Daily links Wednesday, 20 January, 2010

By Helen

1.  for GTD beginners, I have here 10 Tips to Create To-Do Lists Like a Pro! And they really help!

While creating and using to-do lists is relatively simple, there are some tips and tricks you can use to multiply their effectiveness. Below I’ll share with you the 10 tips I learned with my to-do lists over the years.

2. I don’t know about you, but I love the word “brand”. It’s so interesting, and it can give you new ideas. This article I mean :)10 Questions to Develop Your Brand

So much of our time is spent finding the answers, but to find those answers how often do you spend asking yourself the right question?

3. And for the end I have for you a brand new fresh article from Ian’s Messy Desk.  11 Golden Rules of Time Management

No one manages time; they only manage how they use their time. Successful people use their time on the things that matter most and on tasks that move them closer to their goals.

Consider the following “golden rules” of time management. See if you can be more effective in how you use your time.

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Daily links Monday, 18 January, 2010

By Helen

1. Every entrepreneur has this problem. How am I going to sell my product? How will I price it?  The Key to Pricing Your Product or Service Online

One area that in-person sales has an advantage over online is you can tailor your marketing to the precise situation and prospect. With online you have to predict or tune every possible question, bias and objection so that you leave to question unanswered and no objection left hanging.

2. This article is especially for the readers which are passionate about Brand & Marketing and it is perfect for the ones who are trying to establish a connection into them and the brand that they are building.  Defining Your Brand via 6 Traits that Make You a Leader

I finished reading Lisa Orrell’s Millennials Into Leadership: The Ultimate Guide for Gen Y’s Aspiring to Be Effective, Respected, Young Leaders at Work this week. Wow! What a great resource for tomorrow’s leaders.

In Millennials Into Leadership, Orrell discusses “defining your brand by documenting the traits that you believe define your leadership style.” As I read, I thought about how each applied to me as the founder and president of Come Recommended.

3. Are we stressed? It’s Monday. We are, aren’t we? Here are  5 Ways of Using Limits to Get More Enjoyment Out of Your Life Today

Lately I’ve become a lot fonder of limits than I used to be. I used to see them as something negative. Because on one level it’s great to surpass you own limits. On another level it is pretty helpful to set some limits.

So here is how I use limits to make things easier for myself and to accomplish more.

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Daily links Friday, 11 December, 2009

By Helen

1. How to keeep your focus, productivity & consistency..   The Key To Consistent Creativity and Productivity

How long can you concentrate and focus on one thing before your energy and attention begins to falter? How long does it take you to engage in a particular thing to make the effort of engagement worth it?

The answers to those two questions make up (what I’m calling) your engagement threshold, and figuring out your engagement threshold is probably the most important thing you can do to become more consistently creative and productive.

2. Probably every brand creator asks or was asking himself this… Which are the 5 reasons why other people will spread your personal brand

I was part of a panel (with Claire Celsi, Nathan T. Wright & Dr. David Bulla) talking to journalists about personal branding this morning.

Part of my message was that it’s fine and dandy to have a personal brand…but one of the keys to its success is in how you share your brand with the world. I used the analogy of a dandelion.

Once you figure out what your personal brand is all about….you hold it out to the world, like a dandelion.

3. I really don’t like wasting time sorting my emails, so I found these  Tricks for capturing Waiting For emails

One of the key buckets in your GTD system is Waiting For.  So what’s the biggest creator of Waiting For? Sent emails. Sure, you could slog through your Sent folder for which ones you actually need to make sure to track, but that’s like searching for a contact lens on the beach.  Good luck having that be a trusted and efficient system.


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Daily links Thursday, 26 November, 2009

By Helen

1. We are all living this crisis. We are all worried. But how many of us, are looking for opportunities?  You May Monitor For Crises, But Do You Monitor For Opportunity?.

However, disaster is easy to find. Disaster comes crashing through the front plate glass window with sirens blaring. [...] Opportunity comes late in the night. Taps lightly on the back, kitchen door. Never rings the bell.

2. When talking about mistakes, everyone has a lack of confidence that should definitely be treated. Here’s a list of steps to do forward, when you did one… back. 10 Things to Do When You Take a Step Back

In the process of any form of achievement there will be times where you take a step back – where things don’t go as planned and you fall into a bit of a slump. These moments can hurt, sometimes even enough to make you quite altogether. But don’t quit

3. Our brand is the most important thing when it comes to our business. Right? Here are some tips, to help you take care of your brand. Don’t get brand sabotaged

Monitoring your brand online can be a serious effort – the number of channels and outlets you need to track, the anonymity of potential brand attackers or even promoters, the speed with which fallacious information can spread and ruin the value of what would have once been a carefully planned and thoughtful brand approach.


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