The answer, as usual, is “It depends.” For some of us, we are always on the move, always jumping to the next thing, perhaps overly influenced by the compelling nature of our obligations or interests. In that case, it can be good to interrupt the flow with some time to assess whether we’re actually on [...]

One of life’s big challenges is focusing your energy without letting anything important fall through the cracks. Here are some helpful tips to help you stay out of the sand traps of life:

Write things down.
Unless you’re among the 2% or so of people who can carry every detail in their heads without fail, develop a [...]

Write yourself an e-mail.
Rather than digging up a post-it note and then hoping you don’t lose it later, if you’re at your computer, just send yourself a quick message with the subject line “Ideas – business concepts” or whatever. Many e-mail programs can be set up to recognize and immediately file it for future reference.

Carry [...]

The purpose of communication is to make information available to others in a way that makes it easy for them to receive it. Simple enough.
Why, then, do we get bombarded with PowerPoint slides that look like this?

Let’s say you hear the afternoon’s presenter say “Our first point is . . . .” Would you [...]

“Work smarter, not harder.” We’ve all heard it.
We may have said to ourselves, “That sounds catchy.” But what does ‘working smarter’ look like?
Here are some tips for getting the most out of the time and effort you put in:

Back up the truck
Before you plunge into the next project, take a minute to step back and [...]