Category: Productivity
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Here’s the 1 Vital Lesson You Can Learn from Jim Gavin, Aidan O’Brien and Willie Mullins
Are you running a business? Do you manage people? There is one thing that Jim Gavin, the Dublin football manager, Aidan O’Brien and Willie Mullins, the racehorse trainers never fail to do. Let me explain. Aidan O’Brien Last week, I was, as usual, watching the racing on Channel 4. Aidan O’Brien’s horse, The Ghurka, had…
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6 Steps to Achieve Extreme Productivity and Overcome the Limitations of Your To Do List
Procrastination. Inaction. It happens all of us, at one time or another. You have so much to do that you don’t know where to start, or what to do next. Do you use a “to do” list in an effort to organise yourself and ensure some productivity? A “to do” list is a help, but…
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A Simple, Inexpensive Way to Take Credit Card Payments in Your Business
Are you a small business owner or start up who would like to be able to take credit card payments from customers/clients? This used to involve a fair degree of expense because you would have to pay an ongoing fee for a dedicated phone line, for the credit card machine itself, perhaps for installation, and…
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How to Easily Monitor What Others are Saying About You or Your Business-for Free
There’s no need to be paranoid about it. But it is useful to know what others are saying about you and your business. The “others” might include competitors or your customers/clients. Well, there’s a way of doing this for free. And have a notice of the mentions sent directly to your email inbox. It’s a…
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5 Free Online Tools to Increase Your Productivity and Save Your Valuable Time
As a small business owner your time is scarce, and probably getting scarcer and scarcer with ever increasing demands on it. And being productive can be a struggle because of the increasing distractions you face. But there are some tools, and all in this article are free, which will be of great help to you…
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How to Avoid Distractions and Manage Your Time Effectively With the Pomodoro Technique
Do you find yourself getting more distracted lately? Do you find the combination of your mobile phone, computer, email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. shortening your attention span and interrupting you on a more frequent basis? The Pomodoro technique The Pomodoro technique is a time management technique that I have begun to use quite a lot lately.…