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6 Essential Elements to Get Your Idea Across – Part 1

Thanks for returning! I have a Facebook Fan page and Twitter account that you may be interested in too.I just started reading the book Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath which is about why some ideas take off and others don’t. It’s actually blowing me away. The thought of making an idea stick [...]

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‘Speak like Churchill, Stand like Lincoln’ – Some thoughts on better public speaking

Have you ever worried about writing or presenting a speech? All of us, from the novice to the very experienced, get somewhat anxious about public speaking. Using examples from some of the most successful public orators as well as his own lengthy experience, James C. Humes has put together a book which provides a lot [...]

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Lessons from ‘Managing Smaller Projects’ by Mike Watson

When I was in school I never considered my group assignments as ‘projects’. Instead I looked at them as the same type of work I had done before, but now shared with other people. In fact I never really knew what project management was until after I graduated from business school. I realize now that [...]

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Book review of David Allen’s ‘Ready for Anything’

Do you feel like you need some inspiration get more productive? Well I just finished reading David Allen‘s book ‘Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life‘ and this book contains a lot of short bits of useful knowledge. The book is organized based on the 52 principals. Each part reveals some piece [...]

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