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Regardless of what system you use to manage your time, successful time management boils down to three things:

1. Setting priorities
2. Completing daily tasks
3. Eliminating distractions

Those who manage these three things are not only successful in their business, but they are successful in their life as well.

So, before you go investing in a Franklin Planner or scamper-off to download the latest smartphone … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Susan L. Reid | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Personal Development

Here are two words you should never forget: attitude and gratitude. If you have the right attitude, life will be much better for you; but if you’ll show gratitude when someone is good to you, it will be even better. And if you don’t, life won’t be very nice at all. So always say ‘please’ and ‘thank you,’ and do it with a smile, not … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: John Mariotti | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Attitude

What’s your story? Here are a few action steps and resources to get you started on your storytelling path.

Content: Article | Author: John Jantsch | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Personal Development

Jeffrey Pfeffer discusses the difference between treating certain career building activities as tasks versus skills.

Content: Article | Author: Jeffrey Pfeffer | Source: BNET | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

High performance isn’t just about achieving “greatness” or “excellence,” concepts that are far too static. Nor is it just about ensuring long-term survival by building a company that will last. High performance is about outperforming rivals again and again, even as the basis of competition in an industry or market changes.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Paul F. Nunes, Tim Breene | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: Achievement, Management

Hear Tim Wackel reveal the 6 worst presentation habits that put barriers between you and your listener. You’ll also learn unique and proven methods for conquering these habits so that you can become a more polished, professional and inspiring presenter.

Editor’s Note: I might add a seventh worst habit: a presentation which is TOO LONG, and I hereby pronounce this presentation guilty.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Tim Wackel | Source: BNET | Subject: Personal Development

Many managers underestimate the transformational challenges of their roles—or they become complacent and stop growing and improving. At best they learn to get by; at worst they become terrible bosses. Sometimes even the best of them suffer doubts and fears despite years of management experience.

Three imperatives can guide managers on their journey to becoming great bosses: (1) Manage yourself. Productive influence comes from people’s trust … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Kent L. Lineback, Linda A. Hill | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

Content: Quotation | Author: T.S. Elliot | Subject: Achievement

The four components of that certain something that tells the world: “I’m a winner”

Content: Article | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

If you want to be really good at something, it’s going to involve relentlessly pushing past your comfort zone, along with frustration, struggle, setbacks and failures. That’s true as long as you want to continue to improve, or even maintain a high level of excellence. The reward is that being really good at something you’ve earned through your own hard work can be immensely satisfying.

Here, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Tony Schwartz | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Personal Development

Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation’s success by its productivity — instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn’t have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Nic Marks | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Economics, Personal Development, Social Responsibility (ESG)

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Content: Quotation | Author: Henry Ward Beecher | Subject: Achievement

Some things aren’t right or wrong, they just are. And the sooner you find out about them, the further you will go. Here are 20 axioms that you’re better off not questioning.

Content: Article | Author: Steve Tobak | Source: BNET | Subject: Personal Development

Great presentations tap into the needs and aspirations of the audience, and they all have the same objective, and that is to create a lasting memory of your presentation to ensure your product or service is at the forefront of people minds. From our understanding and learning of the great speeches and presentations, we are able to pick out six key concepts and easy to … [ Read more ]

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Author: John Davies | Subject: Personal Development

Edward Deci and Richard Ryan of the University of Rochester have created an aspirational framework known as self-determination theory. Deci and Ryan found that at the root of human aspiration, there are three core psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness (the need for social connection and intimacy).

Content: Article | Author: Joe Robinson | Source: Huffington Post | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

While much attention is paid to the influence of external factors on worker efficiency levels, surprisingly little is paid to the role of individuals themselves. In his working paper, IESE’s Pablo Maella reminds us that a business is only as efficient as those working for it, and he suggests practical ways in which individuals can boost their levels of personal efficiency.

Content: Article | Author: Pablo Maella | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Dan Heath speaks with Fast Company on how to avoid “that dreaded bullet-drenched PowerPoint that everybody hates”.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Dan Heath | Sources: Fast Company, OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Personal Development

Erikson’s model of psychosocial development is a very significant, highly regarded and meaningful concept.

Life is a serious of lessons and challenges which help us to grow. Erikson’s wonderful theory helps to tell us why.

Here’s a broad introduction to the main features of Erikson’s model.

Content: Article | Author: Alan Chapman | Source: businessballs.com | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

The biggest obstacle in performance isn’t not knowing what to do; it’s not doing what we already know.

Content: Quotation | Author: Alan Fine | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Achievement, Personal Development, Success / Failure

Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has met very few people who have a plan for their lives. Most are passive spectators, watching their lives unfold a day at a time. They may plan their careers, the building of a new home, or even a vacation. But it never occurs to them to plan their life. As a result, many end up discouraged and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Michael Hyatt | Subjects: Career, Personal Development