#selfmanagement Archive

Lets get personal…or not…

In 2009 I read an excellent article in Wired where journalist Evan Ratliff tried to "vanish" and stay hidden for a month. In case you haven't read it I really recommend you do, you can find the article over here. In short he offered $5.000 of his own money to whoever found him within a month. To make it a little bit more difficult he had to do certain things at given...
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Career Tip #5

I set out to do 4-5 Career Tips, and we have now reached the fifth one, after having gone through the following:
  1. Plan your day on your way in to work
  2. Complete one thing every day
  3. Learn (at least) one new thing every day
  4. Help yourself by helping others
Today, with the fifth career tip, I will conclude this series of articles, if...
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Career Tip #4

In the Career Tip Feature I am doing right now we have reached tip #4, after having gone through the following ones so far:
  1. Plan your day on your way in to work
  2. Complete one thing every day
  3. Learn (at least) one new thing every day
This fourth one is a bit trickier to formulate in a clatchy short sentence (more...)...
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Career Tip #3

Ok, so far in this list of career advice we have the following points:
  1. Plan your day on your way in to work
  2. Complete one thing every day
Who knows, I might end up with more points in this list than I first thought, but hey, let's cross that bridge when we get there and for today...
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Career Tip #2

Continuing on yesterdays blog article about career tips, today we have reached tip #2.If you are anything like me, and I know I am, you have lists of things that need doing. Some things are more important than others. Some of those things on the list are quite fun, and the reason why you took the job in the first place. Some things on the list are really tedious and boring. That normally means you...
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