Archive for the ‘Productivity’ Category

Secrets to Success: Run Yourself Like a Business

Monday, July 26th, 2010
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A popular tip I’ve been reading lately during my job hunt (and therefore my resume reconstruction) is that resumes are a like a brochure of oneself and one’s skills – they’re meant to be a sales pitch and a marketing tool, rather than just a plain list of all your skills and qualifications. Consider resumes to be a way to express why they should buy you and you’ll be a million times more successful in your endeavors.

Not only should resumes be a marketing tool, but I believe now that the best way to be successful is to run oneself entirely like a business. Here’s how.

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Too Many Projects: A Diagnosis

Saturday, June 12th, 2010
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At one time, being successful meant relaxing on a beach in Cabo, tapping on a Blackberry to check Swiss bank accounts. These days, however, times have changed, and being successful tends to be equivalent to being busily working away at the top of a huge company. The more we have to do, it seems, the more successful we appear to be to others. I define success as being happy and at peace, however, so I decided to do a two-part series about how to tell if you have too many projects and how to remedy the situation.

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How to Be Balanced at Work

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Those of us who were not so fortunate as to be born into money have to work for a living. Sometimes, while working, we will be asked to do things we would rather not do, whether it be physical labor or an act with which we have moral dilemmas. Similarly, work is a place to get things done, rather than to socialize or take a break. Doing so may get one reprimanded or fired. So can you balance your health and sanity with your progress at work without getting into trouble?

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How to Control Yourself

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

People in this age have trouble with self-control. With Attention Deficit Disorder so rampant in our societies, most cannot comprehend reading a book. With most of our information on the Internet, it is difficult to remain focused on one thing for so long before skimming or leaving a website. Such is the trouble all copywriters know these days; brevity is the soul of wit and anything more will lead to being ignored.

I want to fight this, though. I want to see the world with more self-control – to know somebody out there is able to control himself long enough to finish a sentence. This article is about increasing self-control.

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