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3 C's To Help Simplify Instructions

Ian's Messy Desk

For example: Your manager wants to improve employee technical skills; mentions the benefits of having a needs analysis to plan the training ; and asks you to look into self-study manuals, seminars, teleconferencing and cheaper training options. Identify specific ways to strengthen technical training.

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How to Remember Names and Faces

Ian's Messy Desk

Small uses the example : If Mrs. Beatty has broad lips, imagine Warren Beatty kissing those lips. Connect – Take your “snap&# of the face and connect it to the name. Let the name invoke a visual image you can link with the person’s face. “What’s his name?&# will no longer be a part of your vocabulary.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 January, 2009 Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary Something you should do every once in awhile is to clean up your dictionary in Word. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Training On-line 10 Things = Frustration "Mom, I'm sick!"

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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Tips and Tools You Can Use In the same way we exercise our muscles to keep fit, we have to continue to train our brain to maintain its efficiency over time. For example, remembering the number sequence of: 6-3-2-4-8-1-7-9 could be remembered easier if the sequence is chunked into: 63-24-81-79. Try chunking items into smaller groups.

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That's not my job!

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 21 February, 2009 Thats not my job! There comes a time when companies need to pony up the money and either pay for your training or pay for a professional instead of heaving everything off on the admin because theyre cheap. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 November, 2009 Too much information. For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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Feed Your Inner Brainiac: Books to Fuel the Fire - Part 1 of 2

The Marq

Here are the books and a short description of each, listed in order of recommendation, highest first: Ego is the Enemy , by Ryan Holiday This was a book I started during Christmas time and finished in early January. Copyright(c) 2017 TheMarq.com I was given this book almost 25 years ago. I hope you’ll enjoy these as much as I have.