Welcome to the first post in the 7 Habits of Of Highly Effective People series. In this introductory post we introduce you to the concepts of the 7 Habits and what you can expect to cover on your journey to being a better communicator … Read More »
In Habit 1 of Stephen Covey's 7 Habits we take a look at the importance of proactivity. We don's have to leave it to others to ask for help - we can recognise that they need assistance before they ask and it'll help build … Read More »
Every now and again I re-take The Myers-Briggs test to keep an track on how I'm doing personality-wise. When I first took the test back in 2006 I was classed as ISFJ, when I re-took it in 2007 I was ENTJ and just over … Read More »
I was getting rather fed up of having to physically get up and go to my PC from my Mac at home when I wanted to do something - sure I have access to my PC folders on my Mac but sometimes I'd need … Read More »
I thought I'd share a nifty little Mac program with you all that allows you to eliminate desktop distractions and helps you to focus on what you're working on. Doodim is a freeware application that hides all of the rubbish on your desktop and … Read More »
There's an article on the BBC website today stating that more than four in ten UK employees are considering quitting their job in the next year. That's a staggering amount of people that are thinking about moving jobs - especially in the current uncertain … Read More »
I had an email from a reader recently (yes, I have at least one!) regarding my paper based system and how I deal with managing projects/actions in order to avoid duplication across lists (e.g have an action assigned to a project list and then … Read More »
To-Do lists and project management tools are great when it comes to being productive, but if your office space is a mess then you've already lost the productivity battle! … Read More »
We've not long migrated from Thunderbird to Entourage at work, which I was a bit hesitant about as I'm a big fan of Thunderbird and have used it quite successfully within my "Getting Things Done" system, plus it made managing emails really easy with … Read More »
To-do lists are a stress management tool and have a calming effect on nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of people who responded in the United States, simply because everything is written down in front of them. Respondents in Canada are most likely to have a … Read More »
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