Work Habits – Small Actionable Habits
Latest Episodes
Meditation for Work Stress
Today John gives his thoughts on how meditation and mindfulness has helped decrease his stress at work. He reviews : Types of meditation Quick Breathing Exercise Actionable Takeaway: The 4-week meditation challenge: meditation.smallactionablehabits.
The Daily Review
Today we reconnect with Tracy Milam to add a daily review to his detailed goal setting process Actionable Takeaways: Continue to refine your 15 minutes planning block, Renegotiate your [internal or external] deadlines,
Support your Goals with Habits
In this solo episode John talks about assessing your goal and identifying practice that support. Then to focus on building consistency till it a habit. There is no rocket science here, just some planning to think about what habits will make you success...
[Re-post] Caterpillar Group President Tom Pellette: Life Lessons Under the Hood of a Car
Group President Tom Pellette joins the Caterpillar Podcast to talk about auto mechanics with his dad, how to win in sales and about Caterpillar’s Energy & Transportation business. Program guide: 1:30 – Tom’s upbringing in New Mexico,
Video – Tips to cut your viewing time
Quick tip: Can you save some time watching videos Actionable Takeaways for YouTube: Keyboard shortcut Function Spacebar Play/Pause when the seek bar is selected. Activate a button if a button has focus. Play/Pause Media Key on keyboards Play / Pause.
Detailed Goal Planning with Review
Tracy Milam explains his detailed goal setting process and walks us through one of his goals. His process has 3 (or 4 if you count review) steps: 1) Reflect 2) Set new Goals 3) Planning (ie Flush out the goal) 4) Review (Control Process) Actionable Tak...
Time Habits
Goal: Taking Control of Your Day 3 Time Strategies Time Blocking Task Batching Task Gating Reviewed Pro/Cons of Task Switching (Multi-tasking) More Reading: Get What Matters Done by Scheduling Time Blocks (thanks, Fernanda) From the ADHD angle
Toastmasters Tip – Record your speech
Lets face it, we all can work on our public speaking. Here is a quick tip on using your phone for a quick record.
Tips for Impromptu Speeches
When giving an impromptu talk: Listen, Pause, Confirm, Tell, and End Strategies: Express an opinion, Address cause and effect, Break the topic into components, Discuss the past, present and future Don’t: Apologize, Ramble, and Invent
Bookmark your re-accruing web meetings
Both in your phone and in your web favorites – if the meeting URL doesn’t change store it