Six Expressions to Avoid If You Want to Sound Emotionally Intelligent Of course everyone gets tired or sometimes experiences stress (испытывать стресс) at work, but using these expressions sends the wrong message about your outlook (точка зрения). Be always polite, whatever happens. 1. “I’m tired” — Я устал 2. “I’m sick (of)__” — Мне надоело…
What Successful People Do After Getting Back From Vacation Stay focused There’s bound to be (непременно, обязательно будет) a bunch of distractions waiting for you back at the office. People may ask you how your vacation was, social media and news headlines will make you feel like you’ve lost touch with your friends and the world…
How to Come Back Ready for Work after Long Holidays This might be not so easy, but try just to do a few things that really help. 1. Don’t get lost in your inbox. Beware of (остерегайтесь) spending too much time responding to the emails you missed while you were out. We shouldn’t confuse (путать) email activity…
How to Come Back Ready for Work after Long Holidays Getting back to work and daily life after long holidays might be not an easy thing to do. But, actually, you can begin the new year in a good mood and very productively. Just do a few things that really help. 1. Get an early…
Change Shouldn’t Be an Annual Thing New Year is the time for making resolutions, but most of them usually fail. Why? We often think of the new year as the one chance for self-improvement. But actually it isn’t. There are 11 other months in the year, and you can decide to make a change in…
Work Smarter in 2020 From friendships to salary negotiations, 2020 can be the year you conquer work and your career. Taking hold of your future begins with standing up for yourself, while also learning to navigate the complicated world of office politics. The murky (неясный, сомнительный) friendships and bureaucracy can at times be maddening, but persevering (упорно…
How to Get Things Done in 2020: Be Kinder to Yourself With everything happening all the time, it’s easy to forget to take care of yourself. How can we focus on ourselves when there is so much going on around us, not even to mention worrying about careers, families, money, stress and everything else that…
How to Get Things Done in 2020 This year we learned that the key to doing the things we want to accomplish isn’t time management, but rather attention management. Instead of rigorously (точно, методично) scheduling every minute of your day around tasks and to-do lists, approach work more from the perspective of: What are the…
How to Send a Follow-Up Email to Get a Reply: Pick up the Phone Have you ever started drafting (набросать, написать черновик) an email and thought, “This would be so much easier and faster to explain over the phone?” Your colleague’s silence might stem from (основано на) the same feeling. Writing an email with all…
How to Send a Follow-Up Email to Get a Reply: Pose a Question Start with a question to get the reader’s attention (привлечь внимание читателя) and, if needed, use it as an opportunity to change tactics, timelines, or expectations. – “What do you think about the design proofs?” — Что Вы думаете о пробном дизайне? …