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The Complete Guide to Personal Habits: 158 Positive Reflections in 7 Categories to Be The Best Version of Yourself

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It is 43 years since I was born, 25 since I finished school and 12 since I graduated with my MBA as seen in this picture below.  I have written some notes on life every day since I was 14 years old.  This long post is a summary of ideas that came from a review … Read more

10 Personal Habits of Resilient People

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Take a moment and think about the people you know well.   Who is the most psychologically resilient of your friends or family?   Who would cope the best with major setbacks?   Who would be able to keep their heads while all about them are losing theirs? Dealing with Failure: Resilience I was at … Read more

14 Things Highly Productive People Do Differently

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I was prompted to write this post as I am finding the post-holiday return to discipline quite challenging.  I heard somewhere that it takes 30 days to build a habit, and 1 day to lose it.  Time to get the habits back again for 2013. 14 Ways to Get Things Done Start the day slowly … Read more

Simple Rules for Effective Meetings

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Here’s a new rule for people who wish to create a meeting: Al Pittampalli asks “What difference could you make that requires no one’s permission other than your own?”  Do that first.  Don’t call the meeting until you have done that. What do you think?  Feasible? A Vaccination for The Meeting Virus? “Lets meet to … Read more

6 Ways to get your Email Ignored

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In 2010, 294 billion emails were sent per day for a total of 90 trillion in the full year. 1.9 billion users sent an email during 2010.  The average business user in a 1,000 user organisation receives 110 emails per day (of which 13 are spam) and sends 36 emails.  (source Radicati Group Email Statistics … Read more