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10 tips for keeping your desk clean and tidy

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:31:16 GMT

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10 tips for keeping your desk clean and tidy

A messy desk is a sign of creativity and imagination. This is the excuse I gave myself for the mountain of papers, knickknacks, and San Pellegrino bottles normally piled on my desk at work. Truth is, I’m just lazy. When I started wasting more and more time looking for lost items instead of being a brilliant creative person, I knew I had to do something. I got my desk organized, and have been miraculously keeping it clean for the past three months.

August 21, 2006 by Chanpory

Here’s how:

1. Use a system to manage paper

Setup: A place for everything
First, you’ll need a few items:

Most of the clutter on my desk is paper. In a recent post, I wrote about a system for organizing files on the computer. The same system can be modified to work with physical files:

Tags: organize, life hack, organization, simple life, clean up

New Madarin Concept - Online Mandarin Lessons

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:49:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newconceptmandarin.com

Online Learning

Immersion Program

Classroom Learning

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Tags: mandarin, lessons, chinese, language lessons, learning, educaiton

Success without a college degree

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:12:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: They left Bill Gates off this list.

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Success without a college degree

POSTED: 9:12 a.m. EST, November 3, 2006

By Kate Lorenz
CareerBuilder.com

CNN.com has a business partnership with CareerBuilder.com, which serves as the exclusive provider of job listings and services to CNN.com.

(CareerBuilder.com) -- Many think the only way to succeed is through education. While piling on the degrees can earn you piles of dough -- and debt -- it's not the only option.

Some of today's most successful people don't have a college degree. But what they lack in academic credentials, they make up for in tenacity, brains, guts and strong business sense.

Richard Branson -- In 1970, Richard Branson founded Virgin as a mail order record retailer, and not long afterward he opened a record shop in London. Two years later, the first Virgin artist, Mike Oldfield, recorded "Tubular Bells." Since then many household names, including Ben Harper, Fatboy Slim, Perry Farrell, Gorillaz, Lenny Kravitz, Janet Jackson and The Rolling Stones have helped to make Virgin Music one of the top record companies in the world.

Branson sold the equity of Virgin Music Group -- record labels, music publishing and recording studios -- in 1992 in a $1 billion deal, but he remains chairman of Virgin Group, which today includes Virgin Atlantic, Books, Games, LifeCare, Limousines, Megastores and Hotels.

Barry Diller -- Barry Diller started his career in the mail room of the William Morris Agency after dropping out of UCLA after one semester. He was hired by ABC in 1966 where he created the ABC Movie of the Week, pioneering the concept of the made-for-television movie.

Tags: college, business, success, billionaires, no formal education

Online volunteers roll up their sleeves

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:29:58 GMT

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Wednesday, August 23, 2006; Posted: 12:19 p.m. EDT (16:19 GMT)

Online volunteers roll up their sleeves

NEW YORK (AP) -- When it comes to volunteering, Caitrin Murphy finds satisfaction in spending 10 months helping Tijuana orphans or a Saturday building low-income homes outside Washington, D.C.

But onsite projects aren't always feasible, so Murphy instead turned to the Internet and, with two co-workers, remotely created a Web site for an organization that helps farmers in the West African country of Cameroon.

"It's an adequate alternative," Murphy said. "I would prefer a hands-on, physical experience at the site. At the same time, ... by doing a project virtually we could affect the lives of people we would never think of meeting."

Online volunteering is growing as Internet access improves worldwide, particularly among African and Latin American organizations needing assistance.

Tags: online volutneering, volunteers, volunteer internet

Ten (Okay, 13) Questions with Libby Sartain, Chief People Yahoo!

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:27:29 GMT

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Ten (Okay, 13) Questions with Libby Sartain, Chief People Yahoo!

This is HR and recruiting week on my blog! This is an interview with Libby Sartain of Yahoo. She is responsible for leading Yahoo! Inc.’s global human resources efforts and managing and developing the human resources team. Prior to joining Yahoo! in August 2001, Sartain was “vice president of people” at Southwest Airlines. She holds an MBA from the University of North Texas and a BBA from Southern Methodist University.

Question: At any given moment, how many jobs are you trying to fill?

Answer: Our number of open requisitions fluctuate, but if I had to average, I would say about 1,000 at any given moment and 2,500 or so total per year.

Question: On average, how many applications do you get per job?

Answer: For the last few years, we have received more than 120,000 resumes a year. So, we start with about 50/1 ratio, but when we narrow that down to actual qualified candidates, we see about ten for every job.

Tags: guy kawasaki, yahoo, jobs, interviews, resumes, hiring, silicon valley

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10 tips for keeping your desk clean and tidy

10 tips for keeping your desk clean and tidy

August 21, 2006 by Chanpory

1. Use a system to manage paper

New Madarin Concept - Online Mandarin Lessons

Success without a college degree

Success without a college degree

POSTED: 9:12 a.m. EST, November 3, 2006

Online volunteers roll up their sleeves

Online volunteers roll up their sleeves

Ten (Okay, 13) Questions with Libby Sartain, Chief People Yahoo!

Ten (Okay, 13) Questions with Libby Sartain, Chief People Yahoo!

Signum sine tinnitu--by Guy Kawasaki