

Modern Mentor
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Rachel Cooke is your guide to leadership and communication, helping you craft a workplace environment you can feel good about. She’ll share tips to help you balance your work and personal life, effectively invest your time, and be mindful about where you’re devoting your energy. Let Rachel help you navigate your path to success—however you define it.
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Jun 25, 2018 • 7min
508 - Online Shopping? Be Smart, Track Your Shipping Numbers
When you have a lot of packages in the mail, or irons in the fire, track your tracking numbers so you can move swiftly when disaster strikes.
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Jun 18, 2018 • 8min
507 - Make the Most of the 'Notes' App on Your Phone
Name your notes consistently, and expand into a folder of notes if needed.
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Jun 11, 2018 • 7min
506 - Negotiating a Salary (Without Being Lowballed)
Companies use tricks to pay you as little as possible. Negotiate with integrity and honesty, and be firm.
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Jun 4, 2018 • 6min
505 - How to Meet Commitments Using 'Urgency' and 'Importance'
When you want something to get done, make sure you manage both its urgency and its importance when you motivate yourself to work.
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May 28, 2018 • 7min
504 - How to Use Bookmarks to Streamline Your Workflow
Use bookmarks to take you exactly where you need to be, when you need to be there, in the combinations you need to do your job best.
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May 14, 2018 • 6min
502 - How to Succeed by Trying to Fail
Sometimes the best route to success is along the path that leads to failure.
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May 7, 2018 • 11min
501 - Is the Best Web-Building Workflow For You an All-in-One or Piecemeal Approach?
In this episode, sponsored by Weebly, Get-it-Done Guy explains the costs and benefits of all-in-one solutions and more customized "piecemeal" workflows.
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Apr 30, 2018 • 6min
500 - Use Your To-Do List to Spot Opportunity
The value in a task list is as much in what you don't get done as what you do! Here's how to mine your list for gold.
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Apr 23, 2018 • 5min
499 - How to Psych Yourself Up with Good Self-Talk
Self-talk, inner voices, self-criticism, and self-praise are all things we do to ourselves. But it may give you better results to engage in other-talk instead!
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Apr 16, 2018 • 9min
498 - How to Quit Social Media Using an Anti-Social-Media Buddy
Social media is addictive, manipulative, and bad. Reclaim your high-quality life by working with an anti-social-media buddy to save the best, leave the rest, and return to your life in real life.
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