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Bridging the Great Divide Between Ideas and Action - By Laurie DuparPut an End To Time Robbers - By Laurie DuparProductivity for Life - By Laurie Dupar- How to Boost Your Productivity - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2015 from Lisa MininniHave you ever wondered why you perform better with some work activities and yet procrastinate on others? When your business is rapidly growing, it can be challenging to keep yourself and even your team consistently motivated. Generic organizing techniques might work for a while, but they ...
Views: 1195 - How to say NO to people - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Dia ThabetJane was 15 years old when she started caring for her brother and sister. She sacrificed her life for them by leaving school and working as a maid in various houses since they lost their parents. She needed the money, so she can feed herself and her siblings. Years have past and Jane’s ...
Views: 1195(1 vote) - How Transformers Work - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2018 from Arsalan AbbasWhen an electric current passes through a long, hollow coil of wire there could be a robust magnetic subject inside the coil and a weaker discipline outside it. The traces of the magnetic field pattern run through the coil, unfold out from the end, and pass spherical the out of doors and in at ...
Views: 1195 - Busy Work is Not Always Productive - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from TJ PhilpottBusy work can be regarded as any task or assignment we engaged in that consumes our time but in the end shows little for our effort. The net result is a decrease in our personal or business productivity. Now if procrastination is your thing, great, but if you have goals and objectives you're ...
Views: 1194(1 vote) - Dumb 'Brules' in Business That Make Everyone Bananas - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2017 from Alexandria JoyI get it. Companies need to have some rules, but ‘brules’, that’s what leaders need to question. Coined by Vishen Lakhiani, founder of Mindvalley and author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, brules, otherwise known as ‘bullshit rules,’ is a term for limiting rules, largely unconscious, ...
Views: 1194 - Three Reasons to Do Business Face-to-Face - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2011 from Joey FaucetteRecently, I delivered a keynote presentation about business growth, “Fence Posts to Trees,” to the top forty emerging leaders of a U.K.-based pharmaceutical company. I ate with one of their five senior VPs during the meal that preceded. He lives in Scotland, commutes to London weekly, and ...
Views: 1193 - The Big 3 & Top 10 - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2012 from Stephanie OwensI heard a quote from the CEO of E-Women's Network, Sandra Yancey, recently that really jumped out at me. She said: "Until you know what's important to you, you'll never be able to tell what's necessary and what's a distraction." This made me think of two crucial tools I've seen help ...
Views: 1192 - The Process Of Change - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2011 from Anneesh ElizabethChange is an unavoidable event in a person's life. There is no getting around it. The question is will you change by design or default? Will your change be for better or for worse? As long as you live, move and breath you will be confronted with the need to make the changes necessary to ...
Views: 1192(5 votes) - Clip an Image to Slice and Spice to the Illustration - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2012 from Atiqur SumonIn a designer’s jargon, to clip an image means removal of undesired entities from the frame in order to make the end result spellbound. There are many scenarios in which a portion or background is clipped right from commercial grounds to personal portraits. There are galore of image editing ...
Views: 1191(1 vote) - Fingerprint Recognition - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from gerald chan wei minSecurity systems witnessed rapid advances in technology over the last year in response to higher levels of crime and fraud. As physical security controls and closed circuit television is not effective enough to protect the institutions of adverse events. In an age where the stable value and ...
Views: 1191 - Effectively Dealing with Interruptions: Don’t Break the "Flow"! - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2016 from Lisa MontanaroImagine you are on a roll, engrossed in a project, in the "flow." All of a sudden, the phone rings, an e-mail alarm goes off, a colleague is standing in your doorway, a text message is coming through on your smart phone, etc. Ah, interruptions. If you didn’t define all of those as an ...
Views: 1189 - How to Increase Productivity In 5 Easy Steps - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2011 from TJ PhilpottLearning how to increase productivity is the key to becoming successful at just about anything! In fact when you improve productivity you are also improving upon the quality of your life since you are now making the best use of time! This of course allows for you to do the other things that ...
Views: 1189 - Powerful Time Management Tools To Super Charge Your Productivity - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2012 from Rhod JonesTime management tools are designed to help you stay focused on the tasks at hand. Time Management ToolsWith all the distractions that are around in today’s modern world, one of the hardest aspects for many people is to stay on task. Cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, and socializing are just ...
Views: 1187(1 vote) - The Profitability of “Thank You”—Three Great Ways to Give Thanks from Your Business - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2011 from Joey FaucetteStudy after study in which we say “Thank you” to our customers reveals that they both spend more money with us and tell their friends about the exceptional service and products we deliver. Volumes of books chronicle how employee productivity zooms skyward when appreciation is expressed. (The ...
Views: 1187(1 vote) - What Does it Mean to "Be Productive?" Different Strokes for Different Folks - by Submitted on May 31, 2013 from Lisa MontanaroRecently, I posted the following series of questions on my Facebook business page: How do you define being "productive"? Do you think of it as literally producing more? Or is it about helping you feel more in control or "balanced"? Do you tie it into impacting your bottom line and making more ...
Views: 1187 - 47 Daily Sleep Aids Success And Productivity - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2019 from Greg MercerBest Face Masks for Men We Swear By Feeling great and looking healthy are always going to take work. When you have the right tools available to you, though, it is not going to seem like much work at all. This is why it is so important to find the right facial mask. As a man, you may find ...
Views: 1186 - Feeling Overwhelmed? Do this: - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2015 from ling wongIn this age of information overload and instant gratification, it’s not uncommon that we feel overwhelmed. We wake up to 52 emails in our inbox, each demanding our attention or action. What to do? First step is kind of counterintuitive. Instead of trying hard to multi-task and check ...
Views: 1185 - Five Simple Steps for Getting Organized - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2012 from Sue BeckerI don’t know how it always seems to happen so quickly, but here we are welcoming in yet another new year. I often ponder how life must really zip by quickly for people who are disorganized, since they are often running late, in a frenzy looking for misplaced things, or in a panic because they ...
Views: 1185 - Get Better Production by Following Theses Two Maximizers - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Bryan BecksteadI specialize in Time Management and Productivity Maximization. It would only be fair to say that dealing with Time management issues is easier than production issues. The main reason is that when you are dealing with time, the concerns are the same for everyone. When you develop a way for ...
Views: 1185(1 vote) - Managing Tension Between Managers and Millenials - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2011 from Samantha JohnsonIf managers are serious about their organizations' survival, then they must build and cultivate a staff of invested and knowledgeable Millennials. The underlying problem is that most managers do not understand how to engage their Millennial employees effectively. Millennials work, think, and ...
Views: 1184(2 votes) - Best Water Purifiers for Home in India - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2018 from Kalyna KapurThe age we are living in is such that we require devices to purify our water so that it is safe consumption. A direct result of the pollution in the world, water purifiers have seen a rise in demand. Technology has given us three different types of purifiers which we see in the market: UV ...
Views: 1183(1 vote) - Making it Possible - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2016 from Ascendance Project"Dream big, Sparkle more, Shine bright" Lately, I’ve been finding it hard to find time to work on my music, to come up with new stuff and practice songs for gigs. I have even forgotten to spare time to have fun with music and to experiment with it, me busy being caught up with school work and ...
Views: 1183 - Tired of Doing Busywork and Getting Patchy Results? - by Submitted on May 18, 2015 from ling wongYou have invested thousands of dollars in programs and trainings. You are working your butt off on your business day in and day out. You follow the instructions to a T. You do everything by the book. Sometimes you make a few sales, get a few clients… sometimes you don’t. There seems to be no ...
Views: 1182(3 votes) - Are you Ovewhelmed with Technology? - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Suzanne Saxe-RouxThe improvements of the internet and the tools for entrepreneurs and all professionals, that have less than mediocre technical skills, has made all the difference in enabling entrepreneurs to build businesses without breaking the bank. On the flip side, however, is that all the new technology we ...
Views: 1180(1 vote) - Demographics Analysis for Online Marketing - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2014 from Kathleen GageKnowing your market is essential to your business success. Understanding demographics enables you to do incredibly targeted marketing. The demographics of your market are their geographic location, age, gender, family status, income, buying behavior, buying preferences, etc. Analyzing the ...
Views: 1180 - Email For Mobile: The Trend Buzzing B2B Marketing Space - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2013 from Linda MentzerCurrent world with ever evolving technologies have tuned people to perform every possible task on the ‘GO’, and one of the newest addition to this practice is Mobile Email. The term took its birth around 2008 when the world started witnessing the rise of a revolutionary trend with some amazing ...
Views: 1180 - Leaders Are Your People Paying the Personal Price of Working For You? - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2018 from Alexandria JoyI believe the fish rots from the head. I believe profit is hoarding. I believe people join a company and leave because they don't feel valued and seen as a unique human. I believe culture change must start at the top. Spend time in any workplace like I do as a company culture architect and ...
Views: 1179 - Small Business Coaching - The Rule of Three - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Dave CrenshawI see an oft-repeated situation with business owners. Typically it involves a spouse or business partner who is very concerned about cutting costs. This concerned person urges the business owner to spend less money, believing that if the business spends less money, then there will be more money ...
Views: 1178(2 votes) - The Logjam - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Carrie GreeneI was speaking with a client earlier today who related a story to me about a river in Louisiana that was jammed full of logs. Nothing was moving in or out. Many strategies were employed to loosen the jam but nobody was able to clear it. Everyone and everything was stuck. Finally someone came ...
Views: 1178 - Business Networking – The Unusual Way of Starting Usual Relationships - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2013 from Linda MentzerYou have no idea what people can do for you, if you ask them to help you. And it all boils down to the fact of how generously have you networked with them, over the time you partnered with them. Despite the fact, there are so many marketers avoiding this simple, straightforward practice. ...
Views: 1177 - 15 Best Pomodoro Timers That Boost Your Focus - by Submitted on May 30, 2019 from Arina KatrychevaThe Pomodoro technique has proven to be an efficient way to stay organized and productive. It is based on natural body cycles and helps build the work processes harmonically into your daily routine. In short, the technique prescribes to divide the work process into 25-minute work sprints ...
Views: 1176 - Increasing Workplace Productivity And Coaching GROW Model - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Ioventures IncIncreasing workplace productivity is one of the main aims of any business these days. The way to precisely undertake it faces a controversy, which many of us would want to have an answer to. Amongst the many kinds of approaches that can lead the workers towards the direction of increasing ...
Views: 1176(1 vote) - Managing the Meeting Madness - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2013 from Rosie GrayHow many hours do you spend in meetings, in a typical week? If you include the ‘proper’ scheduled meetings (including 1:1’s), and take a guess at the impromptu ‘Have you got a minute?’ conversations that always take longer than that, it probably adds up to a sizeable chunk of your working week. ...
Views: 1176(2 votes) - You can Double your productivity in only 30 Days - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonJohn lives an average life, waking up at 7 am every day. He immediately switches on the radio as he wakes up, filling his brain with all sorts of random pointless distracting input. He drives off to work with the radio blaring away in the background. This allows him to stay tuned out of his day ...
Views: 1176 - Developing Scalable and Reliable business applications on Java - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Hari Singh BediJava is a simple, object oriented programming language. Java software development has turned out to be a frontrunner in providing reliable and scalable business solutions. This is because Java (together with its run-time environment) not only provides a robust and secure platform but also gives ...
Views: 1175 - 5 Tips to Boost Brain Power and Productivity - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2012 from Valencia RayAchieving business success requires more than collecting advanced degrees and learning sales and marketing strategies. These things are useful, but we are so ‘dis-integrated’ in our thinking these days that we miss the forest (the big picture) because we are so busy trying to cut down trees ...
Views: 1173 - Cold Calling Techniques - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2011 from Alen MayerClammy hands? Blank mind? Have you become an expert at creative avoidance? No one actually looks forward to cold calling, yet it’s a necessity for successful selling. Happily, there are some simple cold calling techniques you can use to become much more comfortable, move past your fear and ...
Views: 1171 - Email Campaign: It’s Time to Push Start Button ! - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2012 from Linda MentzerWith all the attention grabbing by social media websites it might seem insane to write something about email campaign. But the latest study by hubspot.com has raised tremendous questions on social media websites revealing the fact that 63% of B2B companies don’t get leads through social ...
Views: 1171 - X-Gap: Using Strategic Planning to Close the Project Execution "Gap" - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2012 from James MurphyTeams and organizations are constantly plagued by project execution errors and failures. These failures create an execution gap -- a gap between what an individual and/or team plans to do and what they actually do instead. Just as retention rapidly degrades after learning, so does project ...
Views: 1171 - Forgiveness in life - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2010 from Dia ThabetForgiveness in life Is forgiveness a sign of weakness? Does unforgiveness hurt you? Does forgiving someone benefit you? Every person should learn how to forgive, which really means when you think of someone that upset or hurt you, you wish him or her good and prosperity. When you don’t ...
Views: 1170 - How to Create Your Sacred Spaces - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Julie GrayThere are three types of sacred spaces: - A room - A location for a specific item - An interruption-free block of time All three have the following characteristics in common: - They are used for one specific purpose - They are clutter-free - They flow naturally with your ...
Views: 1170 - It's Hard to Make a Difference When you Can't Find Your Desk - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Sara CaputoIt’s Hard to Make a Difference When You Can’t Find Your Desk... Three new ideas you can immediately implement to find your desk again There’s a great book called “It’s Hard to Make a Difference When you Can’t Find Your Keys.” Its author, Marilyn Paul, outlines seven steps to truly becoming ...
Views: 1170 - Are You Leaving Too Much On The Table? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Dawn AngierAre You Leaving Too Much on the Table? I’m surprised how many business owners and managers don’t know the real meaning of the term “Opportuníty Cost.” And many of those who DO know what it means rarely factor it into their decision-making process. No one likes to lose money. And we all ...
Views: 1169 - The Power of Mini-Action Steps - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2010 from Joanna LindenbaumToday I want to share with you an important piece of information that may seem very obvious. The truth is, though, most people don't utilize this incredibly effective tool for moving forward and getting unstuck instantaneously!The powerful tool I'm talking about is the mini-action step, as I ...
Views: 1169(2 votes) - How To Finish Up 2010 Strong – Or Not At All - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Kris CavanaughThe final weeks are upon us for 2010, and many people are left wondering how much of a shift for improvement they made over 2009. Here are just a few questions you can ask yourself in order to gauge your response… * Was 2010 the year you broke through major barriers that previously held ...
Views: 1168(3 votes) - The Benefits of Blankness - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Christopher EdgarIf you spent a moment without thinking, would you cease to exist? When I give talks about using mindfulness practices to focus on your work, at least one person usually tells me they “can’t meditate” because they can’t seem to force their mind to quiet. But often, if I get the chance to ...
Views: 1168 - 3 Ways to Cure Holiday Overwhelm at Work - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2012 from Joey FaucetteHas your to-do list grown overnight? Yes, it’s “the most wonderful time of the year”…and yet many of us miss the wonder of it all due to the overwhelm at work that accompanies the holidays. Here are 3 ways to cure your holiday overwhelm at work starting today: Focus on Positive ...
Views: 1167 - Freelancer’s Time Management Problems: Solve Them with Grace - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2019 from Arina KatrychevaAs sweet as the freedom is, starting a freelance job is usually overwhelming. All of a sudden you have to deal with all management stuff that was off your shoulders when you were in the office. And time flies by so quickly that you barely understand what you’ve managed to do. So here’s what you ...
Views: 1167 - How to Focus in an ADD World - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Pat HeydlauffFor sustainability in a complex ADD world, the key is focused engagement. What the business community knows today is that old ways are not sustainable and you can no longer execute without engagement. However, a strategic business advantage comes from knowing there is a flow to the focus of ...
Views: 1167 - Get Yourself Unstuck: 8 Smart Reminders - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2010 from Helaine IrisWhether you consider yourself a occasional procrastinator, or a terminal one, getting stuck in the mud occasionally - paralyzing your ability to act sometimes happens. While it's certainly useful to explore the reasons behind persistent procrastination patterns and resolve them, this article is ...
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