Category: Productivity
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The New Laziness
Busy-ness (on the Wrong Things) is the new Laziness “What’s the best thing you could be working on, and why aren’t you?” Paul Graham Richard Hamming suggests that you ask yourself three questions: What are the most important problems in your field? Are you working on one of them? Why not? Paul Graham suggests that…
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4 ways of dealing with Anxiety
There are 4 ways of dealing with Anxiety Remove the source of anxiety – avoid the stress. This is a poor coping strategy. There is no growth in capability. There will always be a reduction of my performance levels when the stressor is present. Manage my level of anxiety – learn to auto-adjust down (relaxation…
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The Mindful Entrepreneur
My short article “The Mindful Entrepreneur” was published in Entrepreneurs’ Organisation Octane magazine this month. The story of why I got rid of the iPhone and Blackberry devices from my life last year and how I have reduced my use of email. Have a great Sunday. Going for a walk in Collserola park this morning.
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Making good first impressions via Email
11 Ways to Improve Email First Impressions Subject Line: In your subject line, give the recipient a reason to read your message. When replying, change the subject line if the topic changes. Make it easy to forward. Be specific: Know what you want and communicate it clearly. Ask yourself “what do I want the reader…
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Five ways email is killing you. What did they used to do at work?
I was inspired by Michael over at Box of Crayons blog in his post 5 ways email is killing you. He found a terrific article from PsyBlog. They’ve written a compelling article that sets out the ways in which email lessens our impact in the world, rather than supports it. The original article actually sets…
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How Pixar predicts mastery in a potential employee
Randy Nelson, Dean of Pixar University, outlines four criteria that they look for when hiring new people into the team at Pixar. Depth (in any area) – Randy believes that the best predictor of ability to master any one area is if somebody has already mastered another area. It is more likely that someone who…
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6 Reasons we give up on Goals
It takes longer than we thought It’s more difficult than we thought We have other things to do We don’t get the expected reward We declare victory too soon We have to do it forever From Marshall Goldsmith’s book Mojo.
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HR’s most important task. A real paradox (especially for MBAs)
I am in IESE Business School’s library today. I am reading Jeffrey Pfeffer‘s article “HR’s most important task“. He starts: “Here is a paradox. In the financial markets, investment information is rapidly and efficiently diffused. New product and service innovations, be they junk bonds, new forms of options, or debt securities that allocate and price risk in…