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Category: Productivity
Category: Productivity
Why and how to use Google+ effectively
Google+ is really cool, but most people still don’t know why or how they should use it. In fact, I can probably count on one hand the number of people I know who use it regularly. I’m on there now myself but it wasn’t until I watched this excellent video of my Twitter buddy and No
Read MoreWhat Does Success Look Like?
Before you embark on any new project or business venture, you need to ask yourself the question ‘What does success look like?’ Without an end goal in mind (and preferably written down somewhere), how will you know you’ve achieved what you set out to do? Having a goal (or many) will help you focus on
Read MoreWhy Mentoring Matters
This article was originally written for and published on Upmarket – the US-based online business magazine at http://upmarket.squidoo.com/2012/05/02/why-mentoring-matters/ There’s a big drive to increase the number of business mentors in the UK today through Government-backed initiatives like Get Mentoring and Mentorsme.co.uk. This is because along with finance, mentoring is regularly cited by start-ups as one of
Read MoreConfidence – The Stuff Entrepreneurs Are Made Of
This article was originally written for and published on Upmarket – the US-based online business magazine at http://upmarket.squidoo.com/2012/04/03/confidence-the-stuff-entrepreneurs-are-made-of/ Over the past three years I’ve worked with thousands of start-ups across the UK, and have come to the conclusion that confidence is the number one ingredient that entrepreneurs need if they are to succeed in business. Although funding
Read MoreWelcome to ‘Permanent Beta’ – The Start-Up IS YOU!
I’ve just finished reading ‘The Start-Up Of You‘ by LinkedIn Founder/Chairman Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha and am feeling pretty inspired. If you’re stuck in a rut, wanting to advance your career, find a new job or start a business (i.e. everyone) I’d strongly urge you to buy and read this book! If Reid’s career credentials weren’t
Read MoreUpmarket magazine column #2
My 2nd monthly column for US-based online magazine ‘Upmarket‘ titled ‘Stop Tweeting and Start Making!‘ was published on Thursday 1st March. Read the column in full at: http://upmarket.squidoo.com/2012/03/01/stop-tweeting-and-start-making/
Read MoreStop Tweeting and Start Making!
Anyone who knows me well will vouch that I’m a huge advocate of Social Media as a tool for encouraging greater collaboration and sharing and have been using both for business for just over 3yrs with great success. However, I’m also aware that Twitter and Facebook can be a massive time suck which can actually make
Read MoreLeap Year
2012 is a ‘Leap Year’ so that means you have an extra 24hrs to do something special, be it volunteering / raising money for a good cause or starting that business you’ve been talking about. Maybe you could use the extra day, 29th Feb, to focus your efforts in one go or spread it out
Read MoreWe need more Leaders not Followers
In the past few years we’ve become a little obsessed with getting more ‘Followers’ on Twitter and ‘Fans’ on Facebook. This is back to front thinking. If we’re completely honest with ourselves and each other, it’s unlikely that every little thing that we do is really that remarkable and worthy of a ‘Like’ or ‘Follow’.
Read More‘No Email Day’ featured in The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (prestigious British newspaper) contacted me recently about my ‘No Email Day‘ campaign, after news broke that Atos would be banning internal email within 18 months. After explaining more about the campaign and telling them about Luis Suarez (IBM’er who has gone almost 4yrs without email) and Mark Hurst (author of the excellent ‘Bit Literacy’), I
Read More‘End Malaria Day’ – help save lives by helping yourself
If you’re a fan of Seth Godin and other motivational, inspirational writers then you will find the new book from The Domino Project ‘End Malaria‘ a real treat. Packed full of short essays, tips and insights from over 60 of the world’s leading thinkers and business brains, the purpose of this book is not only
Read MoreThe NO EMAIL DAY Manifesto
I wrote my very first ‘manifesto’ for my NO EMAIL DAY campaign for 11th November. It’s only short so please read and share with at least one other person for me. .PDF version http://plandigital.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/no-email-day-by-paul-lancaster.pdf or Slideshare version NO EMAIL DAY by Paul Lancaster View more documents from Paul Lancaster Any comments, feedback or suggestions for the campaign
Read More‘Read This Before Our Next Meeting’ by Al Pittampalli
How many meetings do you have at work where you leave thinking ‘what a complete waste of time and effort’? If the answer is ‘a lot’ or ‘most of them’ then you really must read Al Pittampalli’s excellent new book ‘Read This Before Our Next Meeting‘. The latest title from The Domino Project, Al’s book highlights
Read MoreNo Email Day (11.11.11)
Following my earlier blog post titled ‘The Race To ZERO‘, some friends and I have started a Facebook Campaign for a NO EMAIL DAY on 11th November 2011. We’re encouraging people to stop using email completely for 24hrs on 11.11.11 and do something more productive with the time saved instead. This could simply involve other
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