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Category Archives: Work Habits
Avoiding crisis management and burnout
The intention of my previous post was not to raise your blood pressure. I know that by mid-November you are overwhelmed. You’re right in the thick of teaching. You have mid-term assignments coming in to be marked and returned. You’re … Continue reading
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Tagged appointments, grants, holidays, SSHRC Insight Development Grant
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Work-Life Balance in academic careers
I read a thought provoking piece on Work-Life Balance recently. Thinking about this in relation to academic careers, I realize that the choice you face is actually more complex. And that that complexity might make it easier to address the problem (if there is one).
The issue for you might not be a work-life balance issue, it might be a work-work balance issue. Continue reading
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Tagged coaching, Michael vanOsch, prioritizing, Productive Flourishing, work-life balance
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Making your workspace work
In coaching sessions we often talk about how to get everything done that you need to do in the time available. This seems like a time management problem but often it’s about a lot of other things. For example, while … Continue reading
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Tagged doing your best work, Inspired Home Office, Jen Hofmann, office layout, Wish Kit
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Dealing with e-mail is NOT a task
Are you treating dealing with your e-mail as one task on your to-do list? Do you get frustrated at how many hours a day you spend on it? Is your measure of success dealing with all of it? Do you … Continue reading
How Is Your Perfectionism Feeding You?
Interesting question. Charlie Gilkey has written a thought provoking post that I highly recommend. How Is Your Perfectionism Feeding You? He is writing for an audience of people like me. People who help other people. However, the patterns he talks … Continue reading