Soft Skills - Ask a Wharton MBA
Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and your 2024 is off to a great start. Mine is off to a rocky start. I already feel behind at work; I am already disappointed in myself on some things I should have done already but haven’t, and my head is filled with a backlog of to dos that probably will last me at least through April. Can you relate? if you can, this seminar can benefit you. ...
It is the season to be thankful. However, I felt far from it a few weeks ago. I woke up sick one morning. It was not COVID (at least according to my rapid test) and I didn’t have a fever. I had everything else though – body aches, headaches, sore throat, etc.
I thought I would recover in 48 hours. I mean most common cold only last that long, right? Boy was I wrong. I felt worse after 3 days. I started coughing and at night, my throat felt like I was swallowing glass. :-(. It was worse than any common cold I have ever had. I lost my voice almost completely and all my energy as well. It felt like it would never end. ...
You may have heard a lot of people talk about ChatGPT already, but have you tried it yet? Here is one easy way to use ChatGPT to turbo charge your email communications. We write emails all day long. Sometimes an important email can take us a few tries and a lot of time before it can be sent out. ChatGPT can cut that time in half and give you great ideas that you never thought of. Here is how you can try it out using ChatGPT for the first time. ...
Self promotion comes easily for some, but difficult for most. Many professionals who are top performers are often terrible at “tooting their own horn.” The biggest worry people have is coming off boasting too much. However, by not doing enough self-promotion, you would be do yourselves a disservice to your own skills and accomplishments. ...
I just paid $699 for an upgrade to a business class seat from SFO to Newark. It’s the first time I ever paid so much for an upgrade “I don’t need.” I had a “perfectly practical” economy class window seat near the front of the cabin. Splurging a little on myself was actually a difficult action to take for me. I have been frugal and practical all my life. ...
Is this an easy answer for you? If so, what is the answer – should you push through and keep working or should you take a sick day? I would love for you to share before you read the rest of the article. For me, this has always been a dilemma and for 20+ years, I consistently chose one answer. ...