What’s the most effective way to make a difference to people who need help? a) send money? b) give them some of your time? Either the individuals or the organisations that work to help them. c) try to leave them with something permanent, like a new skill? This book gives a great analysis – for […]
12 things that Boris did right
So after a nail biting last minute finish we got a Brexit deal: …but WAS it bail-biting? Aren’t all negotiations done at the last minute? Well they should be. If you finish early you have left money on the table, or given the other person more time to come back and chip some more off […]
How to spend less time on buying food
The objective of time management is to maximise the time you spend on important things. This means reducing the time you spend on UNimportant things …which also means working out what’s important and what is’t. Harder than it sounds! For example, is BUYING FOOD important, or not? Well, clearly if you don’t do it you’ll […]
Is multi-tasking sometimes OK?
Generally it’s a bad idea to do two things at once they take longer in total the quality of your work will be worse it’s more stressful But if one of them is unimportant (or maybe BOTH of them are!) then maybe multi-tasking could be justified? For example… How about watching TV while doing the […]
Personal Qualities of a Great Project Manager
On my training courses I joke that a Project Manager needs the following three qualities: A mild case of OCD Pessimist Assertive And like many jokes, there’s an element of truth in it. A mild case of OCD – attention to detail is vital Pessimist – being a step ahead of every problem Assertive – […]
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