12 Tips on How to work smarter not Harder

Imaginably, like me, you say that you never have enough time and that you just can't cope with million dozen things all at once. How on earth do you get out of that spiral? Many people never sit down and look at how to work smarter, rather than harder and even longer hours. Here are 12 tips you should be following:



1. Look after your greatest resource

No, your greatest resource is not time. It is YOU. If you do not get enough sleep, exercise and relaxation, you find that you become less and less productive. You begin to work longer and longer hours, which is the exact opposite of what you want.
What you should be doing is making sure you are in the best shape. It is useful to remember that you need a break of 15 minutes after every one and a half hours of work. Taking breaks and getting fresh air and exercise is one of the best ways of working smarter, not harder.

2 .Use a “to don’t” list 



3. Expect failure and fight paranoia

When failure rears its ugly head, some people get a bit paranoid and fear that this may become a trend. Projects will go wrong and failure should be expected rather than feared. Learning lessons from failure and analyzing what went wrong is the best way forward.

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” -Richard Branson

 
4. Improve your time management skills

 Easier said than done? Well, no actually, because there are a few simple rules that can really help you to manage time better. For example, when setting up a top priority task, you need to switch off the phone and ignore your email first. Then you need to abandon any ideas of multitasking as that will slow you down and ruin your focus. Finally, set a reasonable deadline and do everything in your power to meet it.

“When you’re born, you’re born with 30,000 days. That’s it. The best strategic planning I can give to you is to think about that.”

-Sir Ray Avery

5. Learn how to use MACROS

It is well worth downloading this program because when you have to do a long series of boring repetitive tasks (especially with programs like Excel), a MACRO will do it with one click. Now that is really a great way of working smarter, not harder.

6. Use the phone more often

Instead of writing emails, it is often much better to pick up the phone and talk to the person responsible. It saves time. If that colleague works in the same office, it is even better to go and talk to him or her. It gives you a break, you get some exercise and you actually make human contact which is becoming quite rare in this electronic world.

7. Keep a tab on your tabs




If you are like me, you might well find that you have a ton of tabs open at the top of your browser. In order to find the one you want, you have to search for them as they are off screen. Having all these tabs open slows down your browser too. One solution is to use One Tab which can keep a neat list on the screen of all these tabs when you want to quickly get to one of them or you want to remind yourself which ones you have open.

8. Speed up your typing and use shortcuts

These days we’re all keyboard slaves. So, why not speed up your typing and try to get rid of the two finger syndrome. This is exactly what I am doing now, so I cannot honestly say I am practicing what I preach! But help is at hand. One of the best sites is Typing.com, which gets you going with free tutorials.
Using shortcuts on the keyboard is another time saver and can speed up your work. For example, press F2 to rename a selected file, while CTRL + Iwill put selected text in italics. There are so many of these; if you make the effort to learn them, they really can be helpful.

9. Be concise

Rambling on at meetings, in emails and even when introducing yourself to new clients can waste a lot of people’s time. One way is to practice and sharpen your “elevator speech,” which tells people in 30 seconds or less why they need your skills and how they can benefit from doing business with you. Just think of the many situations where this could be useful:

· Making new contacts

· Talking about yourself at a job interview

· Meeting people at conferences or parties

· Phone calls to new clients

10. Ask the right questions

“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” -Naguib Mahfouz
How do you get feedback? The secret is to ask the right questions at the right time. When you do this, you are gathering the information you need to help in decision making. This will save you time and you will be able to cut meetings to a minimum.
Forbes magazine reports on research that they carried out on asking the right questions. When that happens, the positive effects are increased by 400%.
“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” -Albert Einstein

11. Learn as much as you can

You should always be on a steep learning curve. Look at your skills profile and determine where you need to fill a gap. Talk to important connections and network in your niche. Keep up to date on trends and developments. It is a fact-changing world. When an opportunity arises, you will be the best equipped to seize it because you have never stopped learning. Just another way of working smarter.
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma Gandhi
 
12. Don’t fall into the trap of working smarter and harder

As a society we are obsessed with doing everything smarter so we are more efficient and we save time all around. Great! The most important thing to remember is to accept when we are ready to switch off that computer and not fill up the time with even more work.


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Why you shouldn't care about what others think!!





Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” – Lao Tzu

Naturally,humans will want to be appreciated and recognized assertively , However; this might be a super recipe of boredom and absolute worry if not low self esteem.

This fear of the the unknown can source many life side steps and deny one a happy life.
You may never discover the real you if you trust public opinion more than you do.

Here are ten reasons why you should not care about what others think:

Can these Sex problems kill a relationship?

Can these Sex problems kill a relationship?
Can these Sex problems kill a relationship? 

Best relationships,Relationship problems,Love problems,Marriage problems,Sex problems,Bedroom problems

Definitely, a good relationship is like a three legged stool: one leg is emotional connection, mental connection, and the other is sexual connection. If one leg is missing, the stool collapses.
Here are 7 ways sex can kill a marriage:

What Happens to Your Facebook Profile When You Die?

 Have you ever imagined what happens to the thousands of SocialMedia accounts left in solitude by the deceased persons each minute?Globally?


What Happens to Your Facebook Profile When You Die?
What Happens to Your Facebook Profile When You Die?
Facebook actually has a FAQ segment customized to these three options which essentially helps manage the deceased account i.e

1.Memorializing the account;

Involves converting it into a page where people can leave comments as a way of celebrating your life, much like a Facebook Fan Page. 

2.Requesting to delete the account;

 All information and data will be completely expelled off Facebook. Only photos tagged to the Account by others remain.

3.Downloading the contents of the account, and  having it deleted;
This process involves Facebook's verification of one of the deceased associate who should perform :


(a)Memorializing ;


This involves identification of the outlined Will or a Digital executor who then takes over the management of the saved emails ,Flickr photos and albums.(A digital executor takes over full management of the deceased Facebook account) 
  •  The Accounts timeline will no longer appear in suggestions on other Facebook users' Timelines for Friend requests.
  • The Family members can family can leave posts on the profile in remembrance.
  • Facebook doesn't share the deceased' login information with anyone even after Memorializing the Account.This ensures perfect privacy for the Account
  • Facebook only receives the request for account memorializing ,processes it and notifies the request via email 
(b)Facebook takes it as special requests when verified relatives  apply for deletion of the Account (All pictures and posts resulting from the Account are deleted).
Any requests to delete the profile will not be processed if Facebook is unable to satisfactorily verify their relationship to the deceased.
  • Facebook accepts the deceased persons' official documentations in case the requestor can not be verified as a relative(death certificate,birth or proof of Authority outlining one as the next of kin or the Deceased person's close associate.

4."If I Die" application 

This is one modest way of managing one's account in case of unprecedented demise.The application allows for auto play of a customized text or video message in event of death of the Facebook user.

  • This application allows other application users to send private and public message as show of solidarity and to  grieve with the family members. 
This application has a dedicated You tube channel that schedules the deceased Person's pass out message.
*In so doing,Facebook maximizes the security and privacy of the deceased person's account.No one has access to Login details!!


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ATM ;Debit Cards Security using block chain technology

ATM ; Credit Cards &Debit cards

Whether you are subscribed to the ATMs with superfine surveillance systems;Interpol or FBI;leakage of your 4 digit code could be the absolute recipe for your financial recession 



"Bank fraud remains a key awesomely paying career."
Would you smile getting your bank statement $o.oo ?;reason,cash stolen!NOOH!You hard earned income would be gone,Car loan,Mortgage,Premium bonds,Share capital...
Even your confidant could be that Fraudsters. With Cash,Trust issues should be no guarantee:-

These are the Life Skills  that will help safeguard your Debit And Credit Cards

1.Dare not accept help from a stranger;call your Bank or the cash points' security personnel.


2.Never leave the ATM site when it retains your card,instead contact your Bank immediately,this could be an error or someone speculating for your transaction.

3.Don't give out your Credit or Debit card and PIN to either your Friends or relatives;you cant trust anyone with money.

4.Avoid sharing your credit card details on line with untrusted websites or individuals;the Internet is the best Fraudsters' kitchen.


5.Enter your PIN only when prompted by the ATM machine ;Some witty fraudsters hijack transaction details.

6.Always maintain your PIN privacy at the ATM machine,In fact,you should shield it with your Hood!

7.Having your PIN noted on your Notebooks,Diary ,Phone or Wallet is not recommended,in case you lost those assets,you will be a victim of your own making.

8.Collect all your transactions receipts,don't be rushy for cash and forget essential documents ;receipts could be picked up by Fraudsters or thugs interested in tracking Bankers Financial status.

9.Report any suspicious personalities inside the ATM room,don't take chances with the CCTV,this things are bound to fail or surveillance details fail to be noticed by the manning personnel.

10.Don't conduct ATM/ cash transactions for strangers,you could be duped to steal from someones' else Account .
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Confessions From Garissa Terror Attack

Confessions From Garissa Terror Attack

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For thousands of future seeking youths who have traveled miles hunting for a sip of the white man's magic in various institutions of learning;just a crazy bang of the door is enough recipe for Cerebrum discomfiture and probable format of there hardly encrypted knowledge.

"Job,Your uncle has given you that Heifer over there;go sell it and go back to school!!

we shall see how to pay fees for your three sisters too,No maize left!!"

This was the last "Good bye" a loving MUM could afford for his son leaving for college.Never to know she will never witness him breath ;Death future!!...wooooiiii!!Her mum will weep ,silently on her papyrus reeds beddings ,around their recently burnt hut: waiting for good News "Job!!survived..."

Ten hours down,no Angel of Hope.She will wail and the whole Village of Kilirikwa will know;Her "HEART" is death.The only future she trusted God with has met a dark cloud.



All of a sudden thunder and lightning will flash severally over her hut and she will admire it takes her too.
And I will pick up my poetic stylus and and write:


terrorism
terrorism

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