One of the most essential negotiating skills is the ability to divide up the risk, reward, blame, and credit properly among the parties in a negotiation. One of the reasons many people are so outraged at the financial collapse brought about by the real estate bubble...
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How do you set your agenda for the day?
As you know from listening to my podcast, I keep my TO DO list on paper. It keeps me honest about keeping it a reasonable length, and ruthless pruning items that I'm never going to do. But even so, my list has far more items on it than I can do in any given day. So...
How big is your backlog?
I'm trying to get a sense of what kinds of things stay on our backlogs and clutter up our mental lives. When you don't get to something on your "to do" list on a given day, how long does it stick around before you finally do it or drop it from the list? What kind of...
“Self-promoting w/o being a jerk” — good topic?
Today's podcast is about how to be self-promoting without being a jerk about it. I think it's one of my better podcasts. What do you think? Should this be expanded into a chapter (or part of a chapter) in the book? If so, do you have specific examples, questions,...
What makes up your physical clutter?
Ok, my desk sometimes gets a tad messy. So now I'm working on techniques for whipping that desk back into shape. Looking around, there's a clear pattern: I've got Books-I'll-read-someday here, along with a bunch of incoming paper mail that needs attention (utility...
Help college students work less 🙂
I've been getting a lot of letters from college students asking for tips that are specific to them. I'm trying to get a sense of what the big issues are in college these days. In my Taking Killer Notes episode, I talked about my note-taking technique from college....
Is there any place for using data and observation in the book?
I'd value your thoughts. I just wrote a fairly rambling post about my frustration at how we ignore data in favor of superstition, and that could lead to stuff like, oh, the collapse of modern society. I think on a personal level, there's room for us to use data in our...
What major problems should the book address?
Here are some of my current ideas: Procrastination Managing e-mail overload Building stronger relationships Leaving work earlier Fixing Meetings once and for all Motivating yourself Receiving & giving feedback constructively I'm pasty white, have no muscles, and...