How many times are you working to the last minute to achieve a project or piece of work? This is probably the most common cause of the stress symptoms and it gets even more intense the closer you get to the deadline. Besides for stress, what are the other outcomes… Read Article
“Y” is the key to presentation success
For a great presentation Y is the key to success, yet it is not normally the starting point for preparing a presentation. What I mean by that is that people are asked to do a presentation about a given subject and launch straight into their preparation without stopping to consider… Read Article
Are you working when you should be sleeping?
Have you ever considered that the minute is exactly 60 seconds, there are 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 365 days a year, with a 366th every four years, and everything stays in place. In fact the very last second on the December 31st is the… Read Article
Death to “Death by PowerPoint”
There are no excuses for Death by PowerPoint, and bad presenters are giving PowerPoint a bad name. It is time to end this practice so that people stop groaning at the thought of someone using PowerPoint. What Causes Death by PowerPoint Sadly that is a really easy answer – too… Read Article
Use it or lose it!
If you do not plan to use it you will lost it. What I mean by that is there is a fact of life that cannot be proven scientifically but is certainly known by anecdote and that is that time that is not pre-planned vanishes without trace. In fact a famous… Read Article
Do you have the three prides in selling?
When you are selling do you have the three prides? Amazingly these can be the key to selling. Pride in yourself Do you know how important you are to the sales process? Most sales people do not and this can affect the inner feeling they have about themselves. The key… Read Article
The future is the working practices of the 1800’s
It may be strange to think that the future working practices would do well to emulate the 1800’s, but think back to the 18th century before all this modern technology was invented, communication was done by mail and you would have the whole day to consider your answer before putting… Read Article
How to clear your desk and boost productivity
Do you suffer from piles? (on your desk of course) Many do and they know what a pain it is, and wish they could get relief from the condition. Maybe this describes your situation? You look around your desk and all you can see is piles, piles of paper, piles… Read Article
Avoid the trap of the immediate response
No one wants to fall into a trap, especially one of our own making, and yet there is this cavernous hole for us to fall into, which most amazingly we are building for ourselves in our efforts to be accommodating with the immediate response. Surely, you could say, that if… Read Article
Are all my habits bad?
We are forever hearing about people whose bad habits have led to major issues in their life like drink and drug abuse, but are all habits bad, or could they in fact be the cure to some of my time pressures and a way to get things done? I must… Read Article