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I have very recently stumbled upon this secret weapon of email templates. And I learnt that there is a way to do this in Gmail. For those of you who may not be familiar with the term email template and such, here is a brief overview. What is an Email Template? According to Google, an email template is a preformatted and/or prewritten email that you can use to replace with your own content so that you can quickly and easily write and create emails Why use an email template? An email template designed with your brand image gives off the vibe of professionalism and style. Having several email templates for various response is an awesome tool to have as a small business. I am using the free Gmail account for my small business you say. Yes, it is possible, you too can have a beautiful email template available for you, email signature and email header included. The benefits of an email template Saves Time If every time someone new requests information about...

  Today's Blog is about Batching and how it can help with productivity, Batching is a term I have heard many times and I incorporated it into my professional life. It has yielded very good results for me and as such, I would love to share it with you guys. Let's dig in; Batching Definition:   Batching is a manufacturing term it means products are made in a specified group or amount, within a time frame. Batching is a  process, therefore it can be applied to different situations and as such it has been transferred to the productivity world.  There are many tasks that you can do in batches some examples are writing, content creation, editing etc. A simple search on Youtube will yield results of YouTubers talking about how they batch their content creations, filming multiple videos on the same day, writing several blog post and so on. You can, therefore, understanding how the process of batching can apply to your productivity. By groupi...

Today I want to talk a bit about a new term that I recently learnt. “Locus of Control” and how this concept can affect us achieving our goals. What is the Locus of Control? According to Google   “In personality psychology, locus of control is the degree to which people believe that they have control over the outcome of events in their lives, as opposed to external forces beyond their control” Which is saying that the results that you are producing in any area of your life is a because of your behaviour and choices or it can be to be blamed solely to external forces There are two types of Locus of Control according to psychologists, Internal and External. When hard/pressing times are met do you think you have what it takes to pull through or do you think that the outside forces are in complete control?  If you think that you have control then you are governed by Internal Locus of Control and if you think the latter then you have w...

“The Master of Your Fate” Taken from one of my favourite poems, Invictus by Ernest Henley Napoleon Hill describes Henley poem in the very first chapter of his famous book Think and Grow Rich- in a sub- headline “Why You Are “The Master of Your Fate.” “When Henley wrote the prophetic lines, “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul,” he should have informed us that we are the masters of our fate, the captain of our souls because we have the power to control our thoughts. He should have told us that our brains become magnetized with the dominating thoughts which we hold in our minds…” So does your thoughts generate into tangible things? And do your thoughts affect your goals?    1.  Thoughts together with a Definiteness of Purpose (Knowing exactly what you want) are a recipe for making it happen. Napoleon Hill, makes the title of the first chapter of his book “Thoughts are Things” “Truly thoughts are things” and powerful thing...