About a month ago my supervisor suggested I work from home one day a week. Initially, I thought Mondays would be a good day to avoid the office, but it tends to be too heavy with important meetings.
Instead, I opted to work from home on Fridays. It’s dramatically effected my job satisfaction and provided unintended benefits as well
We all lead busy lives and know there are great books out there on how to do what we do better, faster or with more innovation.
However, if you’re like me you don’t always have time to read. Carrying a book around with you everywhere in the off chance you might have a few moments to find your place and scan a few more lines can be cumbersome at best.
Using an eReader or smartphone app relieves some of the frustration, but most of the time you’re in situations that require the use of your eyes and hands. Like working for example.
Enter, the podcast.
There seems to be an increasing trend of folks no longer satisfied with the status quo when it comes to their work. People want to be passionate about what they do and have it matter.
Are you ready for more? Do you want to make a difference?
Don’t quit your day job. Not yet.
If you’re like me you want to inspire your kids to dream through the work you do while setting an example of responsibility.
I don’t know about you, but I have a love-hate relationship with presentations.
Now I’m not the most impressive presenter ever (go checkout TED for that), but I don’t kill people with bullet points and obliterate every inch of whitespace with text.
One skill I do want to work on, though is doodling (or visual thinking). I’m a terrible drawer, but sometimes the simplest illustrations can help communicate complex concepts to an audience.
Enter the authority on presentations: Duarte.
