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Oct 3, 2016 • 7min

426 GID When Should You Shut Down Your Business?

When a business just isn’t working, it may be time to call it quits and do something else. But how do you know? In this episode, Stever tackles the question of deciding when it’s time to shut down a business. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2dXN3av
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Sep 26, 2016 • 6min

425 GID How Team Office Hours Can Boost Your Productivity

To be as productive as possible, you not only need to optimize your schedule for yourself, you need to coordinate and synchronize with the rest of your team. A neat scheduling trick makes this easy. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cM39xU
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Sep 19, 2016 • 6min

156 GID How to Memorize Lines Quickly

How to memorize a speech, monologue, or dialog quickly involves starting from the end, not the beginning. By putting the novel material up front, you reinforce confidence and easy when easing into the material you know and have practiced. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cDSYi7
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Sep 12, 2016 • 9min

424 GID 4 Life and Business Lessons from Burning Man

What a temporary city in the desert can teach you about daily life. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cUFSNd
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Sep 5, 2016 • 7min

423 GID How to Use Madlibs to Streamline Micromanagement

When checking in on minute steps in your employees' work, its easy for them to miss a task. Unless you help them out with this simple checkin. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2c8ujBQ
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Aug 29, 2016 • 7min

330 GID How to Become a Manager

When you move from individual contributor to manager, your job has just changed completely. You need an entirely new framework to know what's important and what isn't on a daily basis. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2chbhYF
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Aug 22, 2016 • 7min

422 GID The Simple Trick to Say "No" to Help-Seekers? Create Hurdles

Helping everyone who asks is a quick way to overload, especially when many people ask just because they’re lazy. By making it just a bit harder to ask for our help, we can focus on the people who are willing to work a little to justify our help. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2bz2S2A
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Aug 14, 2016 • 7min

421 GID How to Tame Your Email Inbox with a Pencil and Paper

Tame your inbox using a paper and pencil. Process your email in a way that fits with your current priorities; don’t let your actions be dictated by the overwhelming email senders! Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2bq6Xr2
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Aug 8, 2016 • 7min

420 GID How to Use the 80/20 Principle to Perfect Your Writing

Turbo-charge your writing by using the 80/20 editing process used in professional newsrooms. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2bizJvL
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Aug 1, 2016 • 7min

419 GID How to Use a Learning To-Do List

Constantly dropping the ball is no way to keep a job. When people give you instructions, take notes that help you learn. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2aPayjM

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