I have heard people say that we must seek progress, not perfection. They say we cannot attain perfection as no one is perfect. I am not so sure about that. Those who pursue personal excellence seek progress . Those who aim for mastery, practice for […]
But saying YES to everything isn’t healthy. This is because not everything we must do is equal. This is because not everything that is offered to us can make us grow. This is because we cannot do everything and what we really need to do we must do.
The point of hiring a keynote speaker is to help you change the mind of your people, to help you paint a picture of something that you have not seen, heard, or believed before. He is your messenger, not your messiah.
Cram Early is my best time management tip. This is also one of my best stress reduction strategies and procrastination cure. Most people worry about big tasks with deadlines. Our brains avoid big tasks. Combining big tasks with a deadline sends our brains into panic
Gurus will tell you to start the day with easy tasks. I think this works when your best time of the day is in the afternoon or in the evening.
The first time I was employed, I immediately realized I was incompetent. The principal assigned me to teach World History, Economics, and Asian History. Of course, I knew these subjects very well. But I was lacking in something fundamental.
Consider the amount of time you can use for work. Meetings, planned or unplanned, will take you away from doing what you really want. Chaos will always be around, you know.
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Planet Fitness has a ten dollar a month promo. It usually charges between $10 and $20 per month. It has, on average, 6,500 members per gym. That’s not the interesting part. Here’s the interesting part: most of its gym can hold around 300 people. That’s
Multi-tasking doesn’t make us productive. Our brains are not wired to focus on more than one string of information at a time. We get doses of unhealthy stress because we keep ourselves swimming in chaos. Multitasking hinders our ability to complete tasks at hand. Focus,
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Hiring a friend or a classmate will not cause a lot of trouble when everyone observes professionalism. When your boss is a friend, respect him like any other boss. You are in the workplace because of your own merit. Oftentimes, even the best of friends
Many speakers market motivational speaking like a commodity. So, people think that speaking is a commodity and every speaker is a vendor.
In the Philippines, many employees think that a relative is an extension of the boss. When you hire your relatives, treat them like any other professional. Let everyone know that your relatives are hired based on their merits, not on your blood relations. This is
People procrastinate not because they don’t want to do anything.
Procrastinators are busy people. They do many things so that they can find justifications for not doing what must be done.
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The performance of employees dropped last month. Without hesitation, the manager said that the cause is lack of motivation. And everyone nodded in agreement. Lack of motivation is the safest alibi. It is safer to say that people lack motivation than to say that the
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Good leaders desire a better world for all. But we cannot wait for good leaders to appear. We must strive to become good leaders - and help those around us become good leaders.
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