Step 3 – How To Work Better – Learn To Listen

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I remember reading Dale Carnegie's book, "How To Win Friends And Influence People" about 20 years ago and one story stuck with me more then any other.  It was a story of how he met someone at a party and through the evening spent more time listening then talking.  I have included the story below to give you the full flavor of these powerful paragraphs that impacted my life over the past 20 years.  When I started to … [Read more...]

Step 2 – Know The Problem

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There is a method to follow when trying to get things done and like most things in life if you follow a set of simple rules you tend to have a much better success rate.  I am sure you have heard of the KISS formula.  Keep It Simple Stupid.  I have found this to be an invaluable method to keep me on track over the years. The second step in getting things done is to KNOW THE PROBLEM. This seems simple enough, doesn't … [Read more...]

Step 1 – How To Work Better – Do One Thing At A Time

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As we learn how to center and focus the mind with our daily exercise of concentrating on our simple breathing exercise for a whole minute we are training ourselves to be more efficient for this first step in learning how to work better.  The goal as we move through the steps of productivity is continuing to practice the breathing and focusing exercise each day, it only takes a few minutes.  Simple Meditation Breathing Technique.  … [Read more...]

How To Work Better And Get Things Done – Beginning Exercise To Help Focus The Mind

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The process of trying to stay focused to get things done today is overwhelming.  It is so easy to get distracted with all of the things whirling around us today.  The technology boom has created, a gazillion channels on TV, Radio, iPods, New iPads,( I LOVE MINE ), Xbox, Cell Phones, Laptops, Online, Offline you don't know what you are doing from one minute to the next.  I just finished listening to the Steve Jobs biography on … [Read more...]

3 Excellent Gifts To Give A Business Partner

As the holiday approaches and more importantly the new year the rush to find the ideal gift and influence a bit of preparedness for the new year is a common dilemma.  I was just scouring my Google Analytics and found a consistent search over the past few days was people looking for gifts for their business partner.  I find this fascinating that people are looking for the best gift they can find for their business partner because it … [Read more...]

How I Became More Productive In 2011

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Well here we are staring at the end of the year, only a few short days away. Are you ready for the New Year? Did you accomplish the goals you had set for 2011 or do you still have some things that just didn’t get done. How did those 2011 New Year resolutions work out? Are you thinking about the 2012 list? We all do it, don’t we? We start the year out with BIG plans and a motivation to carry them out. “This year is going to … [Read more...]

How To Clean Out Your Gmail Inbox – Organize For Success

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January 1, 2011 – 1/1/11 ----- I have started the new year with a mission.  As I stated in my post about New Years Goals I have spent the final couple of weeks of the year strategizing about what I want to accomplish in the new year.  One of the things I wanted to do is get off to a good start – so I wasted no time.  Today I woke up about 7:30am and went to the gym to continue what I have started in the last couple … [Read more...]

New Year Goals – Saying Goodbye To An Old Year and Welcoming The New Year.

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As we approach the New Year it seems everyone starts to panic about everything they want to get done by the end of the year.  I have been getting messages on my facebook about people wanting to have a productive last week of the year to bring the year to a power close.  Personally, I don’t get that.  Get Your To Do List Accomplished in 2011 Some years ago I met a guy who shared with me how he used the final days of the … [Read more...]

The Virtual Christmas Gift–The Perfect Gift For A Business Partner–The Gift Of Orginization

I have been struggling with a gift idea for the professional people close to me in my life.  Over the past couple of years I have diversified into a variety of small businesses and along with that has come a variety of business partners.   I have been in a quandary about what to get each of them for a gift this holiday season.  Perhaps you are in a similar situation or just have some people you would like to get something for … [Read more...]

10 Reasons To Be An Early Riser

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I have always been an early riser, even when I was a kid.    Now, I don’t mean a 5:00 a.m. early riser but 6:30am – 7:00am -- without an alarm clock.  You just wake up and your body tells you it’s time to get up.  You have had enough sleep and now it’s time to get vertical and do SOMETHING. This carried through to my college days and certainly now as I am in my middle 40’s, I rarely sleep past 8:00 a.m. even if … [Read more...]