Time Management Ninja has an article entitled 5 Ways to Time Manage your Commute where they offer the suggestions to: Make use of it. Time Shift to Save Time Skip the Commute Sometimes Alternate Mode of Transportation Get a new commute As a person who would commute between one and three hours one way each [...]
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Last week I found a number of share worthy sites: On Practically Efficient I found a great post call “Get Your Priorities Straight” that explains way priorities are better than due dates and how to manage priorities. Time Management Ninja explained “10 Things Wrong With Your Todo List” Affiliate Marketing Blog explains the “7 R’s [...]
I was recently frustrated with the bulk in my wallet and recognized most of the items in my wallet were club membership cards from stores, hotels, and airlines. While I appreciate the discounts they provide I have also found that most of the companies that offer the cards can enter the number manually at the [...]
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As an IT Director responsible for a team of software developers one of the topics that comes up frequently is usability. Over the years I have found few books as good as Don’t Make Me Think by Steven Krug and more recently Rocket Surgery Made Easy. Of course beyond the books are great mentors like [...]
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Seth Godin made a simply but insightful observation that if more people took responsibility at work rather than seeking authority more would get done. I have managed quite a few people over the past couple years and over time I have been told, “I could do more if you I was a manager.” Or, “I [...]
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In a recent CNN article the president of Clarian Power was interviewed about a their new plug-in power system that can provide solar and wind power for home owners. This is a unique solution because it plugs directly into a standard electrical outlet to off-set the power that you purchase from the grid. To be [...]
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In 2008 I wrote a blog post entitled “Outlook Macro: Flag and Move Message to Follow-up Folder” which has become one of my more popular posts. Nearly two years later this method has, fortunately, become obsolete because of the additions in Quick Step features in Outlook 2010. As part of my Getting Things Gone process [...]
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One of the things that is important for any person looking to work more effectively the occasional quiet space to concentrate. Of coures not everybody has room in their home for a home office but I found this great video that explains how to turn a shed into a home office in lieu of taking [...]
Image via Wikipedia In Seth Godin’s blog post entitled “Luxury vs. premium” he defines the difference between luxury and premium goods were at their core “Luxury goods are organized waste” and “Premium goods…are expensive variants of commodity goods.” With a premium good you get better performance while with a luxury good you are primarily getting [...]
In a recent post on luisrocks.com called “Fighting Cognitive Dissonance one Customer at a Time” Louis makes a point that follow-up one of the most critical tools to ensure your consumers remain happy after a sale. At first this lesson my appear to apply primarily to traditional selling and customer relationships I think the [...]
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