From the category archives:

Personal Effectiveness

12,322 unread email messages. Help!

by Alec Satin

Ron Holohan, PMP of the PM411 podcast interviewed me recently on the subject of effectively managing email. If you’ve yet to hear PM411, you’re in for a treat. Ron’s project management podcast is interesting, informative and a lot of fun.

Some of the topics covered in our spirited talk include:

What’s wrong with the way I’m managing my inbox today?
How can we make our email more organized and efficient?
Are there ways to make Outlook and GMail work better?
How do I find an email I sent to my boss 6 months ago?
As a PM, is there a recommended way to organize inbox and email folders?

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What is Success? How do you achieve it?

by Alec Satin

Jonny Gibaud had an interesting idea. Challenge a small group of bloggers to each define success in 2 sentences. More than 40 bloggers (including this one) from around the world stepped forward. The result is a free eBook chock full of quick and fascinating ideas and images.

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Remember Everything in 2010 with Autofocus 4

by Alec Satin

Thinking about New Year’s resolutions? If your personal task management system could use a little overall, read on. The free, easy to implement and easy to use AutoFocus 4 can help you stay organized in 2010.

What is Autofocus?

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Modern Day Hero – Karen Armstrong – Let’s Revive the Golden Rule

by Alec Satin

Karen Armstrong has dedicated the remaining years of her life to spreading one simple idea. This “golden rule” transcends race, culture, social standing and religion. It can be applied by you, by me, by anyone. It requires little time and even less money. All that’s needed is (1) knowledge of what it is and (2) desire to do it.

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What to learn next…it’s your big chance

by Alec Satin

A senior project manager started work in an IT Project Management Office. He had more than 15 years of experience, interviewed well and came with good references. At first everything seemed fine. Yet he appeared stressed whenever he had to join a conference line, connect to the internet messaging client (which was a requirement for work at home), or publish a project plan. It turns out that he did not know how to operate Windows XP, and was at the most basic level with MS Word.