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Fighting Procrastination One of the many and most persistent issues that we deal with us professionals is the issue of fighting procrastination. It's problematic in that it appears when we want least to have to deal with it and when our projects are either urgent important or take a tremendous amount of effort. Oftentimes techniques like keeping a to-do list don't do much to help the issue of procrastination because some of the tests are long and complex. I've come across a new technique that seems to address these kinds of projects rather well. It's called the Pomodoro Technique. One of the things that I like about it is that it focuses on acting executing on the tasks that need to occur as opposed to planning or organizing. There is a stage where that happens but it happens at a more operational level than in typical to-do lists and project plans. It consists of 25 minute cycles of work and then a reward for diligence rather than for task completion...

Did you know that January is  National Mentoring Month ? This is a good time to start a blog on mentoring.  I love mentoring.  Its social event and lets face it, we are social animals.  I believe that mentorship is an essential skill for leadership and management. Exercising these skills gives us the ability to concentrate on the results and not the details of learning the skill.  And there is no better way to learn something than by teaching it. That brings us to the purpose of this blog.  It is intended to share the skills tricks and collect the tools that I have used in the process of mentoring someone.  I have lived the benefits of mentorship and have seen how powerful it can be.  It means so much to the person receiving it and it can mean so much to the person that is sharing their knowledge and skill.  Mentorship is a way to become a change agent in your work place and in the community at large.  It means that you take respon...