I’m not usually a fan of mindmaps, but this one from Australian company, Learning Fundamentals, is a great summary of tricks to stay focused and productive. It was designed with school kids in mind, but applies to adult knowledge workers too. My favorite tips are:
Las Vegas. The Venetian. 5:32am.
Did you notice where I’m writing this from, and more importantly, when? Five. Thirty-two. AM. Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” blares from the speaker overhead.
Nope, I haven’t just finished an all-nighter at the tables (although I can hear some hoots and hollers from where I sit).
In an hour …
This is a guest post from John Chancellor and his Teach the Soul blog.
Without a purpose, nothing should be done.
Marcus Aurelius
121 – 180
My work involves helping people achieve their goals. I want to share an exercise I sometimes use with the people I coach: I simply ask them …
Former Disney CEO, Michael Eisner, wrote a fascinating , wide ranging article for Wall Street Journal magazine recently. This passage jumped out at me:
When my son wanted to go to undergraduate film school, I called George Lucas, who told him: Don’t go. Learning to make …
Notice in the title I said write thank you notes (not “send”) as in hand-write on stationary. Many, many leaders like Tom Peters, Jack Welch and Harvey Mackay frequently speak of the power of saying thanks, the old fashioned way—and it has worked miracles for me as well.
In addition to …
I recently picked up and re-read Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. I read it when it first came out in 2009, but its importance has only grown in the last year. It’s funny because when …
A friend of mine recently took over as the CEO of a small business, which has millions of dollars in deposits with their bank. He told me that he has been on the job for three months, and nobody from the bank had ever contacted him to introduce themselves, congratulate …
The cofounders of an internet startup were pitching me for angel money recently. Typical story…about a year old, burned through their first $3 million dollars. No revenue, out of cash, and looking for $3 million more. I noticed they had several competitors, many which seemed to be generating more activity …
I wrote in a previous post about how one venture capitalist, David Aronoff, invites strangers to meet with him on certain days. Similarly, I was blown away the day before Thanksgiving when marketing guru, Jim Kukral, sent out a blast email inviting people to call him and ask …
I recently rediscovered this great video from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In less than 8 minutes he reminisces about his launch out of his kitchen, and their first big mistake that actually let customers order a negative quantity of books to get credits to their account (ouch!), and offers to …
This one-minute Michael Jordan commercial does a good job showing all the things that happened before his game winning shots. Including brutal workouts (freeze video at 6 second mark to see military press, leg curls, bent rows, dead lifts, tricep extensions, jump cats, push ups, squats), gym work, planning, losing …
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