by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
In July 2020, I was invited by Mike O’Neill of Bench Builders, a workforce consulting firm, to speak on a webinar about working from home (WFH). It seemed like everybody and their brother was writing articles providing WFH tips to people and businesses who had...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
In the past two months, I have done some wonderfully brave things. I picked myself up, dusted off my chaps, straightened my hat, and got back on the horse. I have also felt lethargy, anxiety, and rejection. However, I am being creative and strategic in...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
You have heard the expression, “time is money.” For many people, especially those who bill or are paid by the hour, this truism feels especially relevant. But what about your information? Do you view your electronic or paper files as an important part of your...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
If you have more tasks to do than time to do them in, you are prioritizing – intentionally or unintentionally. Unintentional methods of prioritization include: Recency Effect. What arrived last gets done first. This is pretty much how an email inbox works....
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Interviews are fun way to learn and share information. If you are a content creator (i.e., blogger, vlogger, podcaster), ask others to let you interview them and say yes when you are asked by others. I met Terrass “Razz” Misher when we set up an...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
If you haven’t experienced the misery of having one (or more) of your online accounts infiltrated by hackers, consider yourself lucky. Unfortunately, my family is not in that lucky group. A few months ago, my husband and I spent an uncounted number of hours...
