Know – Show – Grow

Everyone is aware of the fact that today’s economy is challenging in ways many have never experienced. From this chaos emerge two approaches in dealing with these growing challenges:

  1. Lie down and die. Blame circumstances. Make excuses. Wait for things to change. Hope for the best. See what happens.
  2. Decide to make a difference. Research. Network. Try new strategies. Try again. Make some changes. Try again.

If the best approach isn’t obvious to you at this point … stop reading.

However, if you’re interested in a new strategy that can enhance your results, try this one. It requires very little, if any, investment other than your time and creativity. Make it a team project to garner even more creative ideas!

Take a look below at the weekly and monthly celebrations that October offers for various promotions. Consider customer incentives, discounts, promotions, employee competition, signage, brochures, ads, etc. Get creative! What do you have to lose? In fact, you might be surprised at what you may have to gain!

Look over the list and make something happen this month!

Week #1

  • No Salt Week
  • World Space Week
  • Fire Prevention Week
  • Customer Service Week
  • Universal Children’s Week
  • National Work from Home Week

Week #2

  • Teen Read Week
  • Great Books Week
  • Kids’ Goal Setting Week
  • Emergency Nurses Week
  • National School Lunch Week

Week #3

  • National Food Bank Week
  • Freedom of Speech Week
  • Freedom from Bullies Week
  • International Credit Union Week
  • National Character Counts Week

Week #4

  • Halloween
  • National Magic Week
  • International Magic Week
  • National Businesswomen’s Week
  • Peace, Friendship & Goodwill Week

Monthly Considerations

  • Fire Safety Month
  • National Chili Month
  • National Book Month
  • Family History Month
  • National Apple Month
  • National Pasta Month
  • National Clock Month
  • Class Reunion Month
  • Church Library Month
  • Self-Promotion Month
  • National Carmel Month
  • Positive Attitude Month
  • National Dessert Month
  • National Seafood Month
  • Halloween Safety Month
  • American History Month
  • Computer Learning Month
  • Children’s Magazine Month
  • National Chiropractic Month
  • Head Start Awareness Month
  • National Pizza Festival Month
  • National Roller Skating Month
  • National Dental Hygiene Month
  • Eat Better, Eat Together Month
  • Adopt -a-Shelter-Animal Month
  • Women’s Small Business Month
  • National Down Syndrome Month
  • National Stamp Collecting Month
  • National Popcorn Popping Month
  • National Crime Prevention Month
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month
  • National Bake and Decorate Month
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • Organize Your Medical Information Month

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

If You E-mail, You’d Better Read This!

If you’ve been using e-mail for more than a month, for business or pleasure, you’re probably well aware of the fact that it’s very easy to be misunderstood while communicating. It’s happens every day … much more than most of us realize.

How many times have you written something with the full intention of being humorous only to discover that the person you were writing to was actually offended? Or how about a casual comment from you that was taken as being sent with anger, aggravation, contempt, or sarcasm?

Usually when we discover that the other person misunderstood, we’re dumbfounded at the thought. How could they possibly have misinterpreted our simple message. Well, the answer is actually very simple … we just don’t think about it.

The majority of us write an e-mail exactly as though we were talking to the other person face-to-face. It’s human nature! Why would we do anything other than that? What we don’t seem to comprehend is that those we speak to face to face don’t interpret our message by words alone!

In fact, words contribute only 7% to our message clarification. The remaining 93% of message interpretation consists of facial expression (including eye contact), body language and tone of voice and social context … all of which are key to proper understanding!

Research tells us that both sender and receiver tend to automatically fill in the “tone” of an e-mail, 93% of the actual message, based on how they feel or what they fear, not what’s actually being said. It can, and does, happen to anyone, no matter how knowledgeable.

Studies have shown that some 54% of e-mails are incorrectly interpreted in some way by the receiver of the message. While this may cause havoc in the workplace or within friendships, there’s even more bad news long term. Most of these e-mails go unchallenged. You could very well anger someone, bruise someone’s ego or burn bridges and never even be aware of it.

Here are some basic tips for making sure you don’t accidentally annoy, anger or intimidate the people you communicate with via e-mail.

  • If you’re joking or being sarcastic, use surrogate facial cues like smiley faces — : ) — or type “[grin]” or use some other indicator of your intent. They seem trivial but are very important.
  • Use plentiful qualifiers such as “don’t take this the wrong way,” “I’m joking,” or “I’m not angry at all.”
  • Beware of brief e-mails, as they can be interpreted as abrupt. A very short e-mail can be interpreted as cold, angry or demeaning.
  • Start the e-mail with something obviously humorous, which conveys that you’re not angry.
  • Think about who you’re talking to. It’s very easy for a co-worker or subordinate at work to read anger, disappointment or other negative emotions into your notes. If you’re a manager, you need to go out of your way to send friendly e-mails or you’ll end up with a morale problem. In-laws and relatives might be easily offended as well.
  • End your e-mail in a friendly way, such as “Thank you!” or “I really appreciate this.”
  • Always re-read your e-mails before sending—and be on the lookout for areas of misinterpretation based on your knowledge of the 93% – 7% ratio.
  • Don’t get angry from e-mail, then reply based on your anger. First find out the intent of the sender by calling or asking for clarification. Remember: nearly half of all e-mails are misinterpreted.
  • Don’t use e-mail for emotional or sensitive topics. Pick up the phone or visit in person.

While all of the above information is very basic in nature, it is abused or ignored every hour of every day by most everyone. Think no? How do you explain 54% of all e-mail messages being misinterpreted! Don’t forget, you’re sending your e-mail to someone in order to communicate. Master the simple art of e-mailing and you will avoid disaster, soon be known and respected as a great communicator, and enjoy some peace of mind.

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

Time Flies … But You’re the Navigator

Time:

  • Some waste it.
  • Most need more.
  • Many try to save it.
  • No one has enough.

This “time challenge” is nothing new. It’s been around since time immemorial.

It will be with us until the end of time. It’s how we make the most of our time that differentiates the successful from those who continue to suffer the consequences of stress.

Would you like to see how fast and effortless you can actually change your life? You might be surprised! Read on to discover this powerful strategy … unless you don’t have time!

Think about this:

How many minutes are in one year? In a non-leap year, there are 525,600 minutes in one year. In a leap year, there are 527,040 minutes.

Of those Five Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred minutes you were blessed with last year, how many were devoted to:

  • Learning?
  • In church?
  • Meditating?
  • Exercising?
  • Researching?
  • Bench marking?
  • Deep breathing?
  • Reading a book?
  • Exploring nature?
  • Volunteering in your community?
  • Casually chatting with your parents?
  • Casually chatting with your siblings?
  • Casually chatting with your children?
  • Casually chatting with your neighbors?
  • Casually chatting with your co-workers?
  • Casually chatting with your grandchildren?
  • Sharing your experience and expertise as a tutor?
  • Sharing your experience and expertise as a mentor?
  • Casually chatting with your spouse or significant other?

If you had invested some of those precious moments in any of the above activities, you’d be better off today in so many ways. By the way, what were you doing that didn’t permit you to invest even a few of those moments in one of the activities listed above?

Let’s do a couple of quick re-frames. Be honest as you answer the following.

Re-frame #1

Let’s say you dropped dead right now. You get to wherever you’re going, take a deep, well-deserved breath, grab a comfortable chair, and look back closely over the past year of your life. Are you satisfied with how you invested your time during your last year on earth? If you could, would you change your time allotments? Would you and those in your life prefer that you had spent more of those final moments investing in the areas mentioned above? It’s not too late!

Re-frame #2

Let’s say it’s time for your annual physical check-up. You’re close to your doctor so he doesn’t hesitate being very frank with you. After some tests, he sits down with you and explains that you have one year to live. Absolutely certain. You’ll be able to conduct your daily routine as usual. No pain. No limitations. At the end of one year, your death will be painless, but certain.

After you get over the initial shock, you start to focus on the coming year and how you’re going to spend it. More time at work? Bringing more work home? Maybe considering some of those things mentioned above? Five minutes ago you probably thought something along the lines of: “Nice list. Very touching. That would be nice. However, the reality is I’m too busy for that stuff. I have a life to live!”

How do you feel knowing that life now consists of just 525,600 minutes? How do you want to spend them now? See how quickly you can re-frame your thinking … change your mind and actions, and enhance the lives of others as well as your own? That’s a tremendous skill which YOU possess. Why wait until you hear from the doctor? Do it now! Avoid regret! Are you SPENDING your time or INVESTING your time.

I hope reading this message didn’t waste any of your time!

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

Are YOU Walking the Talk?

Let me share a few figures with you that should shock you if you’ll pause to think about them for just a moment!

  1. There are 4,146 colleges and universities in the U.S. alone.
  2. There are approximately 15.9 million students enrolled in the nation’s colleges and universities this year.
  3. Average tuition, room and board (for in-state students) at the nation’s four-year public colleges and universities for an entire academic year is $9,953. Remember, however, this is the average cost which means 50% are paying more than this figure.

If you’d like, you can grab a calculator and stun yourself as to the number of dollars being invested in higher education today, but that’s not really necessary. I think everyone knows the kind of money we’re talking about.

Isn’t it somewhat ironic that parents all across this great country are willing to mortgage their homes, cash in stocks and bonds, and save or make loan payments for what seems forever … and to what end?

Obviously, it’s to obtain a great education for their children to ready them for a career that will hopefully provide security and content.

And yet the majority of those parents who are ready to make these major sacrifices won’t sit down with their children and spend some time sharing their own experiences and life lessons and sharing simple values which could easily change the lives of their offspring.

There are so many simple values that can have an incredible impact on your children if imparted properly by loving and caring parents. Look at life in the U.S. today and consider how many leaders in business, politics, education, military, etc. say one thing and yet do another or, worse yet, nothing at all. At the moment, it’s crippling our country and stifling our progress! You read it in the papers every night or see it on television 24/7.

I wonder how many of those headline-grabbing leaders were ever told the importance of simply Walking the Talk? What a difference that might have had on today’s society and culture! Did YOU ever receive that message? Are you going to readily invest a little time and love to make certain your children understand the importance of this simple but powerful message. It can change the world! And this is just one of many very simple values we should be sharing.

If you’re uncertain as how to impart such a message, take a look at this short video on “Walking the Talk.” It’ll give you some expert talking points. In fact, better yet, share the video itself with your children followed by a interactive discussion on the subject. You’ll be glad you did!

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

More Thought-Provoking Questions

Over the past month, I’ve provided two dozen questions that hopefully cause you to think in a refreshing exercise of truth and revelation.

The response has been very positive so here’s another dozen questions I hope you enjoy answering. I think you’ll discover some personal insight you might find not only revealing but, in some cases, even surprising.

  1. If you had to develop a brand-new course to be taught in colleges, what would it be?
  2. If you could erect a lighthouse that would guide all human beings toward one particular virtue, which virtue would it be?
  3. When you were a child, what job did you most want to have when you grew up?
  4. Which of the seven dwarfs personifies you best—Dopey, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, Grumpy, Happy, or Doc?
  5. If you could bring back any tradition that seems to have faded into the past, what tradition would you bring back?
  6. In hindsight, what particular class in school, at any level, above all others do you wish you had paid more attention to or taken more seriously and why?
  7. What is the greatest lesson you’ve learned in life thus far?
  8. What fear do you most want to be rid of forever?
  9. You are offered an envelope that you know contains $50. You are then told that you may either keep it or exchange it for another envelope that may contain $500 or may be empty. Do you keep the first envelope or do you take your chances with the second?
  10. Where do you turn for tough decisions?
  11. If you could eliminate one month on the calendar, going directly from the month preceding it to the month following it, which month would it be?
  12. If you could wake up tomorrow morning fluent in any language, which language would you choose?

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

Questions Evoke Powerful Response

A few weeks ago I wrote “To Ask or Not to Ask … That Is the Question!” which offered a dozen questions you might want to consider asking yourself in a refreshing exercise of truth and revelation.

I received some interesting e-mails and even phone calls providing very positive feedback as a result of this challenge. So much so, in fact, that I’m expanding the list of provocative questions.

As in the initial exercise, find a comfortable seat and make certain you have a legal pad and pen at your disposal. Take a look at the following questions and choose a few which you feel might address a current challenge in your life. While doing this alone, you should have no fear or reluctance in answering each question truthfully. Failure to do so would certainly defeat the purpose of this exercise.

Read your question of choice, think about it for a few moments and then jot down all thoughts which may come into your mind. Don’t evaluate your responses at this point, just record them. Upon completion, you may want to add additional notes or revise some content upon further thought.

If you are perfectly honest in your answers, I can assure you that you’ll discover some personal insight you might find not only find revealing but, in some cases, even surprising. Your data may lead you to additional research, conversation with a trusted source, or even more professional counseling should you feel it necessary.

Here are some additional questions you might want to consider:

  1. How much time are you actively spending to increase your knowledge?
  2. What is it you’ve been putting off and KNOW you should do right now … before it’s too late?”
  3. What is one thing that I can do for someone else who has no opportunity to repay me?
  4. Have you seriously considered where you want to be and what you want to be doing five years from today?
  5. Would you be willing to allow someone to videotape your personal life and then use that tape as a training resource for others?
  6. What are the most important characteristics you would like to be remembered for?
  7. Must your children, grandchildren, and/or spouse fight to get your attention?
  8. If I neglect taking action on my most critical challenge, will it get better or worse?
  9. Have you clearly defined your personal and/or professional goals? (Don’t discount this one … it can produce life-altering results!)
  10. Who could you write to or phone this weekend to give a “boost of encouragement” to?
  11. What time-wasting activities can you eliminate or drastically reduce?
  12. When was the last time you complimented your family or staff members?

By the way, you may not like the answers … but you need to hear them!

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

To Ask or Not to Ask … That Is the Question!

The Associated Press reports that Americans spend about $34 billion annually to visit therapists support when they are going through difficult times … family troubles, relationship issues, school and/or work challenges, etc.

While there are a wide variety of treatment strategies, many therapists use the power of questions to identify and sometimes arrive at a method of treatment.

This approach can also be utilized to a certain degree in our everyday lives as well. While I would never recommend this strategy in lieu of professional treatment, it can certainly assist us in areas of personal growth and self-realization.

Find a comfortable seat and make certain you have a legal pad and pen at your disposal. Take a look at the following questions and choose a few which you feel might address a current challenge in your life. While doing this alone, you should have no fear or reluctance in answering each question truthfully. Failure to do so would certainly defeat the purpose of this exercise.

Read your question of choice, think about it for a few moments and then jot down all thoughts which may come into your mind. Don’t evaluate your responses at this point, just record them. Upon completion, you may want to add additional notes or revise some content upon further thought.

If you are perfectly honest in your answers, I can assure you that you’ll discover some personal insight you might find not only revealing but, in some cases, even surprising. Your data may lead you to additional research, conversation with a trusted source, or even more professional counseling should you feel it necessary.

Here are just a few of the important questions you might consider:

  1. What one decision would I make if I knew it would not fail?
  2. What one thing should I eliminate from my life because it holds me back from reaching my full potential.
  3. Am I on the path of something absolutely marvelous, or something absolutely mediocre?
  4. Am I running from something, or to something?
  5. What can I do to make better use of my time?
  6. Who do I need to forgive?
  7. Of the people I respect most, what is it about them that earns my respect?
  8. What would a truly creative person do in my situation?
  9. What outside influences are causing me to be better or worse?
  10. In what areas do I need improvement in terms of personal development?
  11. What gifts, talents, or strengths do I have?
  12. What is one thing that I can do for someone else who has no opportunity to repay me?

By the way, you may not like the answers … but you need to hear them!

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

Ask and Ye Shall Receive!

I recently wrote a short article requesting feedback and input from our readers and subscribers. Well, I got it! Boy, did I get it! While the vast majority of your comments were very positive and supportive, we did receive a few brutal assaults.

After reading both of those messages, I feel compelled to share our blog philosophy in hopes of clarifying a few issues. Personally, I’m an optimist. I’d go after Moby Dick with a row boat and a jar of tartar sauce! I tend to focus on the positive!

We try to share information about individual leaders and successful organizations in an effort to assist our readers in their quest for continuous growth and success. We have a category titled “Little-known Facts about Well-known Leaders” about well-known leaders and businesses.  In short, both subject areas are simply bios which provide a road map to success.

When I first thought about sharing this kind of data, I decided to write ONLY about persons or businesses that:

  • were perfect in every way
  • had never made a mistake
  • had never made a poor decision
  • had never displayed poor judgment
  • had never failed in any way

I’m sure you get the drift here. It took me very little time and effort to discover that following those guidelines would leave me with absolutely no one to write about. Consider the 44 Presidents who have led the greatest country on Earth. If you were to exclude those who had flaws, made mistakes, were disliked, who stumbled, etc., who would you write about?

The same can be said for every organization in the Fortune 500. None has been or will ever be perfect. However, there is much to learn from every one of them. Discovering those keys and sharing them with our clients, readers, and subscribers is what we strive to do.

We had a choice, and we made it. I decided in these two categories, to share the thinking and actions that proved to be successful for these people and businesses in the hopes that we can learn how to enhance our efforts to succeed.

However, we’ve also examined the shortcomings in many organizations and the poor decisions of individuals across industries in our categories titled “What Were They Thinking,” “Going, Going, Gone,” “Business Briefs,” and the “University of Real Life.” We believe that as much can be learned from examining failures as from examining successes.

Along those same lines, we offer more than 200 book reviews on our web site. I consider myself a reviewer rather than a critic. I say that because I choose not to waste my time and yours writing a review about a book I suggest you don’t read. To me, that simply doesn’t make sense for either of us. If a book appears in our list of 200+ reviews, it has something to offer to our readers.

We’ve decided not to print any message in the future that isn’t signed by the sender. We continue to solicit and appreciate your feedback and input. Many of you have much to offer, and we’d love to hear it as often as possible. Thank you for your continued support.

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

Free or Low-Cost Seminars and Keynote Presentations

I recently received a call from a long-time friend and fellow professional speaker. He was calling to share some very positive information about a recent success and to thank me for our contribution to that success—even though we were unaware of our participation.

Like so many other businesses, we’ve witnessed a number of existing and potential clients voicing a legitimate concern about the state of the economy and their existing budget for events such as seminars, keynotes or additional training for their employees. At the same time, these organizations certainly realize the importance of education and training as our nation faces greater challenges today than ever before. It is indeed a dilemma.

A few years ago, we shared a proven strategy with our clients who found themselves in need of assistance. Of course, we also shared this unique approach with a number of our friends and associates. My friend called to report that he had just returned from working with a client in Arizona. He facilitated a three-day series of successful seminars and, in addition, reduced his total cost to the client by 75%! It was obviously a win-win situation for everyone involved. This type of partnering is essential in today’s challenging environment.

Below you will find that powerful strategy that is currently posted on our web site. Look it over, discuss it with your leadership team and start planning today to provide your organization with the seminar, keynote address or additional training that will provide that critical decisive edge needed to insure your success in today’s very competitive global environment. At the same time, enjoy tremendous savings by simply thinking smarter rather than working harder! Do it today!

Keynote and Seminar Cost Reduction Strategy

There are a number of methods for reducing the cost of your keynote presentation or seminar.

Sponsors
Find an organization(s) in your community that will sponsor your event by covering the cost or partial cost involved. Benefits include:

  • Drastically reduced cost
  • Advertising for sponsor
  • Free attendance for sponsor and guests (executives, board members, key employees, family, etc.)
  • Include sponsor information in articles in local newspapers and magazines, television human interest stories and interviews, lobby cards, program hand-outs, and verbal introduction prior to the actual program. For instance:
    • Airfare, ground transportation, and hotel accommodations for Dr. Drake’s appearance provided by our friends at Unity Hospitality.
      Or
    • Harry K. Jones appears courtesy of:
      • Smith’s Insurance Agency – Airfare
      • Community Florist Shop – Transportation
      • Randolf’s Ford Dealership – Hotel

Partners
Find another organization or company that will partner with you to provide the keynote or seminar. Benefits include:

  • Shared cost
  • Networking opportunities among attendees of both partners
  • Increased group size for more interaction

Suggested Partners and/or Sponsors

  • Accountants
  • Advertising Agencies
  • Associations
  • Attorneys
  • Automobile Dealerships
  • Banks
  • Banquet Facilities
  • Brokers
  • Carpet Retailers
  • Car Rental Companies
  • Chiropractors
  • Computer Dealers
  • Contractors
  • Credit Unions
  • Dentists
  • Florists
  • Golf Courses
  • Hair Stylists
  • Hospitals
  • Hotels
  • Insurance Agents
  • Landscapers
  • Marketing Companies
  • Moving Companies
  • Newspapers
  • Optometrists
  • Photographers
  • Physicians & Surgeons
  • Plumbing
  • Printing Companies
  • Radio Stations
  • Real Estate Agents
  • Restaurants
  • Retailers
  • Television Stations
  • Tire Companies
  • Travel Agents
  • TV Cable Companies

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.

Broaden Your Horizons

It’s been known forever that the key to success is to change your actions.

It’s also common knowledge that the key to changing your actions is to change your thinking.

Of course, it’s obvious that the key to changing your thinking is to put new and positive information in your mind.

By taking one hour per day for independent study, seven hours per week, 365 hours in a year, you can learn at the rate of a full-time student. In three to five years, you can become an expert in the topic of your choice, by spending only one hour per day.

Another important element in broadening your horizons is knowing the best resources for finding your new and positive information. We’re indeed fortunate today that we can access a vast array of information within seconds without ever leaving our desks. Newspapers and magazines can now be read online, saving a great deal of time, money and energy in today’s busy world. Search engines can quickly provide us with vast amounts of accurate information within seconds, and wire services constantly update critical information from all corners of the world.

While these resources are critical to broadening our horizons and enhancing our organizations, we must, of course, close the knowing-doing gap by utilizing each and every resource available to us. Listed below are just a few resources you may want to copy and post in a convenient location.

Magazines Online

Newspapers Online

News Wires Online

Search Engines

About Harry K. Jones

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of professional speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services. Harry's top requested topics include change management, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork, and time management. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2629 or fill out our contact form.