Archives for the 'At Work' Category
10 Sure-Fire Ways to Beat the February Blues [The Daily Saint]
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It’s that time of year again, when the cold doesn’t go away and the days are dark. A former boss of mine once said, "Never make a big decision in February," and I think that he was right. It’s not a time of year that, in the Northeast U.S. at least, is particularly [...]
From Ordinary to Extraordinary: At Home and at Work [The Daily Saint]
LifeHack has my recent post, called “12 Steps Closer to Your Idea Work Day”. I discuss some easy ways to maximize what you do at work and still find time for the other aspects of life.
Original post here: Mike
Strength Phrases for Those Tough Parts of the Day [The Daily Saint]
All of us have an optimal time of day for high performance and creative thought. We can look to an interview with Teresa Amabile who studied workplace stress for ten years. While many of us see stress as a stimulant to keep us moving through the day, the data speaks to the contrary:
"Perhaps the most [...]
If Rambo Had Email… [The Daily Saint]
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This is a guest post by Craig Huggart. He is the author of Escape From Email Hell and blogs at Tech Rest.
How would John Rambo manage multiple email accounts? Isn’t that the question that everyone is wondering as the latest installment in the Rambo movies hits the big screen?
Managing your email can [...]
Let Me Walk With You [The Daily Saint]
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Here’s a new spin on holding meetings when you don’t have time to, well, hold a meeting. It’s called Let Me Walk With You and I’ve used it for several months with great success. LMWWY is very simple-
You need to relay some quick information or you need to ask a question [...]
The Ultimate Guide to Running Strong, Timely & Effective Meetings [The Daily Saint]
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There are several resources that I consider a must when it comes to articles that are on-topic and BNET is one of them. As a follow up to an earlier post on ending meetings on time, here are some additional posts that are quite good, all related to running meetings with style [...]
3 Easy Ways to End a Meeting on Time [The Daily Saint]
Have you ever been in a meeting and thought is was going to end, only to find that it keeps going and going and going? It’s as if you are a runway attendant with the orange cones. You’re trying to get the plane to land but its pilot can’t seem to get the coordinates right. [...]
How 4 Hours of Work Can Make up for a Week of Vacation [The Daily Saint]
Most of us like vacation. Most of us do not like the volume of work that greets us upon return from vacation. It might explain why Americans take less vacation time than those in other developing countries. Consider the post-vacation greeting from:
Hundreds of emails…waiting for your reply.
Dozens of voice mails…demanding some resolution.
Tens of projects…each needing [...]
Mismanagement & Professional Sports [The Daily Saint]
Yesterday, the baseball world gasped as former MVP’s and some sure-fire hall of fame players were named as users of HGH and steroids. The report, which cost around $20 million revealed a system of owners, commissioners and managers who knew about steroids but didn’t do all that much to clean things up.
The New York Knicks, [...]
How to Maintain Focus at Work [The Daily Saint]
(photo by Maurice)
All of us know the feeling. It’s 5pm and you want to head home but there’s this nagging feeling that you’ve wasted far too much time in the past eight hours. How could I have puttered, chatted and putzed my way through another work day?
A TDS reader recently commented, "The best of intentions [...]