Posts Tagged ‘article’

Limit your word count when making a point

Once in a while, I receive emails with long paragraphs. After I read through an email like that, I usually ask myself: “Okay, does he mean this, or that?”

There was a time when I sat down and read through my archive in my mailbox and tried to understand the difference between huge emails and smaller emails, I came up with a conclusion - large emails confuse me more than… » Continue

November 24 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: article, Communication, email, less, writing | 11 comments»

Work Like a Pirate

I’m not joking. The idea from this post came from watching the ads for the new Pirates of the Carribean movie. It reminded me of a common theme in all the pirate movies that can apply to business.

A Pirate is not His Ship

Pirates are the ultimate underdogs. They often have a lesser quality ship (or product or service). To compensate, they have to be more creative and clever in… » Continue

May 25 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: article, business, entrepreneur, pirates, work-life | 16 comments»

Blog your way through Writer’s Block

Blogging is all the rage at the moment and it’s being used in many different ways. Businesses are using blogs as a way to drive traffic to their websites and inform readers of new products, services or special offers they currently have. Individuals are blogging everything from the milestones in their child’s life to share with family and friends, to the minutiae of their everyday lives - rather… » Continue

February 10 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: article, block, blog, concentration, writing | 3 comments»

Closet Entrepreneur

Every weekday, my reoccurring wish is not suffer through another traffic jam. Every two weeks, there is an urge to be independent and to control my own destiny. Every month jealousy rages when the media celebrates another start-up company with an un-extraordinary idea. And every year there is a realization…time is slipping by.

Living a Dream

With enough dedication, hard work and maybe a little luck, nothing is impossible… » Continue

January 24 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: article, dream, entrepreneurship, life, procrastination | no comments»

5 Important Keys to Bootstrap Your Entrepreneurship

Getting a website on the net as a novice isn’t exactly cake. It requires registering a domain name (example.com), hiring a web designer, and paying a monthly fee to host the site. A content management system is also preferable over paying a web designer hourly to make updates when he can fit it into his schedule. Therefore, a website can run several thousand dollars not including the… » Continue

January 17 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: article, budget, business, entrepreneurship, Management | 1 comment»

Fight The Flab!

How To Lose the Useless Items that Weigh Down Your Day (Part 1) » Continue

January 16 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: article, Communication, concentration, discipline, email, howto, Lifehack, prioritization, Productivity, tips | 18 comments»

How To Make Resolutions You’ll Keep

Too many resolutions barely last through January. Here’s how to make plnas for 2006 you’ll be certain to keep. » Continue

January 2 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: action, article, career, commitment, failure, happiness, health, learning, Lifehack, motivation, personal, planning, resolution | 2 comments»

Writing as a Form of Self Healing

As a self employed writer, I am certainly able to attest to the fact that the written word has the power to heal. However, you don’t have to be an experienced or eloquent writer to receive the self healing benefits that writing has to offer. All that is required is that you channel your emotions honestly and that you write solely on emotion and not reasoning. The… » Continue

December 28 2005 | By Guest | Tagged: article, feeling, healing, writing | 9 comments»

Six Effective Tips to Work from Home

In recent years there has been an increase in home based employees and I am among the masses who now call their home their office. I am self employed but whether you work for yourself or an established employer you are likely to face obstacles similar to those that I encountered. Early on as my business was first established I made a few mistakes and fell into the… » Continue

December 22 2005 | By Guest | Tagged: article, home, Productivity, tips, work | 16 comments»

Putting Your Future on Hold

People put their own futures on hold all the time. How to they do it? By setting conditions that have to be met before they can move on. » Continue

December 12 2005 | By Adrian | Tagged: action, article, career, decision, mission, motivation, procrastination, progress | 2 comments»

6 Reasons on Why are You Procrastinating

Everyone procrastinates at some time in their life. As a self employed writer, I am certainly guilty as charged. I have spent many evenings cleaning the kitchen or folding the laundry instead of working on projects with looming deadlines. Through experience I have learned that there are many reason why I, and others, procrastinate and understanding these reasons has given me a new perspective on how to… » Continue

December 6 2005 | By Guest | Tagged: article, motivation, procrastination, task | 26 comments»

Tomorrow May Never Come

Don’t let pressure and overwork encourage you to hurry past parts of your life. Whether it’s your children’s early life, whole segments of your marriage, or maybe the last active years of loved parents, they are swiftly past and gone beyond recall. Regret comes too late to save them. » Continue

December 5 2005 | By Adrian | Tagged: article, balance, happiness, life, motivation, procrastination, work-life | 2 comments»

Effective Email Tips

Stakeholders (Audience and related people)? Subject? Importance? Sender & Recipient Internet Connections? Are all issues that you have to think of while sending and email. If you wish to send email messages in a more effective manner following the broad email etiquette standards, then DO continue reading.

In this article, we will try to touch upon the various important issues pertaining to email etiquettes and protocols:

Inbox related Tips
Organize your Mail –… » Continue

November 29 2005 | By Guest | Tagged: article, Communication, email, guide, Productivity, tips | 4 comments»

“But I Can’t…”

How often each day do you tell yourself, or others, you can’t do something? Is it true? How do you know you can’t? What if you’re limiting yourself without knowing it? What if you’re lying to save face or avoid embarrassment? » Continue

November 28 2005 | By Adrian | Tagged: ability, action, article, habit, learning, Management, motivation, performance, success, todo, work, work-life | 11 comments»

7 Steps to Help you Better in Writing

Do you want to be a fast writer? Do you want to write effectively? Does it take you hours to think of what to write and when you get something on paper, and then you tear it off? Well, if you’re interested in writing faster, more effectively and efficiently, then you have come to the right place.

Structure
Any piece of writing, regardless of its genre, has to be composed of… » Continue

November 22 2005 | By Guest | Tagged: article, howto, writing | 14 comments»

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