Author: Ana da Silva
5 Great Links for Speed Reading and Concentration
In an earlier article, I discussed the merits of teaching speed reading in schools. While it doesn’t appear to be something on the immediate horizon, the web has a few options worth considering if you want to upgrade your speed reading skills: Speed Reading Techniques This is a quick guideRead More
Do You Have an Intern from Hell?
Ah, summertime in the northern hemisphere! If your company takes on interns this is the time of year where you’ve got your share of college kids walking around the office in their only pair of crumpled slacks and inappropriate shoes. By the average office standards, my “intern shoes” weren’t exactlyRead More
Should Speed Reading Techniques Be Taught in School?
I picked up a teach yourself book at a friend’s today about speed reading. It states that with speed reading one can maximize their time and improve their reading efficiency. I’ve never met people who speed read but it seems like such a good idea. If we all could speed read we would beRead More
How Relative Is “Being on Time”?
In some cultures it is acceptable to be late, meaning arriving after the agreed upon time. This makes the definition of “being on time” subjective as some take it as meaning being 5 minutes before the agreed upon time, for others 15 minutes after. I’ve asked this of many peopleRead More
How Much Vacation Time Is Necessary?
When I was living in the United States, we had 2 weeks off per year as standard vacation time – although I did work somewhere where we only had 1 week off. Not so in Europe. Many countries there give employees 5 or 6 weeks off per year. The argumentRead More
Do You Get More Done Working Alone or Around Others?
The idea of working all alone seems pretty tempting: nothing to distract your thinking process, no stress from the jerk on the cell phone. Just quiet. Too quiet. Sometimes my mind gets distracted by the silence – I find myself wondering where everyone is. So, like some other people whoRead More
Do You Have an Email Routine?
You open your inbox for the first time in the day and there are 98 new messages; they’re from mom and dad, clients, that friend from high school who just found you on Facebook, a few stray spam messages and so on. Even if you spend an average of justRead More