The height of sophistication is simplicity
Clare Boothe Luce (in the novel “Stuffed Shirts”)
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Month: July 2017
An article from Website Designs looked at how to end procrastination
Here are 8 small suggestions to follow.
1. Change Your Perception
2. Let Go of Fear
3. Split Up the Project
4. Just Get Started
5. Talk About It Publicly
6. Work In Short Periods
7. Ask for Accountability
8. Reward Yourself
If you want to read more, see the full article
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Jacob Shriar on the Blog business2community highlights the 10 main challenges you will face when you are assigned to a managerial position.
It can be tough to adjust to this new role and potentially new environment, the first piece of advice is to understand that it’s normal to be nervous.
Here are 10 challenges that you will face to motivate the employees under you:
- Failure to Set Clear Goals and Expectations.
- Poor Time Management.
- Unclear or Inconsistent Communication.
- Pressure To Perform.
- Shifting From Coworker To Boss.
- Hiring.
- Firing.
- Solving Other People’s Problems.
- Getting The Team To Be Productive.
- Not Asking For Help.
The key is to change your mindset and get into a new way of approaching work.
Read the entire article here
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Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupations is exhilarating and life giving.
Mahatma Gandhi (Young India, 18 August 1921, p. 262)
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Everyone has taken part to some meetings that proved to be a waste of precious time and energies.
In order to avoid attending pointless meetings that will lead to nowhere, it is important to be capable of identifying such events in advance.
Here are five questions by Paul Newton that “one should always ask himself before attending a meeting”:
1. What is its aim?
2. Does it have a timed agenda?
3. Are the communications clear?
4. Will it be well managed?
5. Is the chair effective?
Read the full article: http://bit.ly/1LZUNwS
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Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
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Interested in public speaking? Laura Vanderkam, writer and speaker, on Fastcompany suggests some useful tips to engage the audience. Above all:
1. Don’t try to mentally ridicule your audience to get confidence. Simply be focused on the message instead.
2. Don’t think you’ll lose spontaneity if you rehearse. Rehearse to someone instead helps confidence, and confidence helps spontaneity.
3. Starting with a joke is risky to engage the audience. An anecdote is easier to tell and works better.
4. Don’t try to involve the audience anyway. Treat them like professionals.
5. Slides? Not Always. Many speakers give a better talk without.
6. Cutting charts and formulas not always works: numbers and charts may be of real help if clear.
7. Copy the pros? Be yourself instead: you’ll look more naturale and credible.
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The Diplo calendar 2017 realized by Stefano Baldi presents a selection of quotes for better living and better working.
Here is the selected quotation for the month of July
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
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