admin on January 30th, 2010

Do you like your birthday?
Well, today is my birthday (well, it was when I wrote this post).
Usually I use the occasion to reflect on the past year.
We will get to that momentarily.
Seems to me, there are three groups of people when it comes to their own birthday  (typical psychologist, covering all bases, right)?
First, the majority [...]

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admin on January 23rd, 2010

Multitasking- good or evil?
Well, as a psychologist, I will answer with a typical psychologist answer.  It depends.
Most of us buy into the belief that multitasking lets us get more done in less time. It seems intuitive to most people and me.
Kathy Sierra wrote a couple great blog pieces on this and flat out says multitasking [...]

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admin on January 16th, 2010

What is purposeful procrastination?
Popular folklore is that all procrastination is bad.
We are taught that we should do the tough things first, so as not to procrastinate on them.
I disagree.
Jeff, what are you talking about?
Easy.  We all procrastinate.  It is human nature.  We all want to do the things we like to do.  Duh. We all [...]

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admin on January 15th, 2010

My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families in Haiti.
If you feel so inclined, donations are extremely helpful in this time of need.
Unfortunately, natural disasters bring out scam artists. If you are going to donate, please be careful. Check out the charity first or use the big charities such as Red [...]

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admin on January 13th, 2010

Short (2 minutes, 5 second) video on the great benefits of using two monitors.
Worth a look.

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admin on January 10th, 2010

Worth spending 5 minutes to watch this video. Very interesting.
Supposedly played at Sony executive meeting last year.

Viewed almost 8.5 million times on YouTube.
What are your thoughts about this video?  Leave in comment box below.

Jeffrey A. Betman, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, and life coach helping people toward the easy life. For a FREE newsletter [...]

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admin on January 9th, 2010

How decisive are you?
I bet you haven’t asked yourself this question lately.
Or, maybe you haven’t really thought about it.
But, we are aiming for an easier life here, right?
Decisiveness is key to your success.
What does it matter?
Great question.  It matters.  It matters a lot.
It matters because most people nowadays are indecisive.  Become a more decisive person [...]

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admin on January 2nd, 2010

We all want to improve, right?
Day by day, week by week.
Great.  That is a given for my coaching clients.
So, how do you measure improvement on a weekly basis?
Here is a great checklist from Dan Kennedy’s book, No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs, right on pages 97 and 98.
Fill this out at the end of each [...]

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