Work Smarter Not Harder: 17 Great Tips
Dan Pink's Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself he closes the book with a long, excellent list of "Work Smarter Not Harder" type advice for people who want to start working for themselves. Frankly, the list is so good I think everyone would benefit from it. Below are my favorites. I've included links to research and prior posts backing Dan's advice. via Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself: Make a "to don't" list. Another gem from the…
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Negotiation Process: The #1 thing Harvard tells MBA’s about getting a big salary
hey Need To Like You." About 3:30 into the video below: Here's the equation for getting what you want. Cutting to the chase: You want to get more. You want more money, a better offer, a better deal; here are the components of what you need to do. First, they need to like you. That's the first component. The things you do that make them like you less make it less likely that you are going to get what you want...…
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Presentation Techniques: 6 Secrets To Giving Amazing Presentations
esentations can be unbearable. We average 5.6 hours each week in meetings and 69 percent of us feel they aren't productive. Which presentation techniques can help you improve your delivery and convince your audience? 1) To Inspire, Start With "Why" not "What" What magic do both the speeches of Martin Luther King and the marketing of Apple have that move us to believe and act? Simon Sinek, author of Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action,…
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Positive Energy Leads To Promotions. Here’s How You Can Increase It.
Positive Energy Is What Markets Ideas Within An Organization Positive energy is powerful. No, this has nothing to do with crystals, karma, aligned chakras and Pollyanna optimism. Researchers assessed who had it in companies and were able to determine which people attract others and which projects generate enthusiasm -- and success. Via The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations: We assessed energy in seven large groups in different organizations by using social network analysis…
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This Is What Makes People Follow Through And Get The Job Done:
bsp; What creates follow through? Many leaders want to inspire and there's no doubt this can have powerful effects. But is it really the most important thing when it comes to motivating people - or yourself - to follow through and get the job done? Spasms, Seizures and Death Did that get your attention? Gets the attention of research subjects, too. Take a bunch of students and scare the hell out of them with horrific medical photos of what…
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This One Simple Thing Can Make Your Life Much Better
Buy A Notebook Many people have written to me saying they love all the research on bettering themselves but need that first step on how to shoehorn it in to their day-to-day life. Incorporating a lot of the blog's strategies can be as easy as buying a notebook. (No, it doesn't need to have glitter on it or say "MY SECRET DIARY" on the front.) Others might think: "I don't need to write stuff down. Reading is enough." Nope.…
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Erdos: 3 Key Life Lessons You Can Learn From A Very Odd Mathematician
all accounts, Paul Erdos was a very odd guy... If you were a friend he might show up at your house in the middle of the night wanting to do math and announce, "My brain is open." He wouldn't do laundry. If he was staying with you, you had to do it for him. If he wanted to work on a theorem at 5AM he'd bang pots and pans until you came downstairs. He is also one of the…
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“Keep it simple stupid” is great advice. Here’s the best way to do it.
at's the best way to keep things simple? John Maeda is a computer scientist -- and an artist. He's the President of the Rhode Island School of Design and founder of the SIMPLICITY consortium at the MIT Media Lab. His book, The Laws of Simplicity, is a short set of meditations on simplicity, and how we can use it to better our lives and work. The Kiss Principle ("Keep it simple stupid") is an old design idea from the Navy.…
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