October, 2011

Jason Womack

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Email management. a big deal? Maybe, maybe not

Jason Womack

If you navigate on over to Entrepreneur.com, and do a little searching, you'll find a bunch of articles on productivity, time-and-information management, and even email organization ideas! There were some great comments on this article, specifically around the great debate: A) inbox 0 B) just keep everything there, and search it when you need it Of course, I know enough to know that one can not "blanket-prescribe" a system; that is, what works for your boss may not, ultimately, work for you.

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How do you perceive how you're working?

Jason Womack

In the past 24 hours, I've presented 3 live programs - two in person, one by teleseminar. No matter how much time I have, I always set the goal: 30% prepared remarks, 70% question and answer period. The amazing thing is, however, that in the Q&A I hear the kinds of questions that I've been preparing to answer for many years! Here's something that "landed" in my journal a while ago, and I still talk about it today!

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What I learned from Angela Ahrendts

Jason Womack

She's the CEO of Burberry , and she shared some comments with us on Wednesday at the World Business Forum (twitter hashtag #wbf11). Angela Ahrendts took the stage, and for about a half-an-hour, shared her insights into running one of the largest and most well-known luxury brands in the world. (It also helped my interest that of the 3 suits I own, my absolute favorite one is from Burberry!).

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The one thing I'd do, if I were you.

Jason Womack

Start your day, every day, by thinking a little bit bigger. Not life-altering "shoulds" - just little chunks of information that could slowly shift your perspective away from the (as Ben Zander says) "negative spiral." I do this by watching a TED talk, most every morning. Yup, each day I intend to let some good information in. I like to see/hear what someone is doing with their energy, passion and interest.

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Where do new ideas come from?

Jason Womack

After another mentoring session (I am SO thankful for the time she gives me) with Frances Hesselbein, I took some time to think and read and write an write some more. I read a couple of articles from Leader to Leader, wrote a thank you card, and drafted some more ideas in my journal. How do you find new ideas? And, are they truly "first-thought" items?

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The First of the Month - October, 2011

Jason Womack

Third quarter is over, 4th has just begun. As I write this, 21 hours of this 3-month cycle have already gone by. How are you doing? When you think of the next few blocks of time (and, think about how you think about time: hours, days, weeks or.), what comes to mind? Some observations I've made over the past week that I've been travelin'/workin'/livin': 1) The world is, indeed, small.

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Where to go to get new ideas? Try #ignite

Jason Womack

I was invited to submit a proposal to speak at #IgniteNYC (I was not selected this year). I got my ticket, called my friends and showed up at the Sheraton ready to engage. If you're not familiar with Ignite, Google it. 5 minute presentations, where people get to resent from 20 slides that auto forward every 15 seconds. I loved it. I won't go one-by-one, there were more than fifteen to listen to and watch, but suffice it to say that they were awesome!

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