Getting Things Done by David Allen Part 2
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Getting Things Done by David Allen
Work doesn’t have the boundaries that it used to have. People carry laptops home and continue working (kinda like what I’m doing), they answer emails while on vacation in Disney World, they take business cell phone calls while out to dinner with their families. These factors are causing stress among the knowledge workforce. No more is there an 8 to 5 factory job and at 5:01 it’s over.
How to Develop Discipline
Here is a powerful 5 step formula to use to set and achieve your goals for the rest of your life. Successful people have used this formula (or some variation) to achieve much more than the average person. You can use this formula just like other successful people.
Book Review: Secrets of Power Negotiating
I recently read Secrets of Power Negotiating and felt it was worth passing along.
The book is divided into seven sections:
Playing the power negotiating game. Learning how to use different techniques to move the other side towards your maximum plausible position.
Resolving tough negotiation problems through mediation, arbitration, and conflict resolution.
Negotiation pressure points. Al Capone once said, [...]
Is College Worth the Investment?
No matter what website you read, what calculations or assumptions you make, it’s very difficult for the college graduate to overcome the massive debt load they incur by going to college, even with a higher salary. Most calculations I’ve made show only a 2-4% return on that investment. Given that college costs have risen about 35% over the past five years, and considering that there seems to be no end in site, many people are questioning whether a college degree actually contributes value.
Five Signs of a Troubled Company
Comments OffTroubled companies often have too many people making rules at the expense of principles. Principles should be the guiding forces behind everything a company does. The most important principle: Customer Satisfaction. A company that initiates a rule for every potentiality without considering how those rules will affect a front line employee’s ability to attract and retain customers will have frustrated employees and dwindling customer transactions.
Weekend Roundup
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January 4, 2008 Edition:
One of the great things about having a blog is being able to share other great sites and link to them. I encourage you to add these sites to your homepage and read them regularly. Here are a few sites that I found interesting this weekend:
Shoemoney has a list of 5 [...]
Online Education: My Experience
Getting a degree online is not easy. It requires a tremendous amount of drive and discipline. Here is what I have learned after getting a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree (both online) through two different schools:
Decide WHY you want a degree. What do you hope to accomplish? What will be your options either way? [...]
How to Manage Through an Economic Downturn
How to Manage Through an Economic Downturn
For the past year or so, the housing industry has been suffering through a sizable downturn. The reasons are many: from an overstock of inventory to the sub-prime lending and credit crisis, those involved with this sector of the U.S. economy have seen some rough times. For an excellent [...]
The 5 Levels of Leadership
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Becoming a leader in your organization is not always an easy task. Many times, we need to modify certain personality traits and much of the time, we need to abandon certain ones altogether. NEVER make excuses for your negative personality traits just because” that’s the way I am.” We must constantly [...]
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