Archives for the 'Self Improvement' Category
The Back of the Napkin [Genuine Curiosity]
The other day, I was on a conference call with Cliff Atkinson (author of Beyond Bullet Points) who was training a group of folks on How to Create Your Graphics LIVE on a Tablet PC, Whiteboard or Piece of Paper (one of his weekly e-Lessons). One of the tips he gave us to get better [...]
Short notice alert! Free presentation creation seminar [Genuine Curiosity]
Sorry for the short notice but I just found out! The awesome Cliff Atkinson (author of Beyond Bullet Points) will be offering a free webinar on Thursday morning June 12, 2008 called: Creating a 15-Minute Presentation in 1-Hour.
You can register by clicking the link above (may require a free registration at Microsoft Office Online). [...]
Updated: Free presentation creation seminar [Genuine Curiosity]
[Note: This post previously announced this seminar - now it tells you how to access the archive]
This morning, I saw an online seminar by Cliff Atkinson (author of Beyond Bullet Points) called: Creating a 15-Minute Presentation in 1-Hour. It is a very useful walk-through of the process from start-to-finish, and illustrates the concepts from [...]
Improve your productivity: Establish your operating principles [Genuine Curiosity]
Last week, I posted about some excellent analysis by Tim Ferriss (“You wouldn’t like me when I’m unproductive…”) comparing the “fighting styles” of various productivity gurus. If you aren’t familiar with Tim’s work, he is the author of “The 4 Hour Work Week,” which is chock full of ideas to change you life. [...]
Total Workday Control [Genuine Curiosity]
In my continuing quest for methods and tools to make me more productive, I’ve been reading and applying Michael Linenberger’s latest techniques from the 2nd edition of his book, Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook. As I’ve chronicled here in the past (see “My GTD Odyssey” - Parts 1, 2, 3, 4), I have been [...]
The Parking Lot Rules [Genuine Curiosity]
I’ve just finished reading a book I wish I’d had when my first child was born. It’s Tom Sturges’ book, Parking Lot Rules & 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children. This book is a set of pragmatic “rules” to help provide a safe, nurturing environment for kids as they grow up. Some of these [...]
Executive Stamina [Genuine Curiosity]
In another example of a book that comes into my life at an opportune time, I have been reading a book designed to help you systematically achieve higher productivity and better “balance” in life. The book is “Executive Stamina: How to Optimize Time, Energy, and Productivity to Achieve Peak Performance,” by Marty Seldman, PhD and [...]
A few for Friday (18-April-08) [Genuine Curiosity]
Here are a few of the good links and fun items I’ve run across this past week.
The “Now Defunct Museum”
The Now Defunct Museum is a Squidoo lens dedicated to remembering some of the things that once seemed everywhere, but now have vanished from our everyday lives. Very entertaining - I like the picture of the [...]
The business of time auditing [Genuine Curiosity]
I was in an intersting discussion the other day about time auditing since I’ve written a good bit about this topic (see “Related items” at the end of this post). The gist of the discussion was, “Time auditing seems like a lot of work and I end up thinking a lot about minutiae - [...]
A few new resources to share [Genuine Curiosity]
Here are a few items I’ve found or found out about recently that I thought would be interesting to you:
New “Feedables” feed on Efficiency
Feedables is an RSS aggregation service I really like. I have been following their “Gadgets Feed” for a while, and really like it. I just found out they have added [...]