Brainteaser of the day: Fourteen of the kids in the class are girls. Eight of the kids wear blue shirts. Two of the kids are neither girls or wear a blue shirt. If five of the kids are girls who wear blue shirts, how many kids are in the class?

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1. What will my executive or supervisor request or require next? Not only will this question give you an understanding of what you should handle next, it will also serve to align you with your exec’s priorities.
2. What is important and not merely urgent? As assistants we like to be helpful. Helping others with their “urgent” tasks can undermine your effectiveness in getting truly important tasks done. It is okay to refer your colleague to another resource, offer a reasonable timeline for your help, or give a well placed, “no”.
3. What can wait, be delegated, or scrapped altogether? You might be feeling anxious about your workload but instead of prioritizing or strategizing, you try to take care of requests as they hit your plate. This causes your job to feel like an endless game of whack-a-mole. What’s worse? Higher priority projects become afterthoughts. This question can ground you to what’s truly important.

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Aries and Scorpio are a classic and usually a positive pairing. They can often bring out the best in each other as colleagues. Both signs love power and status. If they work together, they can be formidable and make a strong team.

It is usually a very goal-orientated partnership as far as working and collaboration go, meaning that this pair GETS THINGS DONE!

Whilst these positives will often define the working relationship, Aries’ & Scorpios can also experience pitfalls as colleagues. Aries’ impatience can annoy their Scorpio colleague, whilst Aries could become frustrated with their Scorpio teammate due to their possessiveness.

Both signs are ruled by Mars, meaning this pairing can sometimes become a battlefield with each one trying to be the victor. Therefore, it is vital that they keep a shared vision and an eye on the collective prize to avoid this conflict.

The best way to improve the interaction between the two is to listen to each other. Truly listening to a colleague takes respect, and it is that which will make this a winning duo.

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“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

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