Oct
08
2007
As email is the prevalent form of communication for many web workers, it’s gotten a lot of attention: how to handle your email, how to empty your inbox, email etiquette, and more. But perhaps not enough time is spent learning about how to communicate with email. And more specifically, how to communicate clearly and concisely, [...]
Oct
08
2007
Getting lost can lead to big discoveries- Simple Truths: The Blog of Inspiration Today is Columbus Day. We all know the story. Columbus was trying to find an alternate route to India. Instead he got credit for one of the biggest discoveries ever (even if he wasn’t the first one to find it). Going off [...]
Oct
04
2007
Infectious Leadership – Harvard Business Online’s Michael Watkins “For good or ill, the senior leadership of every organization is infectious. By this I mean that leaders’ behaviors tend to be transmitted to their direct reports, who pass them on to the next level, and so on down through their organizations. Over time, they permeate the [...]
Oct
02
2007
Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. Experiments performed at Loughborough University in the UK showed that the sleep-deprived need only a cup of coffee and 15 minutes of shut-eye to feel amazingly refreshed. Seriously, this combines COFFEE and a NAP! How much closer to [...]