A client asked about the best way to find email lurking somewhere in her folders. She used named folders, but every now and then something would get away, and ridiculous amounts of time would elapse whilst she scrolled through folders, Inbox, Sent, and even Deleted (if she hadn’t emptied her Trash Can for a [...]
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A few years ago I was in Alice Springs with an unexpected opportunity to practise what I teach!
I’d just completed a tour for the Northern Territory Government with their October Business Month: it took me not only to Darwin, but also to places that I’d yearned to visit for years – Katherine, Tennant Creek, [...]
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When I began writing ‘About Time For Teaching- Time-saving tips to make teaching and administrative load easier’ I asked for contribution from educators. From South Africa, Australia and New Zealand came a common theme – tidy as you go.
‘Put things away in the right place. You won’t waste time looking for stuff and falling over [...]
We fit broadly into one of two styles when it comes to processing time – we’re either in-time or through-time.The in-timers, bless their socks, are great at being fully present, totally in the moment (which is why this style is called in-time, not because they’re punctual!), but challenged at getting places or completing tasks on [...]
First the brickbat – to Yellow [ex Yellow Pages]
I try not to complain too much about things – it’s usually a waste of energy – but Yellow NZ deserve a brickbat in what they’ve done to our previously really useful Directory Service. (I nearly threw the brick at Telecom but apparently they sold to [...]
In July 2004 I had the privilege of speaking to 100 Adventist School Principals from all around the Pacific. As I listened to Barry, one of the first speakers, saying ‘Neglect yourself emotionally and you become toxic’, I had to agree. It led neatly to one of my topics – what I call Sanity [...]
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Have you ever ripped out a particularly inspiring clipping from a magazine or newsletter and tucked it in your diary, placed it somewhere around your desk, or even pinned it on the wall?
Back in 1998 I’d done just that. The beautiful and heart-warming piece I clipped came from ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work’ [...]