How to FACE a Particularly Bad Day

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 19, 2010 in Dealing with Problems, Think Differently | 10 comments

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Today's post is written by Julius Charles Serrano. Julius is the research director of Even Grounds, Accessibility Consulting. Find out more at www.evengrounds.com. He has written over a hundred articles about web accessibility and assistive technologies for persons with disabilities as well as conducting web accessibility seminars in a number of Asian countries. He is also a self-proclaimed gothic subculture and metal music enthusiast.

You get out of bed and minutes later, the first annoyance hits you. Then one by one your problems start piling up. Now you're not even halfway through the day but you already wish you didn't get out of bed at all.

We've all had our share of these kinds of day and I'm sure you'd agree that it is neither easy nor pleasant. But don't let the day drag you down. There are a few things you can do to deal with it

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Friday’s Personal Development Homework

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 16, 2010 in Motivation, Think Differently | 6 comments

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So another Friday and another opportunity to learn from some inspiring people who lurk around the super highways that make up the internet.

This week I've pulled together some very diverse posts from around the tinterweb which I'm hoping will really expand your minds this weekend. Groovy!

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Work harder on yourself than you do on your job

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 14, 2010 in Dealing with Problems, Motivation, Success, Think Differently | 6 comments

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Work harder on yourself than you do on your job ~ Jim Rohn

So I'm sat here after what feels like a really unpleasant few weeks. Nothing particularly bad has happened, just lots of little things building up and gaining momentum that have made me feel like I'm dragging a weight behind me that I can't shake. Coupled to that has been the feeling that something wasn't right, like I was a bit lost and I could quite figure out why. Then the penny dropped. I'd stopped working on me. And instantly the weight and feeling was gone.

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3 sure fire ways to not hear someone

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 12, 2010 in Success, Think Differently | 16 comments

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I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. Robert McCloskey

Listening is a key skill. It's a communication skill that we all use, to varying degrees, all of the time. It goes hand in hand with the other major form of communication we use so much, speaking.

When I'm speaking about communication skills, I always stress the importance of listening and how people should do more listening than they do talking. To me, it's the most important skill you can practice if you want to improve and develop yourself. When you're completely listening to someone, you can learn more than you ever dreamed about them and their, life as well as a bit about yourself.

Sadly though many of us don't listen when we really should. Here are my top 3 signs to look for in yourself that will tell you that you're not listening.

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Creating Lasting Change

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 5, 2010 in Dealing with Problems, Think Differently | 19 comments

Today's post is by Matthew Needham, a UK based professional interim manager and qualified accountant. He is the writer for The Big Red Tomato Company and member of the Infopreneur.net TIP Team. You can connect with him on Facebook or on Twitter or subscribe to his RSS feed. If you have an business problem you want to chat through you can hire him for a one hour brainstorm/consulting session.

Remember the film Ghostbusters with the catchy theme tune by Ray Parker Jr? Whenever you had a problem you called the Ghostbusters who would clear up any problem ghost? Well, that's kind of what I do, except I don't deal in ghosts.

I work as a professional interim manager and help organisations during times of change. So whenever they have a problem, they call me. I deal in change. I deal in change a lot.

One of the things that my clients pay me for is to quickly embed change into their organisation. Whether that's changes to business processes, changes to culture or simply providing an extra pair of hands when times are tough.

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Friday’s Virtual Business Lifestyle Homework

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 2, 2010 in Dealing with Problems, Success, Think Differently | 20 comments

After the success of the Matthew Needham week last week (it was so successful it even caused Mrs BRT to give birth to their first son), I thought I'd run another individual themed homework post this week. This time it's the turn of my good friend Chris Ducker from VirtualBusinessLifestyle.com.

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