The Best Handful of Tips 58 – Helping Mature Adults Learn People learn best when they are enjoying their learning and when they are being challenged and entertained by a variety of exercises or competitions. As we age our hearing, sight and physical reactions decline. Learning can be slower.  Allow extra time when teaching new…

The Best Handful of Tips 57 – Advancing Your Career What you want to be is more important than what you are. You will need to plan and work hard to achieve success. There are four keys to success – tenacity of purpose, what you know, who you know and the necessary resources. Five of…

The Best Handful of Tips 56 – Be An Achiever The most influential people in this world are the people who get things done. They are the people who have learned to manage their time well by planning and practising good work habits. Your scarcest resource is your time – ration it! Make this a…

The Best Handful of Tips 55 – Setting Your Goals If you are determined enough you can achieve almost anything  but firsts you must have a dream and believe you can reach it.  Goals are dreams with deadlines. It is that time of the year to start afresh and re-examine your dream and your goal…

The Best Handful of Tips 54 – Communication Secrets To get your ideas accepted by people keep to the basic communication skills. These skills are simple but are often forgotten. Five ways to improve your communication skills  Talk their language There are many forms of the English language spoken in different countries. Use words that…

The Best Handful of Tips 53 – Looking for a New Job? If you are not happy in your work look for a new job – one to enjoy. Job hunting is not easy and it should be tackled logically and professionally and made into a learning experience. Job security no longer exists, so plan…

The Best Handful of Tips 52 – Make New Year Plans Tie a ribbon around 2016 and plan to make 2017 a year of achievements. You don’t know what you can achieve until you really try. It’s amazing what you can achieve if you believe you can do it. Don’t allow past experiences to retard…

The Best Handful of Tips 51 – Improve Your Advertising When business is good it pays to advertise. When business is bad you’ve got to advertise. Target your messages to specific groups of clients and  potential clients and try to measure returns on your advertising investments. You can waste a lot of time and money…

  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 more…

The Best Handful of Tips 49 – Secrets to a Successful Career Having asked over 2,000 managers what makes a good employee and what makes a good manager, I have reached some conclusions about the secrets to a successful and rewarding career. Success is largely based on imagination, ambition and the will to work. Study…