When You Only Have Time for a Quickie…

Ok, people, focus. You have limited time, and you need to get a project completed fast. Or you have to make a dinner reservation at a new place. Maybe you have to arrange for some service done on your home. Or you have to switch vendors at work. Time is a scarce resource. You don’t have the luxury of conducting multiple interviews, performing tons of research, and asking all of your friends. You’ve got 20 other tasks to accomplish, and all before your next coffee break. How can you decisively make your selection without blowing your time budget? First, spend…

Play That Joyful Noise!

If you are down, feeling defeated, worried and anxious, basically in the dumps, what is the best thing to do to lift yourself up? LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC! Studies show that listening to music, really any kind of music, improves your mood! http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20031022/music-improves-mood These days, with smart phones, satellite radio, Pandora, Spotify and iTunes, you can literally be surrounded by music all day long. Even if your office environment isn’t conducive to having music playing at your desk, maybe you can use earbuds or your Beats headphones? How about listening to the music in your own head? Try to…

asking for help

HELP!

There are 2 types of people in the world. Those who ask for help at every possible opportunity, often appearing to be lazy whiners, and those who never ask for any help ever, giving the impression of stubborn stoics. Which category do you identify with? Me? I’m firmly in the second, and albeit a bit self-righteously, I happen to think my group far superior to the first. However, given enough contemplation on the subject, I’m starting to think we ain’t so grand either. We all know “that guy” who will ask a coworker a question rather than find out the…