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  • How to use SWOT as a personal analysis tool

    I was first introduced to SWOT analysis during my brief period working for Harte-Hanks, and since then I have used it many, many times. You have no doubt come across SWOT analysis during your professional or academic career, if not, then not to worry. In a nutshell SWOT analysis is used to reveal a businesses [...]

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  • Tweeting away: A rough guide to twitter

    With mainstream online social networking sites such as facebook and LinkedIn do you really need to join another? That’s what I thought until I came across Twitter. In this post I go through what twitter is all about and why you should join as well as some useful resources for beginners.
    Although twitter was launched in [...]

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  • The why of why

    Questioning is a natural skill, one that we learn and practice many times over as soon as we can speak. As humans, we are curious by nature.
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    As coaches, questioning is a important part of what we do, overlooked only by active listening! However, there are some questions that we really shouldn’t ask (at [...]

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  • On creating better schedules

    Previously I wrote about making the best of your time, there I suggested that one way to make better use of your time was to be more productive.
    In this post we look at the how a good schedule can improve upon how well your time is spent. I will also discuss what to consider in [...]

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  • US Inauguration 2009

    I am really looking forward to the inaguration address later on today, but if like me you won’t be there to see it in person then don’t fret.
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    You can still view the address from pretty much anywhere you are, I will be watching from merry old England. The nice folks over at Lifehacker [...]

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  • Successful project management

    Project management skills are essential whether you are a high profile project manager, a student or any other individual. Most of my experience in project management has come from my student years, but I have noticed that no matter what level of management you are involved in the fundamentals remain the same.
    Here I discuss some of [...]

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  • 9 things I wish I knew early on in life

    Over the years I’ve made many mistakes, and as a result I’ve found myself developing a peculiar habit – an annual review of my life. I’m a strong advocate of not regretting the past, and the truth-be-told I wouldn’t know most of what I do now without some of these mistakes.
    Having said that, if I [...]

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  • Strengths finder 2.0 [Book review]

    Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? This That’s the question asked by Rath, and for recents graduates, job movers and those constantly bored at work this can be a useful question.
    The concept of the book is simple: people spend too much time fixing their weakness then working on [...]

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  • Are you making the best of your time?

    Time is perhaps the most important resource, and it is certainly a unique one in that once it’s used you can never get it back, and we never know exactly how much we have left. However, it seems that a lot of us take this precious commodity for granted.
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    There are many ways to [...]

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  • 10 days to faster reading [Book review]

    How fast can you read? Are you an efficient reader? Do you want to improve your reading speed and comprehension? [Ed. If you want to find out your reading speed then you can do so here]
    This is an excellent book if you wish to become a more efficient reader, one that is able to read [...]

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