Want to live a more engaged life? Change the way you make small talk. Why not become more interested AND interesting? Here is how: Don’t answer simple questions with dead-end replies (How are you?—Fine). Rather, ask thoughtful questions. Keep conversations moving vertically (How was your sunrise this morning? What was the highlight of your day?) Socializing and […]
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Habits rule our lives. I am constantly working on good habits. However, bad habits are easier to fall into, and can ruin our productivity. It’s just as important to be changing the bad habits, as it is to be cultivating good habits. Below are 8 reminders to stop wasting your life on bad habits.
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I am a lifelong learner. I read daily, attend seminars, and learn incessantly. Below is an article on developing a 30 second habit. What you do is after every lecture, meeting or significant experience, take 30 seconds to write down the most important points. Pretty simple. For me, I am a note taker. I take notes during every event or lecture. Then
Luck is a very interesting word. I have heard and said, “the harder I work, the luckier I get” many times. James Altucher and his blog are very engaging. I find him very different and interesting. I thought I would share with you one of my favorite blogs from him on being lucky. Daily prescription for being
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Below is a short article that has me thinking about my favorite four letter word all day: Done! I am a compulsive “complete or move the task forward” guy. This word is pure symphony to my ears. This week, let’s focus on finishing projects, creating work flow velocity and saying “Done” out loud throughout the week.
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In my quest to always be more efficient, productive and goal-orientated, I ran across the below article from the beginning of the year that has some great suggestions about how to trick ourselves into meeting deadlines. Here are a couple quick items: 1. Use color in your calendar. Last year, we added color to my Outlook calendar.
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Sleep has been on my mind for some time. Thirty years actually. Today is the first of a two day series on Sleep. For me, sleep continues to be a work in progress. I have had mixed emotions about sleep all my adult career. I remember getting at least 10 hours a night when I
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