start getting work done until the meetings end at 5:30pm. Stop Meeting and Start Working really resonated with me! Not so lucky (or unlucky) to work from home? You can still Up Your Office Efficiency with this article from LearnVest. …

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Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/iPad and enjoy 🙂 CAREER 5 Reasons You’re Miserable at Work and What to Do About It may sound like a real downer of an article, but it was actually surprisingly optimistic and solutions-oriented. We all have our bad days! The MBA Rapper: Strategy by Day, Hip-Hop by Night. I went to college with this guy! Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Wide Achiever? Some great career-pathing tips in here. I’m starting a book …

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Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/iPad and enjoy 🙂 This week, I’m testing a new format and ascribing categories to the links I’m posting – though of course, many span multiple categories! Do you like this category approach, or do you prefer the random miscellany? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. CAREER Four Steps to Find Your Career Path, from Oprah Magazine. I don’t know that I’ve yet figured out exactly what I want from my career, but …

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Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/iPad and enjoy 🙂 Feeling lazy and like you’ve missed out on getting into tip top shape for the belly-baring trends of summer? Remember that it’s never too late in life to get in shape! I generally advocate running only a few days per week (and crosstraining the rest) but making the long runs really long. However, the Hanson brothers have put together an approach to marathon training that’s exactly the opposite… and is rather intriguing. Basically, …

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Want to stay in bed longer? Here’s what I’ve been loving, laughing, and getting intrigued by all week long. Now cozy up with your laptop/iPad and enjoy 🙂 15 Tips for Standup Workstation Users, from Mark’s Daily Apple. I have a pass-through kitchen and so have tried putting my laptop on the counter and not sitting down when I’m working from home… but my bed is just so much cozier! After reading these tips, though, I might have to take up the practice again. All the jokes about bloggers taking pics with their hands on their hips for pics? Well, …

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