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James Walton
3 Things to Do Before Asking for a Raise
You're probably underpaid. It's an unfortunate fact of organizational life that salary bands tend to increase more slowly inside the...
James Walton
Try Something New
When was the last time you acquired a new skill? There are merits, of course, to sticking to what you're already good at. Warren Buffet...
James Walton
I Tried the Pomodoro Technique to Crush Procrastination - Here's What Happened
We've talked before on the power of avoiding large open blocks of time on your calendar as a tool to avoid procrastination. Here's...
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Three Principles to Working with a Mentor
Highly effective individuals are not self-made. Therefore, becoming a person of impact and influence requires the presence of mentors in...
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A Simple Method to Increase Goal Attainment
There's a few basic things we know about goal setting and attainment. Goals should be written down Goals should be measurable and...
James Walton
Helpful Books I Read in 2020
I continue to believe that a book remains the best investment in the world. It is the simplest, easiest, most widely available and...
James Walton
What the Best Leaders Do
The best leaders make it their priority to develop other leaders. A few points that you're on the right path of developing leaders: You...
James Walton
The Bottom of Learning Curve
The bottom of a learning curve is one of my favorite places to be. It means I'm encountering content I haven't learned before. It means...
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In Praise of Diligence
He who is faithful in small things will be faithful in much, the ancient text reads. In other words, be excellent in the small things if...
James Walton
Two Reasons to Aim for Excellence
Every attempt to become more effective in your work should be grounded in something more than just, "well I want to make more money/get...
James Walton
Practice Makes Progress
*For those of you following along with the Effective Presenter series, thank you! This'll be the last entry for now. For access to...
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The Biggest Threat to Your Presentation and How to Overcome It
The biggest threat to your presentation is being forgettable. All the work you've done to define what you want your audience to know and...
James Walton
Stage Presence: What it Is, How to Achieve It
*For access to earlier posts in this Effective Presenter series, click here. What it Is Stage Presence is the ability of the presenter...
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How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking
*For access to earlier posts in this Effective Presenter series, click here. If we are to believe Jerry Seinfeld's quip that the average...
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The Crucial Habit All Great Presenters Share
The crucial habit great speakers share in common is preparation. Up to this point in your presentation journey, you've asked the two...
James Walton
The First Step to Speaking with Impact
The first step to speaking with impact is writing your way to clarity first. In other words, if you wing it, it will suck. The attention...
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Give Me a Lever Long Enough...
My back fence needed to be stained recently. So after 45 minutes of YouTube tutorials, two trips to the hardware store, five hours of...
James Walton
Strategic Mediocrity
Decide what you're not going to be good at. Be strategically mediocre. Many of us carry around an expectation of ourselves as...
James Walton
How to Make Time to Read
Mark Twain probably didn't say that the man who doesn't read has no advantage over the man who can't, but it's still true. So here's a...