7 Habits: Habit 6 – Synergise
Essentially having a synergistic relationship with someone is to use the previous 5 Habits Of Highly Effective People to form a bond with them, that way you are able to…
10 Practical Uses For Psychology
I've written before about Psychology and its various uses such as how to spot a liar but the Psyblog takes it a step further and looks at "10 practical uses…
Taking Control of Work/Life Balance
CIO.Com has an interesting interview with leadership consultant and psychologist Henry Cloud on the importance of a good work/life balance. Cloud notes that work life balance never used to be…
Jargon Warning – It May Be Heading To Your Office Soon!
It's summer, your boss has just returned from holiday and all of a sudden all of this new jargon and buzzwords fill the office. The reason? Your boss has been…
7 Habits – Habit 5: Seek first to understand then to be understood
Habit 5 looks at seeing things from someone else's perspective. If we are to be able to have a meaningful conversation with someone we first need to understand their needs…
Review: Smart To-Do List
I was contacted a while ago by Scott Karstetter of Smart To-Do List asking if I'd be interested in reviewing their new Smart To-Do List software. And, of course, never…
Friday Funny – New Employment Rules
Friday Funnies From my Email pile this week - enjoy!
Is Batch Processing The New Way To GTD?
I was interested to read Darren Rowse of Problogger discussing his blog posting techniques and that he batch processes them for maximum productivity. I thought about that for a while…
Generate Free Calendars Online
I was contacted recently pointing me in the direction of a new site - www.freephotocalendar.net. It's a ridiculously simple idea; select a month to print, upload a photo in jpg…
Welcome Lifehack Readers!
Yes, I've only gone and been recognised by a big site again - yeay me! Lifehack have put up a list of productivity related blogs, called 50+ Personal Productivity Blogs…
Coping With Email After A Holiday
I've recently gone back to work after a week off and getting back to the office is always a chore - especially when you have an inbox bursting with emails…
Old Workers Are The Happiest
The BBC has reported that "Older People are happier at work": Older workers are the happiest employees, research commissioned by Vodafone suggests. Seven out of 10 workers aged over 50…