Looking Back

As the year 2010 leaves us and 2011 will be upon us in a few hours, let us take time to look back at our highs and lows for the past year.

An important ingredient for success is the ability to learn from achievements and more importantly, past mistakes.

Look back at your achievements and note the factors that made it happen. You might want to use it again.

Look back at your setbacks and note what caused it. Take steps to improve.

Do this self reflection honestly and take your time. The rewards are more than justifiable

Let us make 2011 a better year than 2010. Every day, every single minute, let us rejoice the gift of life and live our life the best we can.

Happy New Year 2011.

Tips for Goal Setting

Well, it is the time of the year that we set our New Year resolution again. Here are 9 tips you can use for goal setting ( which one of it will be you new Year resolution)

1. Put it in writing
2. Break down your goal into small chunks
3. Focus on the progress everyday
4. Constantly think of your goals
5. Set a time to achieve your goals
6. Deal with obstacles
7. Work smarter
8. Review your progress
9. Review your goals

Put it in writing
Break down your goal into small chunks
Focus on the progress everyday
Constantly think of your goals
Set a time to achieve your goals
Deal with obstacles
Work smarter
Review your progress
Review your goals

Feeling Important

You have staff at work and you want him to perform a lot better than what he is currently doing, then you can use a simple method that always works.

Give him a feeling of importance. Talk to him in a way that makes him appreciated and make known to him that you trust him to perform his job to the best of his ability. And then increase his responsibility.

Giving your subordinates a feeling of importance can pay dividends. Often people under-perform from lack of motivation which in turns stems from a feeling of hopelessness. They feel their work is not appreciated and they are not important.

Dale Carnegie once said that all of us are born with the words" I am important' printed on our foreheads. Use this need to feel important to your advantage

The 7 Drivers of Productivity - According to NZ Government

Recently the New Zealand's Department of Labour published The 7 Drivers of Productivity.
They are:
1. Building leadership and management capability
2. Creating productive workplace cultures
3. Encouraging innovation and the use of technology
4. Investing in people and skills
5. Organising work
6. Networking and collaboration
7. Measuring what matters.

Go here to get the full article.

Why you need to be smart

There is another good reason why you need to be smart. Read this interesting article about intelligence and longevity here.

10 Steps to Self Management

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1 Control what you say and how you say it
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2 Do not lose self control
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3 Do the difficult task first
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4 Reward yourself
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5 Use time management
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6 Keep in good shape
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7 Avoid over self-indulgence
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8 Develop strong willpower and keep telling yourself you have one
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9 Handle procrastination
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10 Believe in Yourself
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10 Gadgets of 2010

Find here the 10 gadget has Scientific American raving and roving.

Be Better

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."

               ~Albert Einstein

 

If you want to be better than anyone else in the field of your choice, you just have to work harder. There are no short-cuts, no easy way about it. You just have to roll up your sleeves and get down to work.

You will have to work harder, better and move a lot faster than anyone else.