Habit 4 of Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is all about achieving a mutually acceptable compromise with the person you're dealing with so you both feel that you have achieved your ideal outcome. … Read More »
I caught an interesting news story on the radio last week (or it may have been the week before!) about how faking happiness at work could make you ill … Read More »
Studies indicate that people are more productive during the morning hours than at any other point during the day. It can be difficult for people unaccustomed to being wide awake before noon to make the transition to being a morning person. In fact, the … Read More »
An article at CNN.com discusses the "10 best excuses for coming to work late": More than 27 percent of hiring managers say they are skeptical of employees' excuses for showing up late. It turns out their doubt is warranted: 24 percent of all employees decide … Read More »
In Habit 2 we discover the importance of knowing what we want the outcomes of our interactions with others to be. There is no point investing time and emotional energy if we don't know what we want to get out of the situation. … Read More »
Habit 3 looks at Covey's four quadrants of urgency. We may perceive things to be urgent but are they really? We can use some of the techniques in this post to figure out what items are really worth doing. Once we've figured out what's … Read More »
In the 7 Habits, the Public Victory Phase is were we take a look back at the first few habits that asked us to examine ourselves and then think about how we can use those habits to start interacting with others. … Read More »
Learn to save money with these simple tips from Bankaholic.com - and sorry, cutting out your daily Starbucks is on the list! … Read More »
I've been toying with the idea recently of going back to use my PDA again for calendar and task management. I know, I know! I've long been a staunch supporter of using Moleskine's for managing my tasks, and my phone for managing my calendar … Read More »
My main problem is that I feel poncy using my PDA in public, then you also have to factor in the danger of loosing it or having it nicked when I'm down my local pub. I'm still having problems managing certain lists - mainly … Read More »
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