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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! 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

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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! As a result, they’re unwilling to try anything they see as creative. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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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? Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 23, 2010

Like any skill, delivery must be learned. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Use language to create pictures. Use metaphors, analogies, and similes. Avoid a dry recitation of facts. Model the techniques of good speakers.

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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

MAY 28, 2010

Test you telephone skills with this simple quiz: How quickly should you pick up a ringing phone? Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! 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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! However, one of the best indicator of success in any profession is how often the person is asked to speak.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

It’s designed to develop impromptu-speaking skills. It’s a great method for developing that skill. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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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 27, 2010

These specific attributes are more like personality traits than true management skills, and they ultimately build trust : T imely R ealistic U nscripted S ensitive T ransparent Timely — Every day I deal with people who say they want to grow their company, community, or association. For some, this prowess is innate.

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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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Look for concrete ways you can counter the doubts.

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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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Smart managers never overlook this fact: loyal, productive employees are one of your biggest assets.

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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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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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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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

How do you organize your progress so that your life goals are realized? At home, see if you can set aside a weekend for paying bills and organizing your savings and even planning your breaks and holidays. 'Organize' Life coaching and business coaching creates change in communication skills and self confidence.

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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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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Productivityist

JUNE 30, 2016

It’s easy to get caught up obsessing about the future and achieving our goals. Even if that action is doing nothing, to understand and have respect for other people’s point of view is a skill that more of us need to master. If you want to pick up a copy of Guidelines, it’s available as a 68-page ebook and 97-minute audio book.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Had My First Holiday Outside The Country With My Daughter. Published Brilliantly Better, The Ebook. Well, the above video was made to promote one of my ebooks, namely Brilliantly Better , a collection of some of my most visited articles on this blog. Turned out the promotion video became way more popular than the ebook, 14.

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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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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 6, 2010

100 Ways To Live A Better Life The Magic Fairy Exercise 27 Ways You Can Develop Bounce Back Muscles In Difficult Times Living life like a holiday How To Quit Being A Quitter The Master and You Making Money With A Purpose Still think productivity means getting things done? Happy birthday, Diana! Well, I dont.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 25, 2010

I think 75% of my work right now is writing (in the form of blog posts, blog comments or ebooks). You know, the type of work which requires only a laptop, a decent internet connection, some brilliant ideas or skills and persistence. What Type Of Work Does A Digital Nomad Do? Primarily, writing, at least for me. Well, I dont.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 7, 2010

Stay Consistent In A Skill/Activity Of Yours This one is a continually impressive item. If you have a skill, and stay consistent in using it, this will grow more and more. Have A Great Trait/Skill And Be Modest About It This one is sure to impress, as people who have certain skills are often too glad to point them out repeatedly.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 8, 2010

I was spending my holidays in the countryside and I was actually living in the forest. Reducing your oil use Reply 16 dragos June 14, 2010 at 1:55 pm You’re right about Bianca’s age, I know that I had some pretty nasty experiences at her age, when I as a kid. Luckily, I didn’t get any phobia out of this.

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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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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 14, 2010

Many people have the unfortunate goal of doing as little as possible for as much money as possible. I work with poor people in the slums and empower them wit knowledge and skills which they really are unable to pay for. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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Brilliantly Better

MAY 27, 2010

Even my teachers were aware about my apparent passivity and they “blamed” my success on my natural skills: a fantastic memory, they said. We have to push harder and become richer so we can pay our mortgages, get a bigger and fancier car and spend our holidays in exotic places with names that we couldn’t really spell.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

However, if they go to develop skills like writing and critical thinking, to learn more about the world and to connect with future leaders, then university is invaluable. If your goal from university is to be rich, then skip it and work on a start up. I have used those skills almost every day of my working life.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

Speaking of errors, specifically about error messages, after 30 days of learning Objective C I am totally convinced that the error messages in Xcode were invented by a joyous and careless hermit, with the only goal of driving programmers crazy. Program received “BAD_EXC” message. Wow, really? I truly wish you all the best mate.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Set aside the services we offer, strip away the great ebooks, the recommended resources, everything but the content. That’s our goal with each and every post we put up on this site. Holiday Season Kicks Off – 2 Weeks in Review! I think we are already seeing ebooks move to free. Three years ago it was with ebooks.

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