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July 15, 2005
| Career
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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
Ayn Rand
The fact of the matter is you don't have a lot of privacy at work. In Smyth v. The Pillsbury Co courts upheld employers right to read your emails, without your knowledge. Employees montior emails, take screenshots of your computer, record keystrokes, and save your deleted email. They usually are well within the law and have good reason to do so. What can you do?
Only do business at work. If you must do personal business be prudent. Don't write anything you wouldn't want inadvertantly passed on to others at work. Mark personal files as private. Your employer may have a policy keeping your emails and calls private, but it would be smart to assume everything you do at work is fair game for your superiors to monitor.
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July 13, 2005
| Career
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Douglas Adams
According to CNN, workers waste more time than employers expect, costing companies $759 billion a year. In an online survey workers admitted to wasting, on average, 2.09 hours per day. However, studies have shown that this “slacking time” may actually be productive as it could spawn creativity or help workers form networks.
On the other hand your employer most likely knows what you are up to. According to a 2001 survey by the American Management Association, nearly 80 percent of employers engage in electronic monitoring of employees' work-related communications and activities -- including monitoring employees' e-mail or Internet usage, videotaping the worksite, or recording employee telephone calls.
Is this an invasion of your privacy? The short answer is no. Most cases have held up an employers right to monitor you. Read more about the law here. And check back with us later in the week to learn about how to protect yourself.
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July 12, 2005
| Intellectual
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball
There are ridiculous websites like www.anti-aging-guide.com and an ungodly number of "stay young" books, but there are probably better ways to spend your time.
Comedian George Carlin has his list of tips on how to stay young - here's a sampling:
- Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
- Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Never let the brain idle. " An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
- Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
- Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
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July 11, 2005
| Financial
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High tech boots spray painted witcha names
T-shirts airbrushed that read the same
Ludacris "Growing Pains"
It's not enough to just have the most expenisve or the best anymore; it's got to be unique. Making it your own isn't a new fad, but it's reaching a critical mass. We've moved beyond the monogrammed LL Bean backpack. Nike ID, in Manhattan, is only opened by appointment to NYC's hottest celebrities. You have to be invited to make an appointment, but to reward our loyal readers, we'll give you the website-Nike ID. Maybe sneakers aren't your thing. How about M&M's with your own message and color, custom handbags for the ladies, or create your own t-shirts or buy somebody's design. Not that you can afford things, be unique by jumping on this bandwagon.
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July 8, 2005
| Intellectual
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"Too bad you can't buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out."
Jack Handey
The World is Flat, Friedman's new book, explores the shrinkage or flattening of the modern world. Friedman discusses the causes of the flattening of the world, America's relationship to this world, and how it it will affect companies. Read the jacket flap on Friedman's website. Friedman has 3 Pulitzers. How many do you have? Learn why losing jobs to India and China may not be the end of the US. See the big picture of now. If you think outsouring, offshoring, and open sourcing are interesting; you are a dork and this is a book for you.
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