Monthly Archives: September 2008

Author : Brent McNutt

You may be involved in a job that needs concentration a lot You tend to be overworked from all the work load your boss has been giving you and you are also bombarded with personal and family problems that seem to be getting your attention Your finances are dwindling and even though you merely acquired a discount landau scrubs for your nursing scrubs you found on the Internet, you still have other things to buy that cant be postponed to the next month All of these seem to be a taking a toll on your work and you jumbled all the doctor s instructions to you and even the medications for every patient look hazy on you From all of these scenarios you really need a break but your boss doesn t seem to think that way

We came up with a list on how you can organize your thoughts and be productive even though so many problems have been creeping on you You deserve to know these tiny little secrets to ease you from all your workloads Follow these simple steps and you will notice that you are actually improving in organizing your thoughts and even your job

1 If you find yourself unable to breathe and is on the constant run for your patients, then pause for a minute or two and block out the hospital sounds and the people Meditate for that simple moment and think of nothing You can do this while changing your landau men s scrubs or if you are having your lunch Meditating even for five minutes actually relax you and clear your mind Do this and you will notice the changes to you

2 Write the important things on a piece of paper This way, you will not forget what you have to do You wont mix up the medications of your patients Keep a time frame so that you will know when these things are needed to be done This way, you will not forget anything that you need to do and at the same time you are on the right time Remember that in health care profession, time is of the essence in saving one s life

3 Clarify what you have to do Sometimes, in your effort to dash out and do the assigned things to you, you forget to clarify some important details regarding your work If you are certain of what you have to do, you lessen your mistakes and at the same time the confusion will keep more of your time By doing these things, you are not only clarifying the instructions but at the same time, you are being productive in your work

4 Have a rest Yes, rest is very important If you are working for almost twenty four hours a day, then expect that you will have a hazy memory of what you will do for the day and at the same time, you will always feel tired Give your self the time to have a sleep which is peaceful and continuous A good sleep will give your tired body and restless mind rest it needs

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Author : Donald Mitchell

Improvisation is too good to be left to chance

–Paul Simon

Improvisation is essential because it keeps you focused on trying to accomplish something rather than being distracted by hurdles and challenges Let me explain more

My childhood experiences made me confident that I could find opportunities where others saw none And that confidence has always been rewarded It’s no wonder I’m an optimist!

Here’s an example: Wanting to get married right after college, I felt like it wasn’t right to ask my parents to help pay for graduate school I believe a married couple should be able to handle their own expenses

But Harvard Law School wouldn’t provide any financial aid unless my parents provided financial statements as though they would be contributing As a matter of principle, I didn’t want to ask mom and dad to do even that

So I applied to law school with the prospect of a working wife and big bills ahead Fortunately, the publisher of the university’s alumni magazine was looking for a part-time person to manage the magazine’s circulation and advertising activities

I had been working as the flunky in the circulation department while I was in college and was asked to fill the job I figured out to the penny how much money I needed to get married and go to graduate school I also knew how much time I could spare for work from my legal studies

I offered 10 hours of my time per week during the school year at what would be in today’s terms over $200 an hour, plus a large bonus tied to circulation increases The editor later told me he almost fainted when I made that offer, assuming the publisher would never agree

The publisher quickly accepted He knew it was a good deal I would easily save the magazine what I cost through expanded circulation revenues During that year, the magazine’s readership grew by more than it had in the prior 40 years combined, and our cash balance expanded to its highest level ever I also helped the editor shift the magazine’s production to a new printer who provided much better quality and service at no increased cost

If I could do something like that for the well-educated leaders of Harvard University, imagine what else might be possible!

A better opportunity soon came along I had learned a lot about printing and financial analysis from my magazine work Having heard about my success with Harvard Magazine, the editor of Harvard’s law school alumni publication came to ask for my help

I told her I would be glad to do the same things for her on a part-time basis I negotiated with the university magazine’s publisher to skip lunches over the summer (when I worked full time) so I could work from 4 to 6 p m on Monday through Friday at the law school

Soon, the law school was also making great progress in cutting costs and adding revenue After that success, the law school’s dean asked to meet with me to see if I would look into the rest of the school’s publications and its messy arrangements for printing study materials and copying professors’ work

His face showed shock when I asked him if he knew that I was one of the school’s law students for he thought that I was a full-time publishing professional with many years of experience I ended up being hired to work at a vast multiple of the rate paid to the top-ranked students in the school for legal research But I had to promise to keep my income secret

My dean became the first of four Harvard Law School deans I served in a professional capacity On a mostly self-taught basis, I ended up helping design or redesigning almost all of the school’s computer systems and administrative processes, overhauling the fundraising efforts, and improving many areas of operations including the dining hall Eventually, I began to provide strategic advice about how to gain advantages over other law schools

From this experience, I realized that those who are at the top often have no more idea than those at the bottom that they have great opportunities The main difference is that those at the top are more likely to be looking for better ways I could be of help

I found one of my most influential mentors at that time, Ernie Frawley, the legendary publisher of the Harvard Business Review He had done an amazing job of building a highly profitable nonprofit business based on subscriptions to non-alumni and sales of article reprints for what had once been a traditional academic publication of interest mostly to professors

Before I made any of my more controversial proposals at Harvard, I would check the ideas out with Ernie He was always supportive In fact, he encouraged me to think even bigger Everyone needs such a fine mentor

Are you ready to improvise?

Do you have a wise mentor you can check out your improvisations with?

If not, you need to get started!

Donald Mitchell is an author of seven books including Adventures of an Optimist, The 2,000 Percent Squared Solution, The 2,000 Percent Solution, The 2,000 Percent Solution Workbook, The Irresistible Growth Enterprise, and The Ultimate Competitive Advantage. Read about creating breakthroughs through and receive tips by e-mail through registering for free at

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