ActivePro - April 19th, 2001
 The Newsletter for Active Professionals

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ActivePro Contents:

 1- Editor's Note
 2- Virtual Banking
 3- Staying Focused
 4- Inspiration
 5- Personalizing Your Work Space

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1) Editor's Note

It isn't always easy to be yourself at work. Let ActivePro help
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2) Virtual Banking

Although I wouldn't recommend closing your main bank account
just yet, I suggest you at least entertain the option of banking 
on the Internet. VirtualBank offers no monthly fees or minimum
balance requirement, and they have great interest rates on checking 
accounts. For what they lack in customer service, they make up for 
in great savings and monetary perks. They even redeem up to six 
bucks in ATM charges per month. 

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3) Staying Focused

Multitasking can help you get more things done, but it isn't 
always the smartest approach. You should give some tasks your 
full attention. You'll have to use your best judgment to decide 
which tasks those are. Complex projects require a great degree
of focus, and trying to do other things at the same time can
lead to errors in judgment.

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4) Inspiration

"Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be 
possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled 
it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you 
will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain 
a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."
--Socrates

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5) Personalizing Your Work Space

Do you feel as though you're entering a different world when you
go to work? Like you have two lives, with a separate personality
and way of expressing yourself for each? This is not uncommon. In
fact, I have not met many people in my life who would answer no 
to these questions. Many people see this as being the reason they 
don't like to go to work. They feel like they're too restricted 
in the way they conduct themselves. They wish they could be more 
open and truthful at work. They dream that they could feel the 
same way they do when they're at home with their loved ones.

I don't recommend taking your shoes off and slipping into your 
pajamas at work, but I do recommend doing everything you can get 
away with in order to make yourself feel more comfortable. If you 
get caught in your office with your pants around your ankles doing 
the twist, don't blame me! My advice is to merely personalize your 
work space a little more. 

Pictures are a necessity. It's always helpful to see the face 
of a loved one in a time of need. And if you don't ever lay them 
face down, they may keep you from doing something that you would 
regret. I know your desk is full already, but don't hesitate to 
keep a few small mementos around. They make you think of things 
that make you happy, and they give the extra comfort that's needed 
to be true to yourself. You might even find your "home self" 
starting to bleed into your "work self". Although you've always 
thought that this was a big no-no, I personally think that it helps 
encourage creativity and the ability to make sound decisions. 

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