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Category Archives: Personal Development
What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day
How much does the first hour of every day matter? As it turns out, a lot. It can be the hour you see everything clearly, get one real thing done, and focus on the human side of work rather than your task list.
Remember when you used to have a period at the beginning of every day to think about your schedule, catch up with friends, maybe knock out a few tasks? It was called home room, and it went away after high school.
7 Things Highly Productive People Do
You have more important things to focus on than, um, focusing. Get back on track with these tips.
You probably don’t want to admit it but you love distractions. In fact, just like monkeys, you get a shot of dopamine every time something pulls you in another direction.
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Learning How to Be More Aware
You might picture someone who never lets his temper get out of control, no matter what problems he’s facing. You might think of someone who has the complete trust of her staff, always speaks kindly, listens to her team, is easy to talk to and always makes careful, informed decisions.
These are qualities of someone with a high degree of emotional intelligence.
The Top 10 Myths About Working With Introverts
A world without Introverts would be a world with few scientists, musicians, artists, poets, filmmakers, doctors, mathematicians, writers, and philosophers.
Last week I saw someone tweet a blog about introverts and after a couple of days of visitors in my house I am now relating to it even more.
Learn to vary your thinking style and become a better contributor to the team
The 6 hats for all the thinking angles. We all have a dominant thinking style which means at work we normally approach situations and new ideas from the same perspective. Jane Perdue discusses Edward de Bono’s suggestion that there are six thinking styles describing them as coloured hats.