Time Management & Productivity Blog Posts

New Year Resolutions and sticking to new habits

Turn your resolutions into habits that stick

At this time of year many of us set New Year Resolutions - you're going to lose weight, get fit, earn more money, learn how to do x. Most will ...
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When you are snowed under with work

Snowed under?

Do you find yourself snowed under by all you have to do? Whether it's the amount of email that arrives in your Inbox every day or the paperwork you have ...
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Using multiple email addresses

Why you need multiple domain email addresses

Use different domain email addresses to filter and sort your email. Info@ is always useful and acts as a default for your website. Most websites will let you create at ...
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Book Review on Mind Mapping

Book Review: Mind-mapping – Tony Buzan

One of the best tools I ever learned was mind-mapping.  Years ago I picked up a book by Tony Buzan and read about mind-mapping.  I've used it in my corporate ...
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Don't go over your meeting time

How to keep a meeting to time.

How often have you experienced this situation?  You've arranged a meeting for an hour and then the meeting somehow manages to run on for another half hour or sometimes longer. ...
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Quality or quantity when networking

Networking Tip #24 Quality or Quantity

There often seem to be two main debates on networking and your contact lists - the "Quality vs Quantity" debate and this applies to most of the main social media ...
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Do you feel lucky or unlucky?

Are you lucky or unlucky?

Watching Derren Brown's The Secret of Luck on TV at the weekend and a thought provoking programme about how essentially, we make our own luck. Full of Derren's usual mix ...
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Does networking actually work?

Networking Tips #36 Does it work?

I often get asked what I get from networking or if it really works. If you've read through the rest of the series of networking tips then you'll already know ...
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What to do when your cold calling is ineffective

Ineffective Cold Calling

Cold-calling - two words that fill most people with dread - either making those calls or being on the receiving end of them. Having just been on the receiving end ...
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Getting your to do list done

What are you putting off?

If you have a tendency to put things off or leave things to the last minute, don't worry - you're not alone. We all do it and for various reasons. ...
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