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7 Tips for First Time Managers

March 22, 2017 at Career, Communication, Management, Motivation

This is a shout out to all you first time managers out there! You are bound to be attacked by butterflies in your tummy, and the symptoms of having cold ...

Chase Away Them Monday Blues! – Ten Inspiring Quotes by our Favourite Famous People

March 13, 2017 at Managing Yourself, Motivation, World of Work

We’ve all had that feeling first thing Monday morning, wondering where the weekend has gone and how it can already be the start of the working week. The infamous Monday ...

Planning the Perfect Gap Year – Part 1

March 11, 2017 at Career, Managing Yourself, World of Work

At last! The day for you to submit your final examination paper arrives. The years of piling on honors and extra classes, tutors, test preparations, community-service projects, and other extracurricular ...

Gap Year(s) and Why They’re Trending

March 7, 2017 at Career, Life, Managing Yourself

When Malia Obama decided to take a gap year before starting college at Harvard, it made the world sit up and notice. The news spread like wildfire, not just because ...

How to Do a Career Detox – I

February 16, 2017 at Career, Managing Yourself, Productivity

Career detox - does the phrase sound unfamiliar, almost strange? Well, it is neither. Just like your body needs a detox every now and then, for a better, and healthier ...

Practicing the “Miracle of Mindfulness” at Work

January 27, 2017 at Managing Yourself, Motivation, Productivity, World of Work

What does being “mindful” mean? Very simply put, it means being aware, being present in the moment. Or like our favorite phrase at OBOlinx, it simply means being “Happy in ...

How to Make Your Way Through Office Politics as an Introvert

January 14, 2017 at Managing Yourself, Office Etiquette, World of Work

The one occupational hazard you will have to deal with, no matter what your occupation is, is – office politics. Some look forward to it, consciously or subconsciously, as a form ...

Navigating a Career Crossroad – 5 Things No One Tells Us

July 26, 2016 at Career, First Job, Job Offers, Life, Managing Yourself

To be at a career crossroad, no matter at what stage of your career you are in, can be a truly unsettling feeling. To say that it is only normal ...

Switching Careers Midway – How to Deal with the Dilemma

April 25, 2016 at Career, Managing Yourself, World of Work

There are very few things which can be worse than being stuck in a unsatisfying career. Let’s check that. There is nothing worse than the feeling of being stuck doing ...

Five Steps that help me be Here and Now – Being Mindful and Happy In The Now

March 31, 2013 at Motivation, Productivity

RIGHT NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME! Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness~James Thurber There are two things that the human mind loves indulging ...