Career Planning, Learning and Performance

Really?  You can be more productive than your computer allows you to be? Yep.  Well, of course your computer is the right tool for certain jobs.  But it’s all too easy to get lazy and try to do everything via your computer.  Ultimately, using your computer for too many things chokes your productivity. Ever heard [...]

Here’s some of my thoughts on how your age relates to your work and the value you can provide: Life’s Too Short As you get older, you increasingly realise that life’s too short.  Life’s definitely too short to be in the wrong line of work.  In fact, it’s too short to be in the ‘right’ [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here’s the litmus test: are you proud of what you do in your work? Be honest. If not, what exactly are you going to do about it? Everyone can earn a living doing something they’re proud of, including you, despite your fears, excuses and current lack of ideas.  But YOU have to find it.  Time [...]

What career related challenge are you currently facing that you’d like some help with? I often receive emails from people asking for help. I always reply, but of course per person that’s a huge demand on my time.  Of course, the same questions often come up, so I’d like to do my best to answer [...]

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One of the biggest reasons why it’s so hard to get in to certain employment or career positions is that there’s too much competition.  These days it’s worse than ever.  Far too much noise. Yet people insist on competing at this level against the thousands.  The person who gets to the top at this level [...]

I sent this post out as a newsletter back in 2008. For those who missed it, it’s worth a look: My advice this month was given to me 10 years ago by a colleague who I deeply respected.  It still holds true and I often think about it.  He explained to me that to increase [...]

Hate to say it but most people are ineffective.  They often don’t get the job done on time AND they don’t get home on time.  No one wins. Effective habits don’t come naturally to us.  Our default setting is ‘ineffective’.  And ‘effectiveness’ was never a subject at school.  It would be ironic in my opinion [...]