Spawn conference learning that lasts
Returning home after a conference with a stack of books, handouts and notes leads to the inevitable question: Now what? Make sure your newly gained knowledge stays with you:
Category: Personal Development
Good news for optimists
Some findings about folks who look on the sunny side, adapted from “Why It’s Smart to Be Optimistic”:
Old ‘tales’ wag us all
Depending on our personal history, values, beliefs, language and culture, we bring a unique perspective to the workplace. Our perspective is what creates the stories we use to justify our behavior for taking or not taking action. These same stories explain our successes and failures and how we deal with others.
Better decision-making
Neither Predictably Irrational nor Blink is new, but both nonfiction tomes continue to sell like gangbusters. And with good reason: Both titles help illuminate the way we think about choices and make decisions.
How to really achieve a goal
Set a goal by creating an image in your mind of what the achievement would look and feel like. Make it vivid with a vision board. If you can clearly see it, you can do it.
Ben Franklin’s productivity secret
When you think “productivity tips,” your mind may turn to keyboard shortcuts or organizing tools. But here’s one tip that stands out for its ability to help you reach new heights in productivity: Get up earlier. Productive minds ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Emily Post credit an early rise with their achievement.
Your like-factor quotient
Like it or not, life is easier when you’re easy to like. People want to spend time with you, work with you, promote you, include you, vote for you and do more things for you. So what’s your like-factor quotient?
Keeping up with your reading list
Staying on top of the administrative profession and your industry is a daunting task. Several tools can help with storing an article until later when you have spare time to read:
1-Minute Strategies: Jan. ’11
Pay attention to first impressions—the ones you’re making on others … Steel your resolve by clenching a muscle … Increase productivity by keeping one to-do list … Optimists find jobs more easily than their peers and are more likely to be promoted …
You can excel at anything
With at least 10,000 hours of practice doing something complex, you can be excellent at it, according to “Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything.”