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sync your life: rss

25. Jan, 2009 von Thomas Zimmermann.

I truely hope everybody knows what a rss feed is but after a conversation at work… well here!
If you work on different devices, e.g. private, work, phone and like to read your rss feeds on each of them you are maybe facing the same problem as I did. It is totally anoying to read like [...]

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Download The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Audiobook for Free

23. Jan, 2009 von Robert Günther.

I bet you know the great book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey, a great book on productivity and self-improvement. Now you can download the entire audiobook for free:
What are the habits all successful people share? In this audio presentation, Stephen R. Covey answers that question and teaches you how [...]

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Learn how to speak to strangers.

15. Jan, 2009 von Robert Günther.

Part of job being is a Sales rep is a very uncomfortable thing called hunting. It’s so unpleasent for me because it means picking up the phone, dialing a number and talking to a complete stranger. When I started in Sales this seemed to me completely undoable, I was in deep fear of rejection, of [...]

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Improve your eMail management with Outlook using PIFEM

15. Jan, 2009 von Robert Günther.

Almost a year ago I stumbled upon the guides of three Microsoft employees, Angus Logan, Johann Kruse & Ian Palangio, which described how these three handled the massive amount of email which filled their inboxes every day. They took the best practices of known email management approaches (e.g. the 4 D’s, GTD etc.) and combined [...]

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Hallucinating without drugs

13. Jan, 2009 von Robert Günther.

Not really a “self-improvement” topic, but I guess we could file it under “motivation”. The Boston Glove explains how to create hallucinations with simple items found at home, as a radio and a pingpong ball.
Check the entire article.

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GMail to-do list

09. Dec, 2008 von Thomas Zimmermann.

As Robert is using the Remeber The Milk Plugin for his to-do list, GMaill now offers its own solution.
The options are quiet simple but for me it is all I need like categories, due date and notes.

Another cool feature I already know from Apple Mail is converting Mails into tasks.

GMail’s to-do list is a labs [...]

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10 Tips for More Effective PowerPoint Presentations

26. Nov, 2008 von Thomas Zimmermann.

“Oh no! Not another boring PowerPoint presentation! My eyes, my eyes…!!!”
How much does it suck to be in the audience for yet another drawn-out, boring, lifeless slideshow? Worse yet, how much does it such to be the one giving it?
The truth is, bad PowerPoint happens to good people, and quite often the person giving the [...]

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Set Outlook rules to avoid "Ah, crap!" situations after sending emails.

03. Nov, 2008 von Robert Günther.

How often have you clicked on the SEND button within Outlook and in the very second you clicke you noticed that you made a mistake. Maybe you forgot the attachment, misspelled a word in the subject or put your boss on CC instead of your best work buddy?
I’ve been through all of these and I’d [...]

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Why listening is the ultimate (business) skill.

14. Oct, 2008 von Robert Günther.

Ever wondered what’s the most important skill in your daily business is, no matter whether you’re a construction worker, a lawyer or a sales guy like me: its listening! Listening to your customers, your colleagues, your boss and even your belly. Now you might say that these are different kinds of listening skills, but I [...]

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