As popularly said : if you ASSUME - you make an ASS of yoU and ME.
Whether it is about acceptable ID card, flight timing, dress code, location of something… if you have even a slight doubt then it is better to confirm it. These things are few of those trifling ones but can cause high impact.
Save yourself from an embarrassment - clear your doubts!
Want to respond to letters - complete the report - read a book - spend quality time with family?
Try turning off the router for an hour. Handling impulsiveness is easy, you just have to:
Throw away the key: Close off tempting alternatives.
Setup a couple of Pomodoros to complete the job; or talk the matters with your complete presence. Don’t let your impulsiveness distract you! Your job will end up better and your clients will be happier.
Similar “tempting alternatives” might include: phone, television, tickers, IMs etc. When work starts expanding, turn …
Magical Circle.
Look at the red dot carefully. just keep looking at it. The blue circle will disappear and then reappear
You can stay afraid forever of:
- a subject (taxation, particular disease, English grammar, politics),
- a term (SQL joints, standard deviation, VLOOKUP, Piotroski score),
- a method/framework (organisation manuals, guidance notes, new technology, Gmail, Linux), or
- an activity (swimming, public speaking, driving)
or get into its depth, learn about it, practice it and become its master. It might take some time and patience to learn something new (especially when you fear it), but you will soon realize that you have removed a bottleneck.
So start taming your fears!
Both, a new favorable idea as well as an opposing thought should be noted down.
You think of a new feature for your application; a more usable design for your website; a new investment idea; a new blog post; a seminar that your read about…the key to their execution lies in making a note of them.
Darwin wrote in his autobiography:
“I had … during many years, followed a golden rule, namely, that whenever a published fact, a new observation or thought came across me, which was opposed by my general results, to make a memorandum …
WOW!!! This is fantastic.
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Inspiration Squared
Nice backgrounds + awesome typography + amazing quotes = Perfect inspirational slideshow
[Have set some of the graphics from above as wallpaper :D].
P.S. The “Top Presentations” page on SlideShare is addictive.
