Not exact matches
The key, for me, is that I have a very
good team both on the insurance side — assistants and account managers who can deal with a lot of the
day - to -
day things — and on the football side.
From your first
day to every
day after, it seems as if all the employees care about who you are, what you do, and if they can assist in making
things easier or
better for you.
«We value family dinners, and every night, share three
good things with one another, going around the table and explaining three
good things that happened to each of us throughout the
day.
In all, the co-founders say they can build a rocket that's 95 percent 3 - D printed, with the exceptions being
things like seals and computer chips (though they say the business blueprint has them one
day printing those as
well).
And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly
well - informed about who's doing what very
well (damn those demo
days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get
things right in the long run.
Plus, Constant Contact offers a 60 -
day free trial and a monthly newsletter with tips on
things like how to avoid spam filters and the
best time of
day to send messages.
«The
best way to make some progress on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in who are spending their lives developing these
things that will hopefully be a big score for them one
day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.
After noticing that he got some of his
best work done on long intercontinental flights, Guido established «Airplane
Days» to help him get
things done.
Working out at the end of the
day doesn't work for me because I get rejuvenated and can't sleep — that's why first
thing in the morning is
best.
Steve Buckley figured that out and thought the
best way to make some progress on this, and I think he's right, wasn't to go out and hire a consultant as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in from the DMZ and so on who are spending their lives developing these
things that will hopefully be a big score for them one
day.
Also, in case
things in a new position weren't confusing enough, these
days the basic behavioral ground rules keep shifting as
well.
There are lots of ways to practice gratitude, from keeping a journal of
things you're grateful for, sharing three
good things that happen each
day with a friend or your partner, and going out of your way to show gratitude when others help you.
For instance, it is one
thing to say, «Our return policy is
better than Brand X, since we give you 90
days and they give 15.»
Back in the
day, a
good pizza place logo had to work on the pizza box, on the plastic
thing that went above the delivery car, on the napkin, the matchbox.
Over the course of the
day, I got the opportunity to hear from these influential speakers - here are the ten
best things I heard.
Sheryl took that as, I am going to write about three
things I did
well every
day.
One example: While I'm definitely into finding ways to improve personal productivity (whether a one -
day burst, or a lifetime, or
things you should not do every
day), probably the
best way to be more productive is to just be happier.
I have found that the
best time of the
day to practice gratitude is first
thing in the morning.
But doing the right little
things day in and out helps, as
well.
My
days are quite
well - prepared for me, and I sometimes feel like I'm being wound up at the beginning of the
day and have got one hell of a lot of
things on the plate.
«But when you're locked to a couch and the only way to move your leg is to physically lift it with your hands,
well, all these
things we do every
day are taken away, and you have to come to grips with yourself and spend a lot of time in your own head.
Of course you can't make plans to do fun
things during lunch every
day — but the occasional meal with a friend or trip to your favorite boutique can be
good for you and your productivity.
When
things go wrong, they remind themselves that a bad
day is just one
day, and they keep hope that tomorrow or next week or next month will be
better.
«But really, the
best thing to do is establish a regular sleep routine that you keep seven
days a week,» says Olders.
Sometimes I can do it in one
day if everything's going
well and I can find the right music and all of the little
things like that.
While your clients may need these
things day - to -
day, there's an underlying emotional benefit that you can offer them as
well: building their reputation among their colleagues, helping get them promoted or allowing them to balance their work and family pressures.
You don't have to apply this list all at once but if you can get to a place where you are doing most of these
things most of the time, then you are
well on your way to a more efficient
day.
Every entrepreneur I know can't find enough hours in a
day to do the
good things they want, and yet they often find themselves saying yes to new requests.
It's a
good way for me to transition out of my
day and get informed about other
things.
(While this is undoubtedly
good news for U.S. retailers, to put
things in perspective, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba surged past $ 6 billion in online sales during its annual Singles»
Day event this November).
Even though some of the
best talent working for small businesses these
days is young and doesn't always see the value in
things like healthcare or life insurance, business owners will be
better able overall to attract and retain
good employees by offering those benefits.
The list of
things that humans can do
better than robots is shrinking every
day, with cutting noodles being the latest addition.
If you have an off
day, you'll become discouraged that the «X
good thing» you're working toward will never materialize.
«In the evening or over dinner I find it beneficial to talk with my family members about three
good things that happened to us that
day.
The
best thing you can do is take 10 - 20 minutes at the end of each work
day to shore up your loose ends.
Your manager must realize that you have limited time in a
day, and can't do all
things (
well) at once.
At the end of each
day, recall three
good things that happened and what you did to achieve them.
A few
days later, Sherry Cooper, the chief economist at Dominion Lending Centres and the former chief economist at the Bank of Montreal, told Business News Network she was «very worried» about skyrocketing home prices in Vancouver and Toronto because «these
things generally don't end
well.»
Every
day people around you do
good things.
I woke up with my normal voice, which was a very
good thing since I had nine calls scheduled for that
day, including a recorded interview.
These are the
best times throughout your
day to incorporate all those little
things that you «wished» you had time for.
With every problem or challenge, you have to recognize the uniqueness of each situation and invest the time to get to the
best solution, even in the face of all this input and too many
things to accomplish in any
day.
In the very least take a minute every
day to acknowledge you benefit from these
things, as
well as your many other blessings.
Take me: I'm
good at working hard and staying focused and delaying gratification and grinding — especially at unusual pursuits, like doing juuust a few too many pushups in one
day — but do I actively cultivate a steady stream of
things I can't wait to do?
The
best idea is that, both in business and our overall lives, we are often drawn to
things that provide gratification and positive reinforcement in the near term, such as wanting to answer all of the emails in our inbox before we leave for the
day.
The
things you feel
day to
day, whether in your startup culture, morale, or overall
well being.
And saying you want to change the world is a great
thing, but being more specific about what you care about and what impact you want to have is
better — even if you don't know exactly what company you might start one
day.
«If
things seem awry, they are
best tackled later on in the
day.»
It's
better to track
things as you go along in your
day, rather than doing it all at the end of the
day (some of the data will be less accurate).
It's also the Customer Support team's job to ascertain that they choose the right path to get that outcome, so they might want to engage their users, but they don't want to have their users upset about being spammed, so it's our team's job to say again, «I can see why you might think that emailing five times in the first five
days is
good, but here's a few ideas about how you'll get to where you want to get to without doing the
things that upset customers.»