You may have plenty of motivation to plan your next beach getaway, but almost none when it comes to finishing up that monthly report.
Wendy Phaneuf, founder of LeadingforLoyalty.com and managing director of The Training Source in Winnipeg offers 10 ways to stay motivated and boost productivity at work, even if you'd rather be reading a magazine on the beach.
1. Determine what's important
Identify your priorities for the day. "Focusing on priorities is vital for productivity," says Phaneuf. She suggests setting aside 14 minutes, which is a mere one per cent of your day, and answer seven questions to help identify your daily goals.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Five Secret Japanese Tricks to Make Life Better
It's also the subject of my new book, Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan. Keep reading for excerpts on how to silence a crying baby, get rid of splinters, swim backward, make grass greener, and easily clean up egg yolk... all using common household objects.
1. How to make a baby stop crying Dilemma: Sure, the baby's cute. But why won't he stop crying? Solution: The secret to stop a crying baby lies in making the sound you produce during the mouthfeel stage of wine tasting. Why this works: When babies are still in the womb, the noises they can hear are limited to those in the 6000-8000mHz range. The sound you make when you slosh the liquid behind your lips during wine tasting takes place at about 7000mHz, reminding the baby of a time when the world around was peaceful and the whirs and stirs inside Mommy's tummy soothed him back to a sleepy state.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Be Hardworking to Reap Results!
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
How to be a better person?
This is a rampant question educators ask of students. It is to basis their believing juice to appreciate the learning process.
Basically educators can make aware to the students the system whereby the brain accepts and digest information before learning takes place. They can move on to methods to acquire information or intellectual materials through reading, listening, or any process that affects use of the 5 human senses. However, it should be highlighted to the students which acquiring information is useless if the information gained is not digested by thinking and iterative linking of the acquired material and facts.
Through deal of the newly accepted material, the then phase is for one to request the new knowledge. This will then build sure this the arrangement is correct and if it did not make out (with inconsistent outcome), the understanding process has to be re-visited with maybe more information gathering to supplement the previous bank of information. He has to be hardworking mentally and to repeat the system with persistence in order to reap a satisfactory result. Good habit will be able to be formed in the for a while now run that will mould a person's character and intelligence capability.
The course of learning is a tedious one of feedback and improvement on oneself. The learning process if properly handled and manged will be able to have a marked improvement on one's making and confidence. It will create awareness of self-improvement. This self-improvement skills can persist for one's life time and has compounded benefit through application of knowledge and sharing among others.
If a society or community had made the attitude of self-improvement, the top notch of life within the society or neighborhood can be greatly increased. This has a spreading effect when people according to other community sees the benefits of self-improvement.
How to be a better person?
This is a rampant question educators ask of students. It is to basis their believing juice to appreciate the learning process.
Basically educators can make aware to the students the system whereby the brain accepts and digest information before learning takes place. They can move on to methods to acquire information or intellectual materials through reading, listening, or any process that affects use of the 5 human senses. However, it should be highlighted to the students which acquiring information is useless if the information gained is not digested by thinking and iterative linking of the acquired material and facts.
Through deal of the newly accepted material, the then phase is for one to request the new knowledge. This will then build sure this the arrangement is correct and if it did not make out (with inconsistent outcome), the understanding process has to be re-visited with maybe more information gathering to supplement the previous bank of information. He has to be hardworking mentally and to repeat the system with persistence in order to reap a satisfactory result. Good habit will be able to be formed in the for a while now run that will mould a person's character and intelligence capability.
The course of learning is a tedious one of feedback and improvement on oneself. The learning process if properly handled and manged will be able to have a marked improvement on one's making and confidence. It will create awareness of self-improvement. This self-improvement skills can persist for one's life time and has compounded benefit through application of knowledge and sharing among others.
If a society or community had made the attitude of self-improvement, the top notch of life within the society or neighborhood can be greatly increased. This has a spreading effect when people according to other community sees the benefits of self-improvement.
Friday, June 27, 2008
With smoking, motivation is key
Motivation is the basis for taking action or making a decision. Motivation is an influence, an incentive, the stimulus for change. On Tuesday, the tax on cigarettes in New York state will increase by an additional $1.25, making the tax on a pack of cigarettes $2.75. The increase in the price of cigarettes will motivate people to quit smoking and motivate children not to start smoking. This tax increase will spur more than 140,000 New Yorkers to quit for good, prevent more than 230,000 children from smoking, save more than 37,000 New Yorkers from smoking-related deaths and produce more than $5 billion in long-term health care savings for taxpayers. If you are ready to quit smoking, there are resources to help. Quitting smoking is a process, and a good plan is part of the process. Set a quit date: This is the day you will be tobacco-free.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Self Improvement Ideas - Where Should You Even Start?
Most persons if they are at all perceptive right about themselves understand that there is a gap between at which they are and where properties want to be. So how do we bridge that gap?
Wanting to appreciate yourself is one of the most basic human needs. Most people desire to do better in life, but few individuals try to, an a great deal fewer people succeed at it.
Starting a self improvement program performs not have to be complicated and you don't even have to spend any dollars at it. Just a quick search on the interweb for self improvement tools ought to reveal hundreds of free articles and resources at your fingertips.
Just choose one area at which you look for to improve, then produce lessened what your goal is for improvement in who area. For example, it could be to loose 10 pounds, and remember to set a timeline for yourself. By giving yourself a deadline of when you seek your goal accomplished you give yourself an further amount of motivation to pull off the goal.
One last thing to remember when looking for self improvement ideas is that not all techniques will work for everyone. Pick some self improvement techniques that you think will work best for you.
Try and stick with your new initiative for at least 21 days. Why 21 days? Because that is how long it takes to create a habit of your self improvement idea.
Once you have came up with successful habits your self improvement legislation is almost on autopilot! Start today and pick out one area of your livlihood you want to add to in.
Wanting to appreciate yourself is one of the most basic human needs. Most people desire to do better in life, but few individuals try to, an a great deal fewer people succeed at it.
Starting a self improvement program performs not have to be complicated and you don't even have to spend any dollars at it. Just a quick search on the interweb for self improvement tools ought to reveal hundreds of free articles and resources at your fingertips.
Just choose one area at which you look for to improve, then produce lessened what your goal is for improvement in who area. For example, it could be to loose 10 pounds, and remember to set a timeline for yourself. By giving yourself a deadline of when you seek your goal accomplished you give yourself an further amount of motivation to pull off the goal.
One last thing to remember when looking for self improvement ideas is that not all techniques will work for everyone. Pick some self improvement techniques that you think will work best for you.
Try and stick with your new initiative for at least 21 days. Why 21 days? Because that is how long it takes to create a habit of your self improvement idea.
Once you have came up with successful habits your self improvement legislation is almost on autopilot! Start today and pick out one area of your livlihood you want to add to in.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Small experiences fill a well of motivation to tap into at
During my running career I have looked for inspiration and motivation from many sources. Initially, I looked to stories about incredible bravery and overcoming adversity to achieve monumental goals. My inspiration has changed over time. Chance encounters and day to day examples of inspiration have led me to look at the smaller view rather than the big picture.
In 1997 I ran my first marathon in Chicago. Coincidentally, Khalid Khannouchi, one of the greatest modern marathoners, also finished his first marathon that day just 20 seconds slower than the world record. A few years later, when he was the reigning world record holder, I stood in line at the New York Marathon expo to get his autograph. I mentioned to him that Chicago had been my first marathon too. His face was suddenly animated and he excitedly exclaimed how much he loved that first marathon and that it is a special race for him.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
MOURINHO KEEN TO MAKE MARK IN ITALY
He said: "It is important to have the motivation to win always, always, always and, for me, the day I wake up without motivation is the day I stay in Portugal and stop working.
"Having this motivation is important and I expect my players to arrive with that very same thought."
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