Completely agree on your statement that Twitter is a powerful tool – it is already working for me!

Makes life soooo much more simple!

One question though – if people don’t appear in one’s “specialist columns” (for lack of a better term) why would one follow them in the first place?

S

That persuasion book is one of the best books I’ve ever read.

Of all the techniques, liking is the most interesting. The others are fairly straightforward.

Thanks for the reminder, I’ll grab it from the bookshelf.

Matt

I like the break it up and avoid perfection. Sometimes I just take random bites and get anything done to move forward.

Here are some more motivational ideas in the form of quotes.

http://www.EfficientLeader.com/Quotes

2)be firm but not crushing.
3) you can control how someone will perceive you by gently rotating the other persons hand to neutral position.
This sends a subliminal message that you are both equal during the meeting and neither is in control.

I use my inbox for action items only. It usually holds less than 20 emails at any time. Then I have only four other folders: Industry Info- where newsletters and reference materials go; General info- where I keep links or emails I may need to reference later to complete tasks; Accolades- for emails where I receive praise, also for reference purposes when it’stime for a raise; and Archive- everything else. 97% of my emails end up in the archive folder, so I can search in one folder easily by sender, topic, date, etc. with ease. I NEVER waste time filing emails, and it’s the easiest to set up for someone who has an inbox with 2K emails in it.

Good luck!