Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 9, 2010

Under the strengths’ heading, list: Mental strengths Physical strengths Interpersonal Skills Character traits Categories of knowledge Learned skills Now, under each of the successes’ find three of each type of strength that you used or developed in achieving each success.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

From Human Resources and Skills Development Canada There are myths or assumptions about what the family-friendly workplace really means. Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Thanks for visiting! Management will lose control.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

Drop those lesser priorities, which do not advance you towards reaching you goal(s). List #3 – Goals and plans Avoid Distractions and Lack of Focus. Tips for making best use of your time: Post visual reminders about your goals and objective. It’s easy lose sight of long-term goals. Try positive self-talk.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 23, 2010

Any business or entrepreneurial development is going to require effective public speaking skills at some point. Over the next few weeks, I am going to post a series on improving your public speaking skills. It could be giving a project update at a staff meeting, selling your product to investors, or speaking to the board of directors.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Being a successful leader means having the desire and commitment to developing the knowledge, skills and abilities required to inspire people. The world needs both leaders and followers and at any time you can be one or the other (or both). Becoming a leader is a choice. So what is a leader and what does a leader do?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 21, 2010

Some people view time management as a list of rules around scheduling of appointments, goal settings, planning, to do lists and prioritizing. These are the core of time management and need to be understood to develop efficient time management skills. However, there is more to time management than these basics.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 26, 2010

Creativity is a skill that needs to be cultivated in order to be useful. Image by Ian McKenzie via Flickr 4 Ways to Spark Your Creativity There are lots of people who think creativity is some sort of mysterious talent tied to genetic disposition. As a result, they’re unwilling to try anything they see as creative.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

How do you measure your progress other than just finishing the pursuit of the 50,000 word goal. If simply finishing is your goal, then yeah, have a beer. Once you fess up to that unspoken goal, everything changes. Because your publishing dream (again, very much like being a parent) is a serious and worthy goal.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 28, 2010

com) Related Posts: Top 5 Posts for June 2008 4 Tips for Improving Interpersonal Communication Ten Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills Communication Did you enjoy this post? Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 23, 2010

Like any skill, delivery must be learned. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software christmas gifts idea - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc furniture shipping Chicago Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 25, 2010

Unfortunately, I think because we use our communication skills so continuously, we take them for granted and don’t work to develop them after we begin to achieve success in an organization. Related Posts: Wonderful Words of Life Ten Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills Word of the Week Communication Did you enjoy this post?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 28, 2010

Test you telephone skills with this simple quiz: How quickly should you pick up a ringing phone? While forms of technology are making inroads into the communication process, the telephone is still an important source of contact with people. You need to make sure the experience is pleasant and efficient. What should you say when answering?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 7, 2010

It’s worth investing time in improving your public speaking skills. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software company gift ideas furniture shipping Miami Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 17, 2010

Motivation is about setting goals What’s going on in your life today? If you want to make good choices and take the correct actions, you need to set goals to achieve; short and long term. Clear goals drive you to do the things that need doing. The expected result might require one step or 12 steps.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

It’s designed to develop impromptu-speaking skills. It’s a great method for developing that skill. Comment by James @ Organize IT on July 1, 2008 @ 1:12 pm One of the regular parts of a Toastmasters meeting is called Table Topics.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

E.g., if that inner voice is telling you your blog posts are not well written, commit to taking a writing course to bolster your skills and confidence. Look for concrete ways you can counter the doubts. Personal affirmations – Counter the negative talk with positive. Have a routine where you regularly work to boost your self confidence.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 3, 2010

From corporate cubicles to the factory floor, the collective skills and efforts of people keep your operation going. If you think your employee’s poor performance is costing you profit, instead of overhauling your employee roster, why not try motivating them to become better employees ?

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Powerful Results come from taking baby steps, one after another, day after day, until you reach your goal. Elusive Goals instead of Do-able Goals An elusive goal is “save $5 thousand for down payment for a house”. A do-able goal is “save $100 every week for one year, beginning this week.”

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The Marq

MARCH 29, 2010

We’ve so far explored how to mine for your employees’ goals , align them with the company’s , and show progress on a regular basis. With each of your employees’ goals defined , you’ll setup regular meetings to get updates from them about their progress. Their goals become yours. That’s right.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 6 October, 2009 When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem. and hopefully, they have supportive procedures and policies in place to help them."

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 23, 2010

Unfortunately, problems you ignore tend to get worse over time Problem-solving is a skill that develops with practice, so refine your skill. Confront Rather Than Ignore – As a short-term solution to stress, many people simply try to ignore life problems.

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Loosely Speaking

JANUARY 13, 2009

I’ve let her know what my specific goals are, and we work together to come up with ways to use social media to accomplish those goals. Not everyone is born with or learns tghe necessary communication skills to learn to work as a team with a VA. Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 7, 2007

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. 6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 6, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Public Speaking Skills Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 6, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Don’t allow these people to control the pace of your speech.You also need to practice skills for handling interruptions. Thanks for visiting!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

  Find out your company’s policy before inviting clients to lunch.  It was a great success and much of that is a result of your skillful work as a presenter and emcee. 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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Men With Pens

MARCH 28, 2010

Generalists tend not to be as skilled as specialists who do one thing, and one thing only. Contact us today – we’ll help your website make your life more efficient, more productive and more lucrative so you can reach your goals of success. Need a team ready to help you invest in yourself? Mark Dykeman´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I could throw the text book definition of project management at you… Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. … My goal setting has improved dramatically since I discovered the SMART system. Powered by frugal

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. 6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." Cash-flow, SWOT, list of goals and they are in business.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 18, 2010

New Dynamic Checklist System We all know how hard it can be to keep on top of our goals if we can’t see our progress. You can find out how they did it, and you can ask them how to get your own skills to the point that they can support you in the gamer lifestyle. Yax’s brilliant creation fixes that problem. We loved this course.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

Learning how to learn was my goal. For many people out there an organized degree and university class structure is necessary because if they don’t have someone else pushing them to reach a goal, it wouldn’t happen. I’ve learned 99% of my real world skills on the job/desk. Learn some life skills.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

It’s about keeping what you’re saying in sync with your mind, goals and attitude. If you can’t focus , move away from the road and let others reach their goals. They spend minutes and minutes blocking the road just to tell how smarter and skilled they are, and how stupid the other guy is. Let Go Of The Unneeded Clutter is bad.

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Men With Pens

JULY 18, 2010

It takes skills to jump small – and to jump well. You have to always push yourself (and it) for more, and your goal is to eventually ‘outgrow’ your horse and need a new one that fits your skill level. I’m an equestrian and just completed an event (Stuart Horse Trials) which I set as a goal four years ago.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

If you want to make money writing, you’re far more likely to achieve the goal through non-fiction. J/K I believe that truly good fiction writing requires more than just writing skill. It’s hard to write good fiction. I’d love to say there’s no grain of truth in that list. Sadly, there is. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

Be willing to change your copy to meet a goal. Sometimes I write a post weeks before I post it, but when I re-read it I find its not achieving the goal I want. Based upon that, I’ll slant my copywriting towards gaining that particular goal. And when you think you know it all, keep digging. Edmund Burke? Buy a book?

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 10, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Kristy Ramirez writes for Life Insurance Finder where she helps people to compare life insurance quotes and select the best policy to meet their needs at the best possible price. Instead, learning how to better manage our time by being organized, and setting realistic goals. Guest Post.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 10, 2010

How to Set Goals and Why Reply 6 dragos March 10, 2010 at 9:48 pm As I already wrote, once I learned how to run a business, the bits and pieces of it, that is (and once I did this by failing repeatedly at it) I was not attracted to it anymore. Jonathan – Advanced Life Skills´s last blog. Anita´s last blog. Amen to that!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

Trust the skills and judgement of your team and resist the temptation to hover over people to ensure every little task or decision is on target. Working towards an ambitious, long-term career goal is a great way to keep yourself motivated, focused and ultimately achieve success. Dream realistically. Make time for your personal life.

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