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Snack Hacks for Working Late Nights

October 7, 2016 ♦

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Working late? For all of us workaholics, the goal is to get it done and go home. Night is a terrible time to eat overall. We really want our digestion to have the night to take a break, hence the name "breakfast" for our morning meal. We know…

The Walking Dead, “Smart for Then or Smart for Now?”

March 12, 2015 ♦

Parable

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"Smart for Then or Smart for Now? " Rick Grimes, Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 13 I choose Smart for Now! One of my fantastic clients recently introduced me as Michele the Trainer an amazing Entreprennaire (extraordinary entrepreneur). That intro meant a lot to me. It takes a lot of…

Apple a day season!

October 14, 2011 ♦

Power Foods

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Apples...hailed for "keeping the doctor away"...and lately many other great headlines! Dirty!! First thing is that apples are on the "dirty dozen list" ...you can read the link from this post http://www.engineeringwellness.com/free-food/youre-eating-poison-bee-cause-we-water-your-food-with-it so we want to make sure our apples are organic...we don't get poisoned Snow White mirror mirror on…

What is Your Superpower?

October 7, 2011 ♦

Michele the Trainer

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What is your superpower? "Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." (author unkown) Is it algorithms? Isolating and fixing the toughest hardware bugs? That's not my superpower. My…

Stop Ass Kissers

July 29, 2011 ♦

Stress

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You are not alone!! Let's agree to not feel the stress caused by Ass Kissers. Most engineers are observers. Most engineers are factual and terse. We need to talk about ass kissers and the unnecessary stress they cause observers. I can remember sitting in cube after cube in my career…

Just do a During Work Workout!

June 10, 2011 ♦

Work Workouts

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A during work workout...when I see those articles I know that the author has never worked in a cube or a lab. Whose idea is that?...a during work workout? Where the heck do they work? How can I work, and not move from my cube so my micromanaging manager can…

Apple a Day!!

April 15, 2011 ♦

Tiny Changes

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Michele the Trainer agrees that An Apple a Day is Good for YOU is TRUE! (organic apples of course) "Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why." Bernard Baruch Here is one study that is probably true (as it aligns with pure…

The Cube Moocher That Wouldn’t Leave

April 1, 2011 ♦

Environment

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The Cube Moocher That Wouldn’t Leave… I always encourage everyone to drink more water; water water. Here is a way to get in more hydration during your workday. Here’s the plan…we are going to learn to identify Cube Moochers and use them as a way to motivate us to get…

BBB: Beware of Bagel Belly

March 4, 2011 ♦

Free Food

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Back in the day when "fat free" foods were all the rage...those of us who were dieters thought that bagels were "free" because they had no fat. What we didn't know then was about gluten and the possible allergic affects of anaphalytic shock associated with gluten allergies...you can google high…

Valentine’s Day; here comes the low quality chocolate

February 18, 2011 ♦

Free Food

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Monday is Valentine's Day. You don't care because you have to work. You're gonna come into the office on Monday to do your job, and what you don't know is that everyone's kids did their valentine's day party on Friday...or perhaps it was a function at church or something on…