There are some rare individuals who have applied themselves over a long time (usually tens of years of practice) to acquire a particular skill and become a specialist – such as a world-class tennis player, a renowned public speaker. For many of us who have not had the good fortune of finding that one special area from an early age, there are other skills that are easier to acquire to achieve personal success. Here are the 4 skills for success that really matter…
Category: Personal Effectiveness (Page 4 of 12)
Imagine that you are approaching a traffic light and need to make a decision whether to stop or move full speed ahead. This becomes easier to decide when you are given sufficient information – the light is red, orange or green. But how do you decide if the traffic lights don’t work for some reason. Now you need to process different bits of information about the traffic that’s coming from the left, the right, the pedestrians…
One of the benefits of running an entrepreneurial organization is that almost by definition, it is a quest for doing more work in a shorter period of time at a lower cost. This is not some golden rule for entrepreneurs, it is a necessity. So you have to learn all the tricks there are to become more productive. The problem is that most advice handed out about time management and maximizing productivity looks viable as long as it’s in a management book or a training course but once you are back in the office, it’s just not practical.
For example, how many times have you heard that there are only so many seconds in the day and time never comes back. Has it made any difference? So maybe it’s time to explore some other strategies. How does one get more work done in the same time? Here are some ways that have proven to be really useful for me and a lot of other people. You may be surprised with how effective these can be…
If you are someone who likes to stay up to date with cutting edge insights and information about management, business, technology, workplace trends and personal effectiveness, then you need to add some must-read blogs to your regular reading list. Here is a list of what I consider to be 10 valuable blogs that provide great insights. The list is not in any particular order..
Ask scientists about what the next frontier will be for human advancement and the most likely answer will be the ability to pick up new learning in a much shorter time.
Amazing productivity and quantum improvements in learning is the promise of accelerated learning. It is a quest that has gripped both individuals and organizations…
Warning – this article may change your life in just a few days. If you don’t want any change in your life, don’t read this.
Remember the last New Year resolution? Remember all the other goals you set for yourself that never came about? So what happened? Was it just a lack of will power..?
Our natural tendency is to behave like butterflies: flitting from one flower to another in search of nutrition – or from one task to another before the first task is complete – or switching from one priority to another on impulse.
To justify this, we call this multi-tasking but this isn’t multi-tasking, it is a lack of focus and it extracts a heavy price: loss of productivity, missed goals and a sense that much time has been expended and not much achieved. Learning to focus on just one thing at a time is the answer; it is not easy to do but the rewards can be amazing…
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