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Modern Mentor

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Rachel Cooke is your guide to leadership and communication, helping you craft a workplace environment you can feel good about. She’ll share tips to help you balance your work and personal life, effectively invest your time, and be mindful about where you’re devoting your energy. Let Rachel help you navigate your path to success—however you define it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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178 GID How to be Less Judgmental 13.06.2011 6:20

How to be less selfish and judgmental and start making friends. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your professional success. Modern Mentor is a part of Qu...

177 GID How to Best Use Organizational Tools with a Group 06.06.2011 5:51

How to decide if you should choose tools to fit how you work, or change how you work to fit the tools. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your professional...

176 GID Dealing with a Boss Who Gives Too Much Work 23.05.2011 5:48

How to easily track your time so you can deal with a boss who gives you too many projects and too much work. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your profes...

175 GID How to Deal with People Who Ask Lots of Questions 09.05.2011 6:24

Help people who come to you with questions, while protecting your own time and energy. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your professional success. Modern...

174 GID Stever's tools for personal productivity 02.05.2011 9:30

Every tool I use for my own personal productivity. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your professional success. Modern Mentor is a part of Quick and Dirty...

173 GID How to Give Stuff to People who Need It 18.04.2011 5:32

How to decide where to give stuff and creating a system to make it easy to do the giving. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your professional success. Mod...

172 GID How to Choose the Best App 11.04.2011 6:22

Are you choosing the best apps or just wasting time? http://j.mp/GetItDoneBook Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your professional success. Modern Mentor...

171 GID How to Combine Online and Offline Systems 04.04.2011 7:11

Learn how to create one master system to better organize your life. Find out how to combine the information you collect in your smartphone, and on scrap paper into a master system. http://j.mp/GetItDoneBook Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Faceb...

170 GID How to Deal with Difficult People at Work 28.03.2011 6:17

How to deal with difficult people at work, such as a co-worker who puts you down and won't let you speak is tricky. You need to assert your own worth and your own needs, while not denigrating and alienating them. You need to be the adult. http://j.mp/GetItDoneBook Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modern...

169 GID How to Organize Yourself for a Job Hunt 21.03.2011 6:47

How to organize a job hunt requires a system to manage both your reference material and the process itself. This article will show you how to set up files to track both your opportunities and your job hunt process. http://j.mp/GetItDoneBook Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips...

168 GID How to See the Big Picture 07.03.2011 6:19

How to see the big picture is not as easy as you'd think. You need to take steps to move out of the details, then have a way to reorient to the big picture. http://j.mp/GetItDoneBook Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and Link...

167 GID How to Create Text Macros 21.02.2011 8:10

Get tips on how to create text macros and learn how to generate sensible abbreviations that will help you remember your macros and use them better and more efficiently. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subs...

166 GID How to moderate a panel 07.02.2011 7:47

Want to know how to successfully moderate a panel? Get 11 tips that will help you become a good moderator and will have the audience and panelists alike happy. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to...

165 GID Organize Your Credit and Gift Cards 24.01.2011 6:08

A very 21st-century form of clutter is plastic cards. Gift cards, credit cards, membership cards, and so on. Use plastic trading card folders to organize these cards, and group them according to your needs. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Faceb...

164 GID The Five Best Websites for Achieving your New Years Goals 17.01.2011 6:50

The most popular New Years resolutions are losing weight, finding a job, cleaning up the clutter, and organizing all ongoing projects. There are free and low-cost web sites that help with all these tasks. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Faceboo...

163 GID How to Form a New Habit 10.01.2011 6:41

Learn how to form a new habit and get tips on how mental rehearsal and identifying triggers can help you form a new habit that becomes a true habit in no time at all. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscr...

162 GID How to Set The Right Goals 03.01.2011 6:38

Keeping New Year's Resolutions requires setting outcome goals that motivate and let you measure your progress. You also need to set process goals. that let you know daily whether you're doing the "how to" in keeping your new year's resolutions. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@qui...

161 GID How to Plan a Successful Group Trip 27.12.2010 6:26

Going on a group trip with a lot of people can be hard. Get tips on how to plan a successful group trip and learn how making sure you meet everyone's goals can make for a smooth trip. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and Lin...

160 GID Solving Group Problems 20.12.2010 4:42

Working with a group is hard and problems inevitably arise. Get tips on how to easily solve group problems so you can be more productive and happier. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsle...

159 GID Event Planning for Complicated Events 13.12.2010 6:19

Event planning and scheduling people in a complicated event can be made simple by using a simple spreadsheet to organize it. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to...

158 GID What Should You Never Say in an Email? 06.12.2010 5:19

How to write good emails is not an art; it's a science. Work selection, internal voice tone, and only including certain kinds of content will all help you write email that communicates clearly without risk of misunderstanding. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Mo...

157 GID How to Use the Phone Better 22.11.2010 6:07

Telephones are everywhere, yet the quality hasn't been poorer for decades. When you have to call someone, use land lines when clarity and connection quality is most important. If you must use a cell phone, take precautions against wind noise, talking volume, and dropped signals. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Ema...

155 GID Getting People to Care About Deadlines 08.11.2010 5:55

Better motivate people to meet their deadlines using carrots, sticks, and also explicit behavioral reviews. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your profess...

154 GID How to Choose a Computer 01.11.2010 6:00

How to buy a computer and choose from the different options. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your professional success. Modern Mentor is a part of Quick...

153 GID Keeping Track of Ideas 25.10.2010 6:00

Keep track of ideas using an idea file, or several idea files, one for each project. Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast. Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email us at modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com . Find Modern Mentor on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , or subscribe to the newsletter to get more tips to fuel your professional success. Modern M...