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Setting Goals Is Easy, but Getting Started Is Everything

  Whatever motivation you need to get started, it’s the most important part of reaching your goal—more important than the tool you use, more important than writing it down, more important than the...

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5 Tips to Boost Productivity by Getting Others to Work for You

* – * – * Sometimes we need help from other people.  There’s only that much that we can do. But how do we influence people to help us? Here are some really great – and simple! – suggestions from...

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Tasks to keep your department productive during slow times

When work slows down, it’s smart to catch up on back-burner tasks. You can keep busy and get some necessary (but neglected) chores out of the way. Here are 10 chores that will keep your department...

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Do you like your job?

* – * – * Before you blurt out YES or NO (or in some cases HELL NO), check out his flowchart of reflections to help you take a good solid account of your happiness and satusfaction in your current…Read...

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Tips for those who want to move up quickly

* – * – * Moving ahead can require change on your part.  Here a few of John M McKee‘s seven tips and tactics that you can use to improve their game. Be first and take what you deserve –…Read more ›The...

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5 MORE Tips to Boost Productivity by Getting Others to Work for You

Last week, I shared 5 tips from IQTELL about simple, effective ways to improve the chances of getting others to help you. Here are 5 more suggestions from IQTELL:Read more ›The post 5 MORE Tips to...

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Tips For Breaking Free From Procrastination

* – * – * Break jobs into smaller tasks Don’t let a big job overwhelm you – break it into smaller, more manageable tasks, then focus on those tasks instead of the ‘big picture’. 10 Minutes is all...

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GTD Refresher

"Getting Things Done" (GTD) is a powerful method to manage commitments, information, and communication. Read more ›The post GTD Refresher appeared first on westXdesign.

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Get your life in O.R.D.E.R.

Everyone needs some O.R.D.E.R in their lives: Organize It’s important that you have everything you need in the place you need it. Recognize Learn to recognize tasks and projects that will take large...

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10 Characteristics of the “New Workstyle”

The Gist blog has a nice entry about the “New Workstyle”… “way of working that blends the latest technologies and tools with daily activities allowing people to accomplish more in both personal and...

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Working on your happiness

To improve on your current state of happiness you’ll need to make changes in one or more of the following areas: Kindness Do you know a happy mean person? Gratitude Count your blessings not complain...

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Four questions to help you decide if you are progressing or stagnating

Are you solving new problems? If the work you’re doing today looks just like what you were doing five years ago, you could be stagnating. It’s okay if you’re still working with a lot of the same...

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The Importance of Developing Self Discipline

Self-discipline is the ability to focus and overcome distractions.  It is taking action in accordance with what you think instead of how you feel.  If you can overcome the urge to act and speak as a...

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The Reason You Might Be Unproductive

Being unproductive and behind, always running to catch up with commitments, feeling like no matter how hard you work, you aren’t getting any more time for yourself… sound familiar? It’s true for most...

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7 Ways to Improve a Bad Day

Remember that the past does not equal the future. There is no such thing as a “run of bad luck.” The reason people believe such nonsense is that the human brain creates patterns out of random events...

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Don’t Let Stress Steal Your Energy

Know your stressors and manage them. We all have different ways we react to stress — some people yell and scream, some get depressed, some turn it all internally. Know your triggers — what stresses...

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What do we really want more of from our employers?

Come review-time, what is it that would actually make an employee happier and show that their employer values their contribution to the company? When I realized the answer I really wanted to give had...

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2 Things Not To Do At Your Main Work Space

Try to stop doing these 2 things at your main workstation to increase your productivity, and be more focused and creative: Read more ›The post 2 Things Not To Do At Your Main Work Space appeared first...

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Stop Talking About Yesterday and Do Something Today

I am not entitled to my job, my position, my salary, nor to any of the other myriad things that I often take for granted. I must earn then each and every day.Read more ›The post Stop Talking About...

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Top 12 of 2012: Productivity, IT, and Leadership

Another year is coming to an end - and what a year it's been! Top posts this year in productivity, IT, and leadershipRead more ›The post Top 12 of 2012: Productivity, IT, and Leadership appeared first...

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