What Is Valentine’s Day? This holiday didn’t just magically appear out of nowhere, and contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t invented by greeting card companies. Valentine’s Day has a rich (and slightly morbid) history that you may not know about.…
Being Successful And Productive At Your Job Being successful and productive at your job requires more than just participation – it involves being proactive about your own performance. How you are doing your job is just as important as what…
National Freedom Day – In Creative Personnel Work Freely! National Freedom Day, always observed on February 1st, celebrates freedom from slavery. It also recognizes that America is a symbol of liberty. The day honors the signing by Abraham Lincoln of…
Benefits of Being Proactive When people are proactive, they tend to thrive at work and they tend to be more satisfied with their careers because they take action across their career stages and therefore experience more growth in their careers,…
Because Having a Job Is a Right, Not a Privilege. The idea of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday was promoted by labor unions in contract negotiations. After King’s death, Representative John Conyers (a Democrat from Michigan) and…
Being proactive has actually been found as a unique aspect of personality, according to research published in the Journal of Human Performance. When people are proactive, they take initiative to influence their environments and embrace personal agency. They are curious,…