Draw 50: The Productivity Game
It’s Saturday morning, the house is a mess and you stare blindly through sleepy eyes at your spouse. You know there are a million things to do and all you want to do is go back to bed. But you realize...
View ArticleHelp… I’m In Powerpoint Hell!
As a speaker I’ve always had a fascination with Powerpoint, flipcharts, overheads and other visual media. As a kinesthetic-visual learner I always do better with a subject if I can SEE what is going...
View ArticleDeluxe Flow Chart Template for Word
Back in May of 2006 we published a little desktop utility called The Five Minute Flowchart. This business card based flowchart template went on to become one of our most popular utilities and...
View ArticleNote Taking System
I am a kinesthetic learner by nature and I find that if I take notes during a meeting, the hands-on activity of note taking helps me retain more of what I have learned. To make note taking even more...
View ArticleFocused Fitness Planner
In our modern fast paced world, many of us find it hard to stay in shape. The constant battle of a high stress job, commuting, a myriad of oversized fast food choices, and a desk job that makes us sit...
View Article5 People You Should Follow On Twitter
If you have been on Twitter for a while you know there are some really popular personalities to follow. Some tweet a lot like Guy Kawasaki and Mari Smith, some have insightful comments like Chris...
View ArticleNo Excuses: Take 5 Minutes and Change Your Life
One of the simplest things you can do in life is to sit down for a few minutes and write down your goals. Yet over 90% of the population have never done this. The simple act of writing your goals down...
View ArticleStrong Positive Concept Goals for 2011
With the New Year upon us, many people create resolutions for the upcoming 12 months. It may be to lose 5 pounds, get more exercise, get out of debt, or become more organized. Unfortunately most...
View ArticleStrong Goals: Fitness Items You Can Compete In
One of the things that makes a strong goal achievable is a sense of competition. This is especially true when it comes to fitness goals. While it’s really popular to challenge a friend or co-worker to...
View ArticleSTRONG Goals: Developing a Secret Weapon For Job Advancement
Do you have a desire to move up the ladder at work, to stand out among your peers? Do you know the number one way to do this? It’s actually rather simple. Just make your boss look good. If you do,...
View ArticleFive Minute Organizer
As secretaries day came last week I noticed something really significant. All the secretaries and office personnel were gone. The district had arranged a one day seminar in Riverside and they all had...
View ArticleThe Power of 48 Minutes: How This Simple Idea Changed My Life
Back in 2006, the second year of this blog, I wrote about a simple time boxing concept called the Power of 48 Minutes. It’s a technique that I had learned from a presenter at a speaker’s conference....
View ArticleNote Taking System
I am a kinesthetic learner by nature and I find that if I take notes during a meeting, the hands-on activity of note taking helps me retain more of what I have learned. To make note taking even more...
View ArticleFocused Fitness Planner
In our modern, fast-paced world, many of us find it hard to stay in shape. The constant battle of a high-stress job, commuting, a myriad of oversized fast food choices, and a desk job that makes us sit...
View Article5 People You Should Follow On Twitter
If you have been on Twitter for a while you know there are some really popular personalities to follow. Some tweet a lot like Guy Kawasaki and Mari Smith, some have insightful comments like Chris...
View ArticleNo Excuses: Take 5 Minutes and Change Your Life
One of the simplest things you can do in life is to sit down for a few minutes and write down your goals. Yet over 90% of the population have never done this. The simple act of writing your goals down...
View ArticleStrong Positive Concept Goals for 2011
With the New Year upon us, many people create resolutions for the upcoming 12 months. It may be to lose 5 pounds, get more exercise, get out of debt, or become more organized. Unfortunately most...
View ArticleStrong Goals: Fitness Items You Can Compete In
One of the things that makes a strong goal achievable is a sense of competition. This is especially true when it comes to fitness goals. While it’s really popular to challenge a friend or co-worker to...
View ArticleSTRONG Goals: Developing a Secret Weapon For Job Advancement
Do you have a desire to move up the ladder at work, to stand out among your peers? Do you know the number one way to do this? It’s actually rather simple. Just make your boss look good. If you do, your...
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