by Franklin Covey “The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity teaches you how to achieve extraordinary results. This solution will empower you to achieve outcomes that have previously been outside your reach. It will enable you to make day-to-day decisions that are focused on your most important outcomes instead of focusing on the gravel that [...]
Amazon ranked The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book No.4 in their Worldwide Business Bestsellers list from March 1st – June 20th 2011. www.franklincovey.co.uk
An article from Microsoft regarding Visio 2010. For further details: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/top-10-reasons-to-try-visio-2010-HA101805356.aspx “Microsoft Visio 2010 advanced diagramming tools help you simplify complexity with dynamic, data-driven visuals and new ways to share on the Web in real time. Whether you’re creating an organizational chart, a network diagram, or a business process, the new tools and more intuitive interface in [...]
5 Ways to Develop A Sense of Urgency By: Brian Tracy “Perhaps the most outwardly identifiable quality of a high performing man or woman is “action orientation.” 1. Take Time to Think and Plan Highly productive people take the time to think, plan and set priorities. They then launch quickly and strongly toward [...]
Why “list” is a dirty word An article by David Allen What’s wrong with lists? Most people haven’t had a lot of success with lists, especially the ones they’ve tried to use to “get organized.” You are either attracted or repelled by your lists and everything on them. There is no neutral territory. When you [...]
Another article by: Brian Tracy “Single Handle Each Task” Eat that frog! Every bit of planning, prioritizing and organizing comes down to this simple concept. Your ability to select your most important task, to begin it and then to concentrate on it single mindedly until it is complete is the key to high levels of [...]
Here’s an extract from an article by Brian Tracy in which he discusses creating large blocks of time in your diary to enable you to focus on something important and thereby achieve something useful. I use this technique myself when I am planning my week ahead. If you don’t do this you run the risk [...]
“Resilience: bounce back from whatever life throws at you” by Jane Clarke and Dr John Nicholson “This is a book about resilience – the ability to bounce back from tough times, or even to triumph in the face of adversity; to display tenacity, but not at the expense of reason.” “Our greatest glory is not [...]
Here’s a useful Article from David Allen which arrived on the same day as I started doing my own purge on piles of paper / boxes of stuff, etc etc. He offers really good advice which I am currently following because I know from past experience that this process of “clearing the decks” really does [...]
