How To Get Organized
Do you catch yourself saying "I have to get organized" frequently? If so, here's a simple and effective idea from organizing expert Stephanie Winston in conjunction with the Office Depot Five-Day Office Makeover Plan. Set aside 15 minutes to half an hour each day to focus on your organizational tasks. Spend your time sorting through, making decisions about or throwing away things in your in-box. This will keep you organized and prevent work from piling up.
You Can Become A Better Manager
If you want to become a better manager, here's one sure bet: Surround yourself with people who are willing to speak their minds.
If you ensure that the people who work for you are the kind who will tell you the truth and not hold back out of fear, you'll open a flow of information that will allow you to stay on top of troubles that inevitably develop in a workplace. While a group of people who are always admiring you might be comfortable to be around, they're not likely to help you define and solve the problems that will keep things running smoothly in the long run.
Laws To Live By
Law Of Theaters: At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
Law Of Lockers: If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
Law Of Carpets: The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on the floor are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet.
Law Of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you're talking about.
Is Your Self-Talk Healthy?
Have you ever heard of the phenomenon of "self-talk"?
Even if you haven't been aware of it in the past, it's there, says therapist Nancy J. Napier in Recreating Yourself. "It's the dialogue you have with yourself about who you are, what you're doing, how well you're doing, whether you're good enough, what people think of you and so on," she says. "Your self-talk is a reflection of what you took in about yourself as a child, particularly those things that were reinforced time and again."
Napier says that in cognitive therapy, identifying negative self-talk and challenging it can bring about positive change. You start by questioning the assumptions underlying the statements. Napier uses this example: "Joe stood me up for a date last night. I guess I'm not attractive enough to get the man I want." Once you become aware of what you're telling yourself, Napier suggests you replace the negative statement with a positive statement: "Yes, Joe did stand me up. I guess that's reason enough to realize that Joe isn't the kind of guy I want to have around."
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