Archive for November, 2007

Today I got my diploma as proof of finishing the coach training at CoachCompagniet in Malmö. This means I am a professional coach. Each of us did a 15 minutes coaching session which should cover the coaching core competencies. This was done before two certified coaches who were judging us.
The coach training is accredited by [...]

Brian Clark at Copyblogger has a very interesting post titled The Nasty Four-Letter Word That Keeps You From Writing that hooked me because I am in a situation where I have a chance to really change what I do for a living. Brian writes:
based on my personal experience, there’s a nasty demon hiding behind the [...]

Xing has launched My Network Value which is a tool that puts a money value on your network. In the Gallery you can compare your own network value, there are graphs by country and industry.
Personally I am not too keen on calculating a money value for my network. I get more from my network than [...]

Now you can show which online network you belong to. There is a LinkedIn Web Store as well as a XING Shop. It is a smart way for the networking sites to get some marketing done in the real world by people who (usually) can market their services too.
Xing wrote this in the information they [...]

Previous posts in this mini-series are Be productive using pen and paper and The back-to-paper movement.
My old concept was using several to-do-lists, kept at home, and small notes. It has worked for me for many years, simple yet good enough. I have used emails to/from work to keep track of things to do or what [...]

Part one in this mini-series is Be productive using pen and paper.
I continued my reading and went to Why techies are leading the back-to-paper movement. This is an excellent article by Douglas Johnston of DIY Planner. Since I already am using pen and paper I am not really part of the back-to-paper movement but it [...]

Even though I have worked with computers for 35+ years I still prefer to manage my own tasks using pen and paper. I have a paper calendar, not any high tech solution and when it comes to my to-do-lists I am writing lists - by hand. At work I use the calendar in Outlook for [...]

This bunch of links are all about being or becoming (more) creative.
The first link is 5 Ways to Enhance Your Creativity at Problogger. The fifth one, record your ideas, is important. Always (well almost always..) have something around so you can make some notes when brilliance strikes.
The second link is over at ChangeThis, Hugh McLeod [...]

Lorelle on WordPress has a post about How to Know When to Stop Blogging.
Blogging isn’t for everyone, and everyone doesn’t need to blog. There are times when you should stop blogging, and there are times to take a rest from blogging.
Alister Cameron has a great guest post titled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers.
The [...]

Success from the Nest has a post about “When is it okay to work for free…?”. It is about setting up your own rules for when it is OK to work for free.
Remember it’s up to you to determine your value. How you approach your work is going to set the standard for the work [...]

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