“Procrastination is opportunity’s natural assassin.”
– Victor Kiam
The number two reason people procrastinate is not being sure about what to do.
What’s the number one reason? The results might surpise you.
Personal Productivity
“How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.”
– Fred Brooks
The results from the procrastination styles survey are in! We had hundreds of responses, and honestly one of the results surprised me a little.
Question: Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea?
Read today’s article to find out!
“How much of human life is lost in waiting.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question: Do you know how much time the average adult spends waiting every day?
Answer: A quick Google search (what I would say in contemporary times now qualifies as “research”) reveals the answer as 45 to 62 minutes waiting everyday.
But you know what? The “average” doesn’t matter. What does matter is how much time you spend waiting – and the only way to get that answer is to employ the powerful tool of a time log.
That’s small potatoes though compared to what we’re going to talk about today. So grab your swimming cap and hold your nose – because we’re going in deep.
“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”
– Bobby Unser
As some of you know, I just got back from Blogworld where I met a *ton* of people. Even though I had a blast, the reason I was able to make so many connections so quickly is because I prepared a little before I went.
Here’s the deal – I wrote out a bunch of the tips for what I did to prepare and I’ve included them below. So if you’re looking for 7 tips to make sure you can get the most out of the next conference, mixer or networking event you attend, scroll down to read them
However, I have something really special I learned that I don’t think anyone else has written about, and that’s the meat of what I want to share with you today.
Did you know that some research studies have shown you can forget up to 90% of what you’ve learned in less than a week? Other studies show we retain half of what we’ve learned for 30 days, and there are any number of statistics in between
What’s most important though, is this: over time, we all slowly forget what we’ve learned. I discussed this recently in an article about the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve.
One effective strategy for improving retention is note taking – not just because you’ll have a written record to refer to in the future, but also because the actual act of taking notes can help cement concepts in your mind.
What are some of the best strategies for note taking? You’ll learn about and compare three powerful ones in this article.
