The Best Handful of Tips 80 – Edit Your Drafts If you want your writing to be read you must use crisp, clear, and concise language. The five best tips when revising your drafts Remove all unnecessary words and phrases Use plain language, short sentences, and short paragraphs. Choose words that are simple, precise,…
The Best Handful of Tips 79 – Make Time to Think The way you think determines the way you act and the way you act will decide not only your future but also the future of your work. Thinking time is essential for solving problems and hatching new ideas. Good ideas need to be…
The Best Handful of Tips 78 – Building a Winning Team People with the skills to set up effective teams are winning the top jobs. Good results can be achieved when you design and select a balanced working team. Team members should be given freedom to operate in their own way and should…
The Best Handful of Tips 77 – Overcoming Problems Problems tend to get bigger if they are not dealt with promptly. The best way to stop worrying about a problem is to solve it fast. Examine all aspects of a problem fast in an effort to find a rapid solution. Problems multiply when you…
The Best Handful of Tips 76 – Overcoming Procrastination Procrastination is the thief of time. The world is cluttered with unfinished projects that have been put aside to do later when we have time. The longer we put off a difficult task the harder it becomes. We say – we are too busy, or…
ABOUT: The Best Handful of Tips The author has conducted workshops for over 2,300 managers in Asian and Pacific countries. Participants in the workshops taught him a lot and now he has time to share some of their comments and advice. Use these basic tips to make life easier and help you achieve…
The Best Handful of Tips 75 – Enjoy Your Retirement Look forward to your retirement and plan ahead for it. Plan for a long life and decide to make the most of it. It’s the time in your life to do all the things you have always wanted to do but have never…
The Best Handful of Tips 74 – Tricks to Persuade Watch out for the tricks used to make messages persuasive. Be aware of the ways used by salespeople, politicians, religious leaders and others to influence your opinions and decisions. Advertising is persuasion. And persuasion is an art. Five of the most successful techniques…
The Best Handful of Tips 73 – Collecting New Ideas Aim to go where you have never been before to collect ideas to stimulate productivity or to help solve problems. The more competitive you can make the exercises the bigger the list of new ideas you can collect for consideration and evaluation.…
The Best Handful of Tips 72 – Speech Note Tricks Prepare your speech notes with care when making a policy statement or presenting a formal paper. If you are a professional, such as a scientist, a manager or a politician you will want to be reported accurately. You will often need two versions. First write out…
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