Category: Personal Development & Productivity

Has anyone ever suggested you need to learn ‘accurate thinking’ but you had no idea what they were talking about? Accurate thinking is a popular thinking method developed in the early

Classic words that remain excellent advice. 1.  Do one thing at a time. 2.  Know the problem you need to address.  (And, don’t solve the wrong problem.) 3.  Learn to

Despite a title that sounds vaguely New Age-ish, I’ve kept this thought-provoking list of ’20 Magical Words to Change Your Life’ for as long as I can remember. I clipped

Here are the three best rules for the people who are stressed, courtesy of a long out-of-print book written by Dr Walter C. Alvarez in his 1958 book entitled Live

Disagree with me if you like, but I believe the first basic skill you must master at work is managing your email. If you are not in control of your

It’s one of the most common situations in business. You’re focused on a specific task in front of you, intent to finish on time, and someone comes along to ask

If you’re worried you’re going to make a bad decision, HALT.  Or more specific, H.A.L.T. Of course we’d like to make good decisions every time, but sometimes we’re human. Sometimes

There’s a certain irony in my delay writing a post on procrastination. Procrastination is the act – some say ‘art’ – of delaying or postponing tasks or jobs. It’s often

One of the simplest and most useful tools you’ll come across in business is the Johari Window. Devised by American psychologists Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in 1955 while researching

Being creative isn’t always about what’s right in front of you. More often than not, being creative means learning to harness both your common sense and your subconscious thinking to work more