Archive | April, 2010

Your Own Personal Information System at Your Fingertips

12 Apr

Super Smart Note Taking for Mac and iPhone Users – 6 Productivity Tips Tip 1: Buy an iPhone – I’m confident you’ll make the cost back if you use it to the full in terms of saved time, money and effort over time (and much more than that if you download and use the right [...]

How to Be the Best, Fastest or Smartest Employee in Your Team

9 Apr

It would be tricky to aim to be the best, fastest and smartest in your team.  But certainly fun trying.  However you can and should be one of them, or at least the ‘something-est’ in your team.  Tip: don’t be the lazi-est.  Go for something positive! I learned this idea from Mike Michalowicz who wrote [...]

Positive Thinking Can Land You in Trouble

7 Apr

Its about time I nailed this. Positive thinking is encouraged everywhere you look these days. But I think it can land some people in trouble. How to Think Smart Smart thinking requires looking at potential consequences, both positive and negative of decisions and actions in the short, medium and long term. You want to check [...]

Employees: Earn More for Less Effort

2 Apr

People often say ‘you get out what you put it’.  Rubbish.  You can get loads more back than you put in, if you ‘put in’ to the right places in the right ways at the right times.  Whatever you’re currently getting out of your work, you can almost certainly get much more. How? I learned [...]