How Commitments Can Help Your Career
In his book Born For This, the author Chris Guillebeau talks about a strategy to develop a plan to quit his job in one year — and …
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How to Become an Expert — Lessons Learned From My Time in Management Consulting
We have an inside joke in management consulting: ace a project and you immediately become the expert on that subject, even if that was the …
Six powerful strategies to generate new ideas
The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas — Linus Pauling Something that I have noticed while I …
Horseshoes and hand grenades as an approach to starting a career
One of my elementary school teachers often said that close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. He said this whenever a student would answer …
A big mistake at work and the lessons I learned
Back in university, shortly after graduating, I worked for a summer as an orientations coordinator. Orientations, for a lot of universities, is huge and is …
Three ways to improve your listening skills
Among my friends, I’m known as a good listener. But whenever my friends said that, I often wondered what it is that I did that …
How to be (not) stupid at work
As a knowledge worker, the main thing I was paid for was my knowledge, experience and expertise. I wasn’t paid for moving files from one …
What I learned about productivity from Michael Hyatt’s Free to Focus
I have to say that I was quite excited when Michael released his new book Free to Focus. I have been reading many of his …
Jeffrey Gitomer’s morning principles or how to win your mornings
Jeffrey Gitomer is an American author, professional speaker, and business trainer, who writes and lectures internationally on sales, customer loyalty, and personal development. He is …
David Allen’s five step workflow system
Before encountering David Allen’s workflow system for getting things done, my system was mostly ad hoc. E-mails would come in. I would adjust my work …