From the HBR. Link to original article here. Your performance dips after an amount of time, no matter who you are. I have clients who work no longer than three hours without a half-hour break whilst I have met others who claim to go through ten hours without a gap. I wouldn’t want to beContinue reading “Are You Working Too Much?”
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The Monday Morning Quote #592
“Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers” Seth Godin
The Monday Morning Quote #591
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view …until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird“
Tempus Fugit. The Clock of Life by Robert H Smith
The Clock of Life by Robert H Smith The clock of life is wound but once And no man has the power To tell just where the hands will stop, At late or early hour. To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed, To lose one’s health is more. To lose one’s soul is such aContinue reading “Tempus Fugit. The Clock of Life by Robert H Smith”
The Monday Morning Quote #590
“The Past is in Your Head” The Future is in Your Hands” Padraig O’Driscoll, Seanchaí
Stop Hiding. Wisdom from Carl Richards.
Regular readers of this blog will know that I hold Carl Richards in high esteem. His simple messages supported by drawings are always worth a look and a thought. This one is especially good. I seem to attract procrastinators (or perhaps they attract me), Carl’s words on the subject are most appropriate and I amContinue reading “Stop Hiding. Wisdom from Carl Richards.”
First. Know your potential customers/clients
If I was to employ someone to assist me with my marketing I would like them to know and understand what I do. Not in depth, of course, that would come after an initial call but I would like to think that they would bother to find out a little bit more about me. TheContinue reading “First. Know your potential customers/clients”
…and I thought self control was always a good thing.
Sometimes you have to admit that everything you thought was wrong was (possibly) right. Could it be that all those good habits, all that resisting temptation and weeks of denial were for nothing? Is it possible that beating myself up after the third chocolate digestive and saying “no” to things that would have been funContinue reading “…and I thought self control was always a good thing.”
The Monday Morning Quote #589
“Any idiot can face a crisis — it’s day to day living that wears you out” Anton Chekov via John Naughton
In Praise of….Toastmasters
“It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.” I joined the fledgling West Cork Toastmasters in September 2014. I was determined to take my speaking more seriously. I was fed up of being an enthusiastic but ultimately unproductive presenter. “There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. TheContinue reading “In Praise of….Toastmasters”
The Incisal Edge 