Tweet6ShareShare612 Shares Friday, again? Time for another “No Meeting Friday!” Today, we have a list of things that you could better spend your time on instead of being locked in a meeting room. 11 Things Your Could Do Instead of That Meeting 1 – Get to Know Your People When was the last time you […]
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Why You Need to be Different to Win
TweetShareShare0 Shares People conform. You have probably heard that you become like those that you hang out with… …but, what if those that you are hanging out or working with aren’t like what you want to be? What then? Studies have shown that if you hang out with people who are out of shape, you […]
8 Guidelines To Minimize Your Email
Tweet7ShareShare1219 Shares When you get back to work from a weekend do you suddenly have hundreds of emails waiting for you? Does your email multiply? Does it reproduce while you are asleep? Some people are convinced this is the only answer to explain the mountain of email that appears in their inbox. Where does all […]
Why Don’t You Finish Early?
Tweet13ShareShare316 Shares We live in a late world. People are late. Projects are late. Planes are late. And we accept it all. Why? Because we have been conditioned to it. In fact, when something is on time. It usually throws us off. I recently saw a traveler yell at a customer service rep at the […]
How the iPad Replaced My Laptop in 30 Days
Tweet8ShareShare210 Shares In less than one month, the iPad has almost entirely replaced my laptop. Both at work and at home. It is truly an amazing device. It is mind boggling that something so small and thin, can be such a powerful tool. It is Not a Laptop I’ll start by saying that if you […]
9 Reasons Why You Should Skip That Meeting
Tweet1ShareShare34 Shares It’s Friday! That means “No Meeting Friday!” That is when we set aside Friday from the wasteful distraction of meetings and concentrate on doing real, creative work. It can be the most productive day of the work week. What? Your workplace doesn’t observe “No Meeting Friday?” Well, you can still do your best […]
Kill the Tasks Not the Todo List
Tweet186ShareShare24210 Shares I got the inspiration for this topic from Leo Babauta’s post the other day entitled “Kill your Todo list.” Leo’s theme was about getting rid of your todo list and instead concentrating on just “one thing” that you wanted to get done that day. Leo and I agree on many things when it […]
5 Swift Tips to Help Empty Your Inbox
Tweet16ShareShare1026 Shares Pop Quiz: How many emails are currently in your inbox? Be honest. 10? 20? 50? 200? More? A colleague I recently spoke with had 2300+ email messages in their inbox. A large percentage unread and unanswered. At that point your email has become an ineffective means of communication. You read stories of people […]
57 Things Started and Nothing Done
Tweet216ShareShare73289 Shares Are you a multitasker? It is OK, you can admit it. Are you one of those people that is constantly working on 57 different things? Multi-tasking: It just doesn’t work. Trust me. The truth is… it is all about priorities. Of those 57 things you are working on, I’ll bet 3 are important. […]
The 8 Best Ways to Avoid Being Driftwood
Tweet7ShareShare512 Shares The Driftwood Principle Are you driftwood floating down the river of life, going wherever it takes you? Do you let life make decisions for you? Do you let it wear you down sometimes? What happens to driftwood? Over time, it becomes worn, it goes where the river takes it, and sometimes it is […]