Archive for January, 2008
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Words That Matter
I had several goals going into the Blog-A-Thon.
Write a huge number of posts
Have the content of the posts be meaningful
Establish the three new blogs I had in mind to begin - Heartprint, Internal Innovation, and Resolution Revolution
Write at least one new post on each of my eleven blogs
Introduce my group writing contest
Have fun
Learn about myself
Help others
I [...]
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Travel Tips For Lone Goers
I have picked up a few neat tricks over the last year and a half, now that I’m at least occasionally a business traveller. Ways to fold clothes in on themselves so as to maximize space, minimize wrinkles, and get a week’s worth of gear in carry-ons for airplane travel (so as to not have [...]
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Something Borrowed, Something New
I spent a year of my life recently going through an intense development program at the company I currently work for. I learned untold numbers of new skills, and built significantly on those I already possessed. I learned over time how to succeed in that role, how to take the potential it held and what [...]
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
More Ways To Stay Productive
I really enjoyed this list of different ideas on how to stay productive. There are many things I had already known and taken to heart on the list (and some that are sort of obvious, I think - though I don’t like to presume), but there are a few gems that I definitely need to [...]
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Backing Up Life
I hadn’t really thought about it in exactly these terms before, but when I came across this article on how to back up your life, I figured it would be worthwhile to review it and see if there are any gaps I need to plug in order to feel like I’ve got a good back-up [...]
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Official Blog-A-Thon Begins
Beginning oh, say, NOW, I will begin blogging for 31 hours. My goal of blogging 31 times on average over the course of the 31 days of January is a HUGE stretch to reach at this point, so I’ll need to do something huge to even come close. Something like blogging for 31 hours straight. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Motivation, Productivity by Iain Hamp
Monday, January 14th, 2008
The Importance of Sleep
Generally, the fact that we as human beings need to spend a good 25-33% of our existence sleeping has been a constant source of frustration for me. However, this argument on the importance of sleep and how it can actually lead to increased productivity… well, it made me feel better about things, for this morning [...]
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Influence Through Fonts
Can the choice of a font really lead to better grades in school? It appears there may be something to the notion.
I didn’t go into this hoping to try and make any claims against academic integrity here; I can’t imagine this is something that a professor would do knowingly.
What I’m not opposed to saying, however, [...]
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
More Reasons to Blog
While we’re on the subject of why to blog, here are a few from this list of 33 more reasons that I definitely connect with:
4.) A blog is a great way to make a difference and raise awareness about certain topics mass media ignores or would rather not discuss
14.) Posting on a blog is a [...]
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Speaker Stereotypes
I like this list of characters created to exemplify different kinds of speakers you want to avoid being - but the best part, to me, is it was created to pass the time while surviving a bad presentation.
One of my favorites to read about (and least favorite to experience firsthand):
Oscar Overtime (Thomas Too-much): Oscar is [...]