Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 2, 2010

Mentoring can be one of the most effective means of teaching: inviting someone to learn from the example of another with more experience. Even though things haven’t worked out as you’d hoped, what are you learning from that? 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

AUGUST 4, 2010

Start learning Self-directed learning is the method used when a learner controls the objectives and means of learning. It is a continuous process, often informal, and an important factor in lifelong learning. Many adults engage in self-directed learning to improve their work performance.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

Three of my favourites: 6 – Learn to say “No”. I think that (1) make a daily plan and (6) learn to say “No&# are two that stand out. Celestine Chua of The Personal Excellence Blog has posted 20 time management tips , over at Stepcase Lifehack. Don’t take on more than you can handle. Or defer it to a later period.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

However, I can’t imagine any discipline where one would be expected to ignored the foundation that has been laid by others as part of their own learning. And sometimes that’s probably true. There is a lot of knowledge to be culled and transfered from others.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I set goals and visualize accomplishing them. Comments i find this particular site very interesting because everytime i consult it, i get to learn more about myself. I accept responsibilities when things go wrong. I share credit with others. I am comfortable accepting a compliment. I am confident in myself and my abilities.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

It’s important to learn how and when to say no. Heather, came close to burnout, working long hours and weekends, until she learned how to make a priority of what she had to, should and even wanted to do. Once you establish a pattern, co-workers will learn to respect that time and not disturb you.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

Learn to say no. 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.

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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. The intellectual – learning and knowledge growth and management. We have to learn how to treat every moment we have on this Earth as a precious commodity. Be it to people or tools.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 26, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 14, 2010

Learn to discuss. Learn to disagree without being disagreeable. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software christmas gifts ideas - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc small movers Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 23, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Learn as if you’ll live forever. L – Learn to love your self. People should learn the horse attitude and horse sense. It lets us learn repertoire and ways on how can we recover from our mistakes. If you know very well how to talk, you should also learn how to listen. Make motivation as your steering wheel.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 7, 2010

Learn Public Speaking Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Just How Passionate Are You in Public Speaking? 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 9, 2010

If you have an open-door policy, place your back to the entrance, or face away from your cubicle entry to indicate your unavailability. If you’re on the receiving end of delegation, learn to say no if your schedule is full, or find out what isn’t urgent and leave it for another day. Keep the office door closed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The following is an excerpt from the book The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. Little What I’ve come to learn is that growth leaders are distinctive not only in their actions, but also in their attributes. .&#

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 26, 2010

To keep our lives in balance, we need to learn to be content with what we have. For example, discontent with one’s weight can lead to diet and exercise. However, if the discontent gets out of control, diet can become an eating disorder.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 23, 2010

The lessons learned there, and built upon over time, have proved to be the most useful of my school days. In each grade, every student was expected to give at least one speech to the class over the course of the year. In addition, the school held an annual public speaking competition.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Understanding Memory Before learning any memory improvement technique, it’s useful to first understand the three stages of memory: encoding, storage and retrieval. Breathless, you hop on the bus and realize your lunch is still at home. Worse still, you spot a new co-worker on the bus and can’t remember his name. Get hooked on mnemonics.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 3, 2010

You can easily set the right tone in the workplace by learning to respond to a basic need we all share… which is to be respected and valued. Smart managers never overlook this fact: loyal, productive employees are one of your biggest assets. What you need? You know I got it! R-e-s-p-e-c-t Everyone wants to be treated with respect.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 25, 2010

The sticky floors reflect key behaviors, assumptions and beliefs that can self-limit women’s potential and abillity to achieve their career goals. I have outlined below 7 sticky floors that are based on my company’s 16 years of research working with and coaching women across the globe.

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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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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 11, 2010

You’re not going to eliminate the fear factor, but you can learn to get past the fear. Mark Twain said, “ There are two types of public speakers: those who are afraid and those who are liars. ” For anyone who fits into one of those two groups, how do you overcome the fear and become better speaker?

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 23, 2010

If it is not, learn to accept it rather than experience the frustration comes from trying to change it. Take Control – Learn to express your feelings, values, and beliefs openly and honestly, in a way that respects the rights of others. Many can learn to cope with stress more effectively, and support one another.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Learn to Communicate With WARMTH Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 22, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 20, 2010

Become a hero to staff members who know only the basic functions of your voice-mail system and other devices, by learning the shortcuts and most useful and underused features; then teaching them. That’s less disruptive than rushing from the office and back several times.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

Comments You need to read Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow to learn why some of these “advantages&# are the opposite. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software walt disney stock furniture shipping Phoenix Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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APRIL 28, 2010

The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software one stock - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc furniture shipping Dallas Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house. Count the cost – I focus on what procrastination is costing me.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Take encouragement or learn a lesson from your past experience and use it to move on to new challenges and opportunities. Updated and reposted from May 2008 1) Always Look Ahead It is human nature to want to live in the past: to savour accomplishments or to wallow in defeats. There is a law of diminishing returns at work here.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

The trick for any of them is to learn to use MULTIPLE TAGS so that you can find them, otherwise – for example, your searches will pull up a thousand documents with the word ‘HTML’ in them. and use a free program like Coperinic, Google Desktop to find them quickly.

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