Productivity Bulletin: 10/22/2014
- Make the most of a mentor and to advance:
Align yourself with someone who does what you want to do, define what success means to you, make friends with your mentor’s critics (figure out what they aren’t good at and learn from that), don’t try to be identical to them (you are you).
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-a-mentor-and-get-ahead-in-your-1646087771 - 5 simple steps to prioritize your task list:
Does this take me closer to my goal?
Does this really matter to my boss?
Does this make me money?
Does this lighten my mental load?
Does this have to be done today? - Why privacy matters even if you aren’t doing anything wrong:
Productivity Bulletin: 10/19/2014
Here is a spin off post from the supplier report. I felt that the career items didn’t fit the tone of the other report, so I am creating a new one.
- Building a task list and how to ruthlessly prioritize:
Good advice here people – I highly encourage you to read this and deploy some of these techniques.
https://zapier.com/blog/prioritize-task-list-methods/ - Speaking of task lists – here is a simple word doc format if you are opposed to using a tool (or can’t access it at work)
http://unclutterer.com/2013/12/16/staying-on-top-of-everything/ - Seth Godin – “Let’s go around the room”:
Leaders of meetings can do better. Call on people. Shape the conversation. Do your homework in advance and figure out who has something to say, and work hard to create interactions. Either that or just send a memo and cancel the whole thing. It’s easier and probably more effective.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2014/10/lets-go-around-the-room.html
- Becoming a more authentic person by keeping a journal:
Keep a journal with dates and times of your situations, observations, behaviours (yours and others), feelings, emotions, actions (yours and others). Identify traits, habits and patterns.
http://lifehacker.com/train-yourself-to-be-a-more-authentic-person-by-keeping-1647225176
- Know thy self:
http://lifehacker.com/the-five-points-of-wisdom-philosophy-can-provide-you-1646337704
That’s all for this week. Take these ideas, absorb them, make them and yourselves better (and force me to get better too).