Christmas if fast approaching and with it a few days holiday (at least for most of us). If not, then at least ...
Regardless what you think of New Year's resolutions, they are pretty common. And for good reason too. To many people ...
At some point in your daily work when attending meetings, business parties, sales meetings and having other encounters with new people, you must also have gotten ...
You know how it is. You are just about to finish that particularly important task and just then the IT-system shuts down. Just then ...
By now most of us have started working and for many people the spring will be filled with activities, tasks and deadlines all the way until ...
Since not all the things we need to do can be done just anywhere, it can be smart to categorize the to-do-tasks by the particular context we need to be in to be able to ...
From time to time, especially when things are hectic and you have a lot on your plate, it can be of great value to sit down and reflect. When we reflect on things and write down or sketch out what we need to reflect on, we get ...
I have never encountered anyone who complains over receiving too few e-mails or someone who was unhappy due to e-mails being too short or too concrete.
And very few organizations or companies tell me the communication occurring through CC:-ing is at a reasonable level.
And yet we still choose e-mails before ...
When our lives are just spinning and you feel as if your everyday-life is like a rat race it is easy to lose sight of where you are going. Saying that it is important to explicitly formulate a vision for what you strive to achieve in the long run, is almost a truism. But I am not saying it for nothing. Remembering this will make what you do in your everyday life feel ...
On occasion, you get an idea or two. They are amazing, marvelous and exciting ideas and sometimes even show a true stroke of brilliance. If you are in luck, they fit right in with what you need to focus your strength and energy on right now. But they can often concern matters which ...
If you sense that you need to make improvements in your personal structure, there is only one way to get started. Perform a ...
Are you in despair when it comes to your personal structure? Don’t be. Read this and see if it helps ...
If you are like me, the summer vacation works as a cleansing bath for the thoughts regarding your job. If so, just like me, you think more clearly about your job after ...
“Having good structure is to know” my business friend replied over lunch the other day when I asked what structure means to her. Indeed, that is “tried and true”.
If you have good structure ...
When was the last time you felt victorious? When was the last time you actively felt very pleased with yourself, in a sincere and honest way? When did you last ...
Today, this year ends and tomorrow begins a new.
When my tempo is high in work periods during the year, I like to clarify and define my projects and next steps in detail. When I am on holiday (like right now), I prefer to relax also from that. These days, ...
We are approaching one of the times during the year when most of us take a longer continuous break. It might as well be the summer vacation, but right now it’s the Christmas holiday.?? During these breaks, a ...
This tip is a continuation of last week’s post. In it, just as I will in this, I promote the great structural tool that the “mind-map” is, especially digital versions, that is, those made in one of the mind-map-software available for purchase or downloading free (also referred to as “open source”-software).
A mind-map is especially practical when ...
You spend quite a substantial amount of hours of your life working every week. If everything you do is about the details here and now, you’ll find that everything just keeps on spinning.
??You might have become quite good at ...
A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk at KY-Akademien, a college for advanced vocational education and training here in Gothenburg, Sweden. The audience was the students at the two-year programme for Advertising and Marketing and my topic was “Vision and goals (and how it really works in everyday life),” on how to do to define a long-term vision for yourself or your business and break it down into shorter, more detailed milestones (and in particular on the importance thereof).
At the end of the half day seminar, ...
