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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

The encoding stage refers to the process of putting information into memory. The storage stage refers to retention or maintaining information in memory. The retrieval stage refers to recovering information from memory. Get hooked on mnemonics. Mnemonic devices boost memory through associations.

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How to be of More Value to Your Boss

Ian's Messy Desk

For example, Dr. William Harvey made medical history by explaining how the circulatory system worked: He likened the heart to a pump and gave himself a new frame of reference—and from that he understood blood vessels as part of a unified pumping system. (2) Your calm demeanor will lower everyone’s stress level.

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Start the New Year off with a New Focus on Your Personal Affairs.

Stephanie LH Calahan

.  Here are a few tips to get started: Set up a filing system to store and manage your paperwork Your paperwork likely consists of three types of paper:  1) stuff you need to take action on 2) stuff you are saving for reference and 3) stuff that you should have tossed a long time ago, but haven't.    Avoid backlog. 

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High Performers Versus Low Performers - 7 Ways to Tell the Difference

Stephanie LH Calahan

Below are seven examples to help you do that. For each example, note that the operative word is "positively." Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog?

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Group Similar Tasks Together for Awesome #TimeManagement

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Example 1: If you need to do creative activities in your work like writing, put like activities together.  Example 2:   Do you have a litany of sales and prospecting calls to do?    The transitions become smoother. You gain momentum as you perform similar tasks and in some instances actually speed up! 

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Productive Social Networking-Making the Most of Your Twitter.

Stephanie LH Calahan

in Clutter Management , E-Mail & Electronic Info , Networking , Technology/Web , Time, Productivity & To-Dos | Permalink Reblog (0) | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Productive Social Networking-Making the Most of Your Twitter & Facebook Experience - Do You Use Lists?

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Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You

Stephanie LH Calahan

For example, write all tasks related to recruitment on blue cards and items related to resident evaluations on red cards. For example, after receiving an e-mail request, don’t let it sit in your in-box until you remember or miss the deadline. “At the beginning of the day, put your cards in order, with the most important item on top.

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