First off, I’d like to say that I’m only writing this article because other people have told me that I should. I can’t remember the last time I made an independent decision for myself, and I’m hoping you’re just like me. If you’re the kind of maverick who comes up with original ideas and then…
Happy Laugh at Work Week! Hopefully you laugh at work most weeks, but this week it’s especially encouraged. Here are seven of my favorite posts from the JeffHavens.com blog to make you chuckle. Want To Be Funnier In The Office? Here’s How! – When my brother was little, he used to tell these weird, complicated stories, then at…
So last week a gas station employee in Michigan got mad at his boss for being late to work. His boss had the keys, which meant he couldn’t get in. He waited for an hour, and when she still hadn’t shown up he did what all of us would do – wrote an angry…
A recent survey of HR managers found that a full 50% of them don’t think today’s young jobseekers are presenting themselves well in interviews. Here are 9 completely true things some of them have said in interviews that justify their concern. #1 – “I’ve heard there are a lot of single people here…” And I’ve…
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Do you have a work husband or work wife? If so, are you really using your work spouse to his or her full potential? I doubt you are. Watch this video to see how you can make your work spouse relationship more productive than ever before. For more awesome videos like these, subscribe to my…
When I was 8 years old, I absolutely loved baseball. I watched it all the time, collected baseball cards like they were actually worth something, and I played entire baseball games by myself (and a bunch of ghost runners) in the lot behind my house because I didn’t have 17 friends to round out the…
March Madness is coming. As has been our custom since the early days of the American Republic, we celebrate the advent of spring by skipping out on work to watch 417 basketball games at the nearest sports bar. Or we watch them on our phone while we pretend to pay attention in our meetings. Or…
Ethics Awareness Month is quickly coming to an end, but unfortunately for everyone, we need to be ethical all year long. We all need a reminder of why ethics are important from time to time, and one of the least painful ways to be reminded is to watch some of my entertaining yet educational videos.…
As of December 2013, the median grade awarded at Harvard is an A-, and the most frequently awarded grade is an A. You might be tempted to believe this is the natural outcome for an institution populated entirely (by its own reckoning, at least) by geniuses. However, since any university’s grading scale is supposed to…