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10 Rules to Ensure You Don’t Reach Your Goals
Posted in Motivation
Be vague about what you want to accomplish. Don’t be specific about what you want to achieve.
Keep your goals to yourself. Don’t tell anyone about your dreams.
Spend time with people who are not reaching their goals. Stay away from anyone who has clear goals and a plan to reach them.
Avoid writing down your [...]
10 Affirmations for the Permanently Crabby
Posted in Friday Funny
As I let go of my feelings of guilt, I can get in touch with my Inner Sociopath.
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except the ones that are someone else’s fault.
I honour my personality flaws, for without them I would have no personality at all.
I am grateful that I am not [...]
Top 5 Posts for March 2008
These were the five most visited posts for April 2008 at Ian’s Messy Desk:
The ABC’s of Self-Motivation – 26 ways to keep your personal motivation levels up.
How to Delegate to Save Time – The ideal position to reach as a manager is one where your staff carry out all the routine activities of your team. This leaves [...]
Better sleep tips for shift workers
Posted in The Simple Life
My experience as a shift worker was back when I was in my 20’s. In those days, I’d think nothing of staying up 24 or more hours at a time coming off or heading into a shift change. My sleep patterns were all over the place. I was also pretty skilled [...]
How to Manage Your Time Effectively
Posted in Productivity
How do you decide which activities get your attention first? That is, how do you decide what you are going to do each day? When you set priorities, do you set them in a way that meets your comfort level or in a way that effectively addresses your objectives?
There is a lot of [...]
Print Your Own Speciality Paper
Ever found yourself wanting a couple of sheets of graph paper? You end up buying a whole package from the local office-supply store, paying more than you need, just to get those two sheets.
Not any more!
Head over to the Printable Paper web site. There, you can download hundreds of paper templates, free of charge. The PDF-formatted templates are [...]
Know Your Audience Before Speaking to a Group
Posted in Communication
Evaluating your audience is a critical but frequently overlooked aspect of presentation preparation. When you ensure that you understand your audience and their expectations, you will be able to better tailor your presentation content, language, and style to communicate effectively with them. How do you learn enough about your audience to be able [...]
Interactive Prompts to Kick-Start Your Writing
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Lessons for better writing skills found on our interactive pages.
WritingFix, we believe, is the only site of its kind. It was designed by writers, teachers, and students…to spark the imaginations of writers, [...]
Start Right to Make it Right
Posted in Motivation
The responsibility for planning and living a successful life falls on you. The burden of shaping your life, is on your shoulders. The sooner you realize this, the better. The question to ask yourself is, “what can I do right now to get my life moving in the direction I want?”
If you believe [...]
10 Life Lessons From a Child
Edward Mills posted the Top 10 life lessons he’s learned from his daughter. I really like what he’s shared, not so much because I’ve analyzed the lessons and found them useful, but because I live the behaviours and found them helpful. It’s easy to support ideas you already agree with than to open your mind [...]
