You might not consider your attitude, your interpersonal skills, or even your conduct as factors of productivity, but they are important considerations for employers. Branding yourself as an effective and professional employee can be a significant advantage in advancing your career, regardless of whether you have the most experience, or the most talent: you can ensure that you’re recognized as being one of the most dependable candidates out there....

How many times have you opened up your email, swearing that you were only looking for one message and as soon as you responded to it, you’d shut your email? And how often does that one email turn into twenty minutes of reading email and sorting through spam? I’ve noticed that when I have a boundary on my time — when the ringing of my timer reminds me that my time is up — I get back to the tasks that I really need to be working on....

-Abraham Lincoln Here are 7 reasons why you should be happy right now. 1. There are people in your life who love and depend on you. Who are the most important people in your life? Chances are, you’d do anything for these folks, right? If you’re looking for a reason to be happy, this is the place to start. No matter how bad life gets, there will always be someone who loves you unconditionally....

What grew an idea planted in a Bellevue garage into one of today’s most successful businesses? Dedication, innovation, and 7 smart habits that you can use to nurture the success of your own enterprise. 1. Focus on Customers Make the core of your business customer satisfaction. Hunt relentlessly for what makes your customers smile, and innovate based on their needs. 2. Practice Frugality Sometimes success doesn’t require any special conditions....

A project manager’s main job is to bring a particular project to completion, both on time and within budget. There are all kinds of factors that can cause a project to veer off its tracks, both internal and external, but steps can be taken to ensure that your project experiences as little disruption as possible. With planning and preparation, you can put your project into the best shape even before you begin, and hopefully minimize the types of interruptions that can derail the best-laid plans....

We’d all like to be stronger. Whether that strength be physical, emotional or intellectual, most of us have an area in which we’d like to improve and have others admire. Seth Godin took a short look at ways to demonstrate that strength on a day-to-day basis. I thought I’d add some context to 7 of them and further the discussion. I’m hoping you’ll add some of your insights in a comment....

It would be wonderful if we could all do that, wouldn’t it? Sadly, those of us not living in some fantastic science-fiction show aren’t blessed with the ability to halt the hands of time, leaving us looking for more practical ways to get things done in any given day. Though by no means an exhaustive list, here are seven things that may work for you to improve your daily productivity:...

1. You Have Control Over Your Behavior You can’t control everything in life but you certainly do control your behavior. You can control how you react to setbacks and how you choose to spend your time. Take a look at your daily habits and how they impact your life. Bad habits such as spending too much time watching TV, drinking too much alcohol, or spending too much money can hold you back from reaching your full potential....

Know Thyself Self improvement is a laudable goal, but it must begin with an honest self-assessment. If you have never done such a thing, try beginning now, with a list of everything you can do, use, operate, etc. Start with being able to write, either with pen to paper or type on a keyboard, and include everything, no matter how trivial (use a phone, drive a car, grow plants, etc). You will amaze yourself with the number of skills and abilities you have amassed through the years....

1. Be thankful for all things, big and small. It is easy to forget about the little things that make your relationship special as the months and years go by. If your partner is thoughtful enough to surprise you with a hot cup of coffee on every cold winter morning, express your gratitude as if it were the first time they ever did it, even if it is the hundredth time....

1. Pocket Informant – $6.99 Pocket Informant may just be the top of the heap in iPhone calendar apps. It offers powerful functionality with a fully integrated calendar, task list, contacts, and most recently the ability to add notes. One of the most compelling features of pocket informant is its compatibility with both the GTD and Franklin Covey task management systems. It supports syncing with Google Calendars, ToodleDo, Outlook, and the native iPhone calendar....

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Download All-In-One Sidebar – [All-In-One Sidebar Homepage via DownloadSquad] Open the following dialogs in the sidebar: Bookmarks, History, Downloads, Extensions, Themes, DOM Inspector, JavaScript Console Toolbar buttons for all sidebars (customizing toolbar palette) Dropdown menu in the sidebar header to access all installed sidebars (which means, that all sidebar extensions are supported) Special Support for CookieCuller, Translation Panel, Scrapbook, Sage and GrepSidebar New WebPanel sidebar – open a website in the Sidebar (with context menu entry) Almost complete customizable toolbar – use the context menu of the toolbar....

Here’s the question posed in this edition of Ask The Entrepreneurs: What’s your favorite tool for taking notes at important meetings? Evernote – Dave Nevogt, Hubstaff.com 2. Fleksy – John Hall, Influence & Co. 3. A Moleskine Notebook – Patrick Vlaskovits, The Lean Entrepreneur 4. A Classic Notepad – Andy Karuza, Brandbuddee 5. Basecamp – Patrick Conley, Automation Heroes 6. Evernote Moleskine – Brennan White, Watchtower 7. iA Writer...

And no, multitask will not save you time. This brings us back to Archimedes, whose “Eureka!” moment in the bath — or, to cite another example, Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity while loafing around under an apple tree — was a classic example of a kind of creativity known as remote association, or associative thinking. As the name implies, it’s a knack for seeing connections among things that appear on the surface to be unrelated to each other… Be smarter at work, slack off – [CNN Money]

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Rather than let your life pass as a stream of experiences that you won’t remember later or never stop to process their meaning, keep a journal to become a better person. Journal now to remember later Because your life moves so fast, it’s important to keep a record of it as it passes. There are so many little things that happen to us every day that shape us as a person....

But don’t let the times you live in inhibit your potential. If you feel the pull for creative ingenuity and vocational freedom, allow yourself to explore the exciting world of entrepreneurship. Although the global economy has seen better days, the incredible richness of technological and business advances makes now one of the best times to be an entrepreneur. If you’re on the fence and unsure about the benefits of such a move, you’re already on the right track: thinking about risk and reward will serve you well in this industry....

1) Plan your time in advance You’ll have several days to fill up, so be proactive. Find books and movies you have always wanted to read and watch, and make a list of events that you’d like to attend. Without a plan you might find yourself being alone and bored, which will lower your spirits. 2) Use your time wisely Make a list of things you have always wanted to do but never had the time for....

I think Happiness is your birth right, it is available to each and every one of us. But if this is true why does it elude so many? It eludes so many of us because our habits don’t support a life of harmony and happiness. I have heard it said that our collective habits determine the quality of our lives, in that case we need to ensure that our habits are positive and help us work towards creating an overall habit of happiness There are many constructive habits that will help bring us more joy How to Create the Ultimate Habit of Happiness