I am searching my notes and documenting simple things we can do to make us more productive, increase effectiveness and more important – make it easy for others to deal with us. Recent blog post on that topic wasSimple things you can do – A Baker’s dozen As I add more items to this list,… Continue reading
Date Archives → December 2005
CIOUpdate column – "Time Management for IT professionals"
Today my CIOUpdate column for the month was published. The article is titled “Time Management for IT professionals.” Rather than focusing on the tips and techniques of maximizing on your “to do” lists, I focus on the strategic thinking behind time management. Hope you will enjoy it! Please sign up for my newsletter here:
Ways to distinguish yourself – #83 Be comfortable being alone
OK I talked about building long-term relationships before. Here is one way to accelerate it. You will see that it gets easier to build long-term relationships when you are comfortable being all alone. I read about this first in one of my favorite books “Passion, Profit and Power” by Marshall Sylver. Sylver asks the readers… Continue reading
Browser plug-in idea: Launching a group of websites simultaneously – Updated: solution already exists
I hope somebody will create this plug-in for Firefox or any tabbed browser. Here is the background and the idea. RSS changed the way we browse for information. Earlier you to go to an individual website and read stuff. Now, with a good blog reader (or RSS aggregator or whatever) we don’t have that problem…. Continue reading
New year resolutions, anyone?
How can we make new year resolutions work? There is so much of negativity that is surrounding new year resolutions. Many people almost make it a new year resolution to not to make any more new year resolutions and in that particular case, they win 🙂 Before we even talk about new year resolutions, some… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #82 Connect the unknown to the known
I first heard this from Tony Robbins at a seminar. Paraphrasing him, “All learning is basically connecting the unknown to the known.” I have learnt a lot from that one statement and I have used it many times. If you observe carefully, powerful communicators use analogies to make their points. Consider the following paragraphs #1…. Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #81 Develop cultural sensitivity
We have been saying for a long time that the web is breaking the borders and making it seamless for people to collaborate globally. Whether we want it or not – globalization is here to stay. If you can’t beat it, best is to make the most out of it. Developing cultural sensitivity is no… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #80 Don't chase exclusivity without a clear plan to leverage it
Yesterday I met with Ramit Sethi and while we talked about a ton of things, one of the things we discussed was the people’s need to chase exclusivity (examples: be it going to a certain business school, living in a certain community/city, driving a certain car etc.) without a clear leverage plan. I agree with… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #79 Gather the right puzzle pieces
Imagine that you have a set of lego blocks – let’s say about 60 of them. What we can do with these blocks depends on our creativity, skill level, amount of time we are willing to commit and so on. Some people may create a small object and others might build something big. Each person… Continue reading