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Personal Effectiveness

12,322 unread email messages. Help!

by Alec Satin

[topsy_retweet_big]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

[topsy_retweet_big]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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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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IT Job Search with twitter, linkedin, facebook

by Alec Satin

If you’re looking for work right now, you’re not alone. While Todd Thibodeaux, president of the Computing Technology Industry Association claims that there are 300,000
well paying IT jobs available now, LinkedIn groups and online forums are filled with posts from highly skilled project managers, technical leads and database administrators who are struggling to find work. Can both sides of the debate be right? The truth is that the technology job market is broken and desperately in need of repair. You can choose to:

(a) Complain about it
(b) Work to fix it
(c) Roll up our sleeves and do whatever is necessary to find appropriate work for yourself

This post is about option (c). Let’s get to work.

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Dealing with Stress at Work – Solutions Linkfest

by Alec Satin

Too busy to even read this post? If you take just 10 minutes right now ((Take a look now – we both know the likelihood is you won’t get a chance to come back to this post.)) to review these links, you may find an idea or two that could really help.

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