Random Reccomendations
I haven’t’ posted in two weeks. I have no excuse. I haven’t been studying either. Ugg… Oh well…
I have some random recommendations today.
1.) Manager-Tools Podcast
http://www.manager-tools.com/
I must confess: I am not a manager. No one reports to me. But, if you are a knowledge worker, you should find this site surprisingly refreshing and amazingly helpful.
If you are not a manager right now, listen to:
Building a network
or
Basics of Calendar Management.
Or
If you ARE a manager or even a team leader, you need to listen to
The Single Most important management tool Part 1 and Part 2.
This stuff is fantastic. Listen to them all on your commute. I promise you, you will say “I wish my boss did this stuff.” You will not be disappointed.
2.) Getting things done.
Everyone who’s reading this is busy. This will reduce the stress in your life, I promise you. Everyone talks about time-management. Time, however, does not respond very well to being managed.
3.) Send your job interviews forward.
I got a call the other day for a job interview. I wasn’t interested. I told the guy “I’m sorry, I can’t come in, but… would you mind if I took your contact information? I know someone who might be perfect for a job.” I took down his information.
I knew three accounting students who might be interested. I called each one immediately. Within an hour, one of my friends had an interview. Before the week was out, she had a job offer.
This is what networking is all about. Jobs. Don’t waste opportunities when they come knocking. If you can’t use them, send it forward. I promise you, some day the friends you help will return the favor.
Now… 10 reasons I like being an accountant:
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I absolutely LOVE David Allen’s “Getting Things Done”. If you haven’t already, check out the lifehacker.org site for some really useful GTD tips.
The main thing I took out of it was using Twitter as sort of a “mobile post-it note” service – so I was essentially able to keep random thoughts in one place and have everything feed via RSS to my office desktop.
Unfortunately, I gave in to Twitter’s social networking and no longer use it for that.
But definitely check out some of the cool GTD free tools you can find via Google and play around with some of David’s suggestions – I guarantee you’ll notice a difference in productivity! Oh wait, obviously you know this since you’re recommending it.
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