Tag Archives: polls
What causes you stress?
I’m working on the book’s “de-stressing” chapter. I’m not happy with the current draft and want to reorganize it. I’m brainstorming about different causes of stress and how that might drive the chapter. What are your major causes of stress? … Continue reading
What do you do with email you've read?
I save pretty much all my email, and it fills up my hard drive, my backups, and my Gmail account. I rarely go back and read it, though sometimes it *is* a valuable reference source. I’ve been thinking of linking … Continue reading
What are some rules and beliefs of organizational life?
Hi! For my book, I would like to gather a set of beliefs that govern how people operate in organizations. I’m especially looking for beliefs that really drive people’s behavior, decision-making, etc. Contradictions and alternate viewpoints welcome and encouraged. For … Continue reading
Giving money to family or friends
If your company went public and you made a large sum but not super-large, say $5 million, would you give any to family & friends? Why/why not? How about if you made $20 million? $100 million?
How do *you* remember faces and names?
I’m writing a Get-it-Done Guy episode on remembering names and faces. I know how I remember names. But my way isn’t perfect. In fact, if you’ve ever met me and expected me to remember your name, you’ll know my way … Continue reading
Do "broad stroke" and highly-specific tips go together?
I’m collecting the final list of tips for the book. I’m noticing there are two categories of tips and am not sure they would work together in a book. Here are samples: Broad-stroke Narrow Use networking for your job search … Continue reading
Giving feedback: is the "sandwich" valuable, or trite and ineffective?
Conventional wisdom has it that you should sandwich negative feedback between two pieces of positive feedback. You can read about “the hamburger method” here. Shelle Rose Charvet points out that most people already know the method. Now, when they hear … Continue reading
What do you drop and what do you keep?
I’m overloaded! Yes, it happens to me, too The problem happens when I take on a new project, here’s a delay in the project (e.g. I’m waiting for someone to get me a document), and during that delay, I start … Continue reading
Does humor work in large doses?
Quick question… In my podcast, I use a lot of humor. The humor is almost always tangential to the actual point. After all, how funny are file folders? Not very. But file folders being used as emergency underwear? Er, hilarious. … Continue reading
What's a good name for an e-mail overload product?
Update 8/8/08: Name chosen! The product now exists! You are Not Your Inbox, available at http://www.YouAreNotYourInbox.com ! I’m in the final stages of developing a product that helps people combat e-mail overload. Could you help me choose a title? The … Continue reading
