http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com Resources in changing careers, freelancing, and entrepreneurship Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:30:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since working with Google Apps is a bit buggy more often than not, I've been trying to find a better way to work online. I keep looking at Zoho, but there's something about it that just makes me walk away, quickly. I've looked into some other online apps that focus ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2008/01/21/is-a-hierarchical-to-do-list-really-that-hard/ I'm working on trying to revamp my professional life, find my brand, and hopefully get my feet pointed forward for a change. One of the things I will eventually have to work on is my visual branding, how I present myself to the world on paper and on the web. Of ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2008/01/14/the-business-card-as-a-work-of-art/ I am a huge fan of Todoist. I love being able to set up a list for each area of my life and for separate projects. I love being able to form smaller projects out of larger ones. I love setting due dates and then manipulating those dates as necessary. ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2008/01/07/working-against-the-advice/ With 2008 rolling in at midnight, a number of people are talking about resolutions for the new year. Some are sharing their own resolutions. Some are offering the advice to make very few resolutions because no one ever keeps them anyway, or they're suggesting that resolutions by ignored all together. I ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/12/31/making-new-year-resolutions-stick/ Goal-setting can be a daunting task. It's easy to set small goals because you can see where they're taking you. Long-term goals, especially ones changing a part or three of your life, are a bit harder to see because you don't actually know what the end of the rod is going ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/12/17/planning-life-by-writing-a-screenplay/ If the posts collected in Reader are any indication, the hot topic at the moment appears to be gaining attention by taking care how you hold yourself. It's been true for a long time that you can do certain things to attract people to you, but they've always seemed to escape ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/11/26/the-posture-makes-the-man/ Last month, I shared how one man manages his to-do list to stay on top of everything. Today, I present this great article from Lifehacker on another way to manage those tasks that keep coming up, with or without a particular end date in sight. The biggest benefit of both of ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/11/12/managing-recurring-tasks/ When you manage, you learn you have a few resources that you always need to keep an eye on: time, materials, money, and people. The problem is, you have to manage people completely differently from how you manage time, materials, and money. I realize I've written on this before, but I ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/10/29/people-are-resources/ Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.- Peter Drucker The guys over at Slacker Manager are asking what the difference is between management and leadership. Reading over the comments, it seems that no one agrees. For some people, the two are synonymous. For others, there's a distinct ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/10/22/340/ Freelance Switch (which has graciously linked to CareerNiche for a while now) has this great article on good ways to build your skills. Regardless of whether you're a freelancer, an entrepreneur, or an employee, it's always important to work on strengthening the skills you already have, and learning new tricks along ... http://careerniche.rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/10/15/you-can-always-be-better-at-what-you-do/