Problems can either destroy a business or an industry or give it insights on how to make positive changes.
Over time, these problem-solving insights tend to accumulate.
When they reach a certain threshold, this leads to innovation.
Then, over a longer period of time these innovations pile up.
This leads to paradigm shifts. Click Here to Read Article …
Technology has changed a lot in the past 20 years and it’s important for business owners to change with it.
However, there is always a need to use caution when deciding whether or not to adopt new technology.
Some things never become as popular as they were supposed to be (e.g. QR codes).
At other times some ideas take off but are then quickly replaced by something better (e.g. fax or pager marketing).
Some business owners still employ this type of caution when making a decision on social media, wondering if all the money they put into social media marketing will become useless in just a few years.
The time has come to abandon any worry that social media is just a flash-in-the-pan phenomenon. There is a lot of data that shows social media is a vital part of the way we communicate and engage with others and learn about new things. Click Here to Read Article …
Have you ever been behind your computer, working away in the zone, when you hear a little “blurp” from a Facebook notification on one of your open browser tabs?
That’s the sound of DISTRACTION.
It could be a notification for an email, your cell phone ringing or even someone walking by your desk to chat.
So after you hear the Facebook “blurp,” you stop working and go to Facebook to watch a funny cat video you were tagged in. Then you hit the feed.
You lose track of time and attention, and the next thing you know you’re late for your meeting. The work you were doing before that is now postponed and will have to wait for later.
Today I want to address the three biggest distractions standing in your way of doing real work and how to avoid them.If you want to start using time efficiently, improve your office productively and challenge yourself to break these habits, read on! Click Here to Read Article …
There are two things that are concerning for an average blogger: obscurity and balance.
When an aspiring blogger enters the online world, he is a complete stranger in an immense crowd.
Getting a decent number of visitors and readers is already hard, but things get even more difficult when someone actually reads your posts — their underestimating comments may make you feel insignificant and inconspicuous.
If you are a blogger who got disappointed with the hard start, there is one thing you should always remember: everyone starts at the bottom! Click Here to Read Article …
The workplace can be a stressful and unpredictable place.
Without the tools essential to office productivity, no team can perform at their best.
As insignificant as it may seem, hydration actually plays a vital role in the performance of your employees and can mean the difference between a motivated workforce and an office full of uninspired employees.
Today we’re taking a look at humble H2O and how this miracle ingredient makes a recipe for ultimate productivity. Click Here to Read Article …
Most people I know hate having meetings.
Correction: They hate having unproductive meetings which have a single outcome of wasting everyone’s time.
However, done correctly, an effective meeting can get a lot done in a short space of time.
A meeting should have an agenda and a plan at the end of it, but what if you are not in control?
How do you make your attendance at meetings more effective? Click Here to Read Article …
Good Morning! You plop down at your desk and boot up your computer. Congratulations, you have 100 new emails.
Your boss stops by, “Hey! Can you meet with a new vendor at 2:30? Thanks.”
Ring, Ring. “Hello. Development is questioning the need for 3 new interfaces. Can you meet with us in 15 minutes? See you soon.” Click! Aaaaahhhh!
On days like these, you silently wish Doc Brown would appear with a brand new Delorean Time Machine, don’t you? Everyone could use more time.
But, let’s face it; Marty McFly spent most of his time fixing family crises. He had no time to finish his TPS reports or build out his amazing presentation to help reduce “Scope Creep.”
So, how do you get more time to increase your productivity without worrying about the space-time continuum? Here you go: Click Here to Read Article …
You know how it is.
One minute you’re on your well-deserved lunch break, your finger poised to point your mouse into the internet abyss.
The next minute, it’s an hour later, and you’re happily on your third cat-in-a-costume-riding-a-roomba video.
Where on earth did the afternoon go?!
Welcome to the world of social media — a vast and seemingly endless space into which your free time can merrily get sucked, while you wave goodbye to your productivity.
Whether you love it (gleefully snapping every tasty morsel that passes your lips) or loathe it (and are sick of the sight of selfies), one thing’s for sure: You can’t ignore it. Click Here to Read Article …
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