Managing Yourself Archives - Page 8 of 9

The Journey from Employee to – Five Mind Shifts that I need to work on

September 9, 2012 at Business, Business Operations, Career, Life, Management, Managing Yourself, Performance, Productivity

Thomas Carlyle said - Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther. It has been a few months now since I handed ...

Five Management or Leadership Styles that should be Banned from the Work Place – Business Operations Performance Challenges

August 5, 2012 at Business, Business Operations, Leadership, Management, Managing Yourself, Office Etiquette, Performance, Productivity

Do you think that every work/office space should have a few punching bags around? Sometimes I definitely feel there is some merit in the idea. All that violence and stress ...

Five Working Principles for Business Operations Performance Management – In Gratitude and Honour of Seth Godin

July 15, 2012 at Business, Business Operations, Career, Leadership, Life, Management, Managing Yourself, Performance, Productivity

Isn't it strange (in a good way) how sometimes someone who you have never met or interacted with can have such a profound impact on your life and work? I ...

Five Reasons why I just said Bye-Bye to a Great Job

June 23, 2012 at Business, Business Operations, Career, Life, Management, Managing Yourself

OK. I did it – I just quit my job as an associate vice president in a super company where I worked for the last eight years. No, I don’t ...

Five Rock n Roll Songs that can help you…Rock and Roll – “Rock n Roll ain’t noise pollution…..

June 2, 2012 at Life, Managing Yourself

...rock n roll ain’t gonna die”… I was 18 when I heard the song for the first time on my trusty Sony Walkman (yes… I was born in the 80s ...

Five Life Skills that can Give Wings to your Career

May 12, 2012 at Career, Life, Managing Yourself, Performance, Productivity, World of Work

"Life skills" are defined as psychosocial abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. They are loosely grouped ...

Five Mood-Killers that Stop you from being Happy in the Now

April 28, 2012 at Life, Managing Yourself, Motivation

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. ~Ernest Dimnet~ More and more, I have come ...

Five Ways to Ride the Waves of Change – Being Happy In The Now

February 27, 2012 at Business, Career, Life, Managing Yourself, Motivation

The old maxim – Change is the only Constant - has so much of truth and wisdom in it. There is no such state as “settling down” anymore – be ...

Five Practices to Get People to Work Together – Entering the Collaboration Zone

February 18, 2012 at Business, Business Operations, Career, Communication, Leadership, Management, Managing Yourself, Mentoring, Performance, Productivity, World of Work

It is tough times for businesses today. Never has it been as important as now to do more with less, share resources and leverage each other’s strengths and get people ...

An Idea is not enough for Success… Five more lessons from Steve Jobs

January 29, 2012 at Business, Leadership, Life, Managing Yourself, Motivation, Performance, World of Work

I have never met Steve Jobs, nor worked with him, nor ever interacted with him remotely. But his products touched a chord and I have followed his life journey as ...