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Communication that can lead to conflict

by Lee Hopkins on December 22, 2009 · View Comments

in academic research, internal communications, lifehack, tools

G’day! Thanks for returning!Just received my courtesy copy of the 2nd Australasian edition of Wood, Zefane, Fromholtz, Wiesner and Creed’s core textbook, ‘Organisational Behaviour: Core Concepts and applications’ (Wiley).
It’s part of the fun that comes from being a psychologist as well as a business communicator; never a dull life!
Very flattered, because again they have referenced [...]

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Thought for the day : watch your spellink

by Lee Hopkins on August 13, 2009 · View Comments

in housekeeping, humour, lifehack, marketing, tools

What, indeed, IS a shoe car?

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7 common time wasters

by Lee Hopkins on August 12, 2009

in book review, lifehack, tools

Here’s seven common time wasters that he says writers (and I say everybody) should avoid. 1. Excessive blogging

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Social media can actually SAVE you time at work!

by Lee Hopkins on March 5, 2009

in clippings, housekeeping, lifehack

@Shel Holtz, has written a cracker of a post about how to use social media to actually SAVE time at work

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Thought of the Day: from Armand Morin

by Lee Hopkins on March 4, 2009

in book review, clippings, lifehack

Most things we do are on a need to know basis. If you have not completed step number two, you do not need to know what step number three is

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Beware people who miss their flights

by Lee Hopkins on February 16, 2009

in PR, customer service, humour, lifehack, nonverbal communication

No matter what you do, when you do it, someone will take a video of it with their cell phone.

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Movember update

by Lee Hopkins on November 14, 2008

in customer service, ethics, lifehack

If you don’t cough up more dosh then I will NOT shave it off!! AND I’ll come to your office or home late at night and knock on your door. Do you really want to see something like this scary ol’ geezer turn up at 11 at night?

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I got dem new mobile phone confusion blues

by Lee Hopkins on October 26, 2008

in lifehack, tools

What to do, what to do…
My beloved hiptop3 is on its final legs; the blue roller button doesn’t work as an ‘enter’ key anymore, so it is just one more key-press to get things to send, receive, move around the phone, etc.
The inbuilt camera and the web browser have always been lousy, so anything [...]

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10 office features you should know about

by Lee Hopkins on October 10, 2008

in lifehack, tools

Courtesy of the Crabby Office Lady (who’s name I like to think is ‘Grizelda’), comes ten great insider clues to using Office more effectively.
My two favs:
Feature #5: I know what I mean: AutoCorrect

I type "Crabby Office Lady" a lot; all day long, in fact. But since I’ve created an AutoCorrect entry for it, all [...]

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Apologies for my silence

by Lee Hopkins on August 5, 2008

in lifehack, miscellaneous

I’ve been absolutely hammered: first by workload, then by a head cold that makes a ‘man cold’ look like something other people get.
But I’m back on track now… promising you that posting will be more regular from now on as I once again grapple with getting myself more organised, courtesy of GTD and 43 [...]

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