Jul 19 4 min Keeping Track of your Work: Events, Briefings, Workshops, Etc Edition Last week, my boss asked me to write a few paragraphs about my work's impact. This exercise made me realize that I'm bad at keeping track...
Jul 5 4 min How to Pack for Travel (including tips for the family) I've always loved to travel. Starting in high school, I would save up all my babysitting money, and the moment I had enough, I was on a...
Jun 21 2 min Create an Event Guide Events are exciting! People want to hear what you have to say. That's fun. I'm constantly telling my family members that other people...
Jun 7 5 min Being Purposeful about Appointments If you have a job that requires you to meet with people, then you know how much it can suck up your time. It isn't just the time you...
May 31 4 min The Key to Happiness? Outsourcing and Delegating I was chatting with my friend the other day about a contest I was thinking of applying to. In general, my position is to apply for...
May 22 2 min The Beauty of Catch-All Days At the end of every week, I put together a list of the things I’m going to do the following week. I’ve got a nice system that lets me...
May 11 4 min First-Prize in Keeping Track of Awards Last week I took my kids to a carnival, where they rode rides and played silly games to win even sillier prizes. My two-year-old...
Mar 2 2 min Getting to No It is hard to say no to people. You worry they won't like you. Or that you are missing out on a good opportunity. That it will negatively...
Feb 23 4 min When to Balk and at Giving a Talk OK, balk may be a bit strong, but it conveys a basic point: you can't say yes to every speaking opportunity that comes your way. If...
Jan 18 3 min Travel Admin: Dealing with Cell Phones I spend a lot of time overseas for work, sometimes 4-5 months a year elsewhere, sometimes longer. Traveling is awesome, but also creates...
Jan 18 2 min Getting serious about tax deductions There is perhaps no admin task more loathed than preparing your taxes. Even Albert Einstein, a genius, thought "the hardest thing in the...
Dec 17, 2020 3 min Sharing Work News through a Newsletter Over the years, I've tried different ways of promoting my work to those in my field. I used to send a mass email maybe 2-3 times a year...
Nov 23, 2020 3 min Recommendations on Recommendation Letters Writing recommendation letters is one of the big administrative jobs of anyone in the knowledge sector – whether you work at a...
Nov 22, 2020 3 min Using RAs Part III: Publicizing Your Work You spent a lot of time to research and write something. You’ve gone through the tedious and long publication process. And now you can...
Nov 3, 2020 2 min Using RAs Part II: Op-eds! Thanks to online publications, there are endless opportunities for think-tankers and academics to share their research and viewpoints on...
Nov 2, 2020 3 min Using RAs Part I: Presentations! After over a decade of working as other people’s research assistant, I finally got my own when I started teaching at Georgetown. Research...
Nov 1, 2020 4 min Networking in a Remote World COVID sucks. Unfortunately, it looks like we will have to deal with continuing our lives remotely for the foreseeable future. To stay...
Oct 21, 2020 5 min How to rock that internship You are an intern. And you want to impress your boss. I have been there. Over a decade of my life, I was there. Here's the bottom line –...
Sep 30, 2020 5 min Miserable doing admin? Some tips When I was preparing to have our second son, it was a stressful time. The pregnancy was unexpected, and I found myself with immense work...
