Peter Yawitz
Can You Make It As A Solo Consultant? (The Poster Child For Career Reinvention, Part 2)
Don't be jealous that I work solo. No one gets off stress-free, but I’m a poster child for keeping some control in an uncontrollable world.
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Peter Yawitz
- Nov 17, 2017
- 1 min
How do I respond to foreign emails?
I received a very long email from a client in Japanese. The only non-Japanese characters showed a gmail address, so I assumed the client wa
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Peter Yawitz
- Oct 18, 2017
- 1 min
What does he really mean when he says...? (Part 3)
When they say: I hate this. They could mean: I hate this. But they could also mean: I really hate this.
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Peter Yawitz
- Oct 16, 2017
- 1 min
What does he really mean when he says? (Part 2)
When they say: Nice job.
They could mean: I haven't looked at it.
But they could also mean: It's not great, but at least you got it
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Peter Yawitz
- Oct 9, 2017
- 1 min
What does he really mean when he says? (Part 1)
When they say: Get it done whenever you get a chance.
They could mean: I really need it within the hour.
But they could also mean: I’m givin
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Peter Yawitz
- Jun 26, 2017
- 1 min
Put money aside to pay your taxes
Self-employed people just put money aside to pay their estimated taxes before buying toys. Advice from someone else's dad.
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Peter Yawitz
- Jun 22, 2017
- 2 min
How can boomers and millennials work together?
Make sure that you explain the context of tasks so that younger members don’t think they're doing grunt work. Perhaps share the implicat
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Peter Yawitz
- May 12, 2017
- 1 min
Prepare Prework For Premeetings
Presently a preponderance of even preeminent people prattle on about “pre-approving a pre-plan and pre-notifying pre the pre-screen.”...
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Peter Yawitz
- May 2, 2017
- 2 min
How can I be more well-rounded?
Of course you have to know what’s happening in the markets; that’s your job. And I hope some day soon you’ll allow yourself to chill out and
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Peter Yawitz
- Apr 20, 2017
- 2 min
How can I be more specific without being pushy?
Before you write an email or go into a meeting, figure out what your best-case actionable objective is. Do you want them to understand how t
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Peter Yawitz
- Apr 14, 2017
- 2 min
How can I keep an audience from falling asleep?
Here are some tricks I use to make audiences pay attention:
I let them know at the outset why the material is specifically important to them
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Peter Yawitz
- Apr 1, 2017
- 1 min
How can I stop blaming others?
Acknowledge mistakes. You’ll get more respect from people if you show how you can learn from what went wrong so it won’t happen again.
Rewar
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Peter Yawitz
- Mar 30, 2017
- 1 min
What's the best way to write meeting minutes?
During the meeting try to listen carefully to capture the high-level message related to each topic. It’s more important to focus on the sta
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Peter Yawitz
- Mar 29, 2017
- 2 min
Indian English phrases that don't translate to Western English
“Hmm, that’s interesting.” Although we might use the phrase as an automatic response to people when we’re not really listening to them, Indi
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Peter Yawitz
- Mar 17, 2017
- 1 min
Should guys wear undershirts under button-downs?
Contrary to what you think an undershirt keeps you cooler in the summer.
Most people don’t want to see though your shirt to see your body to
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Peter Yawitz
- Mar 2, 2017
- 1 min
Is "Hey John" too informal in an email?
Here's the hierarchy of salutations from most formal to least formal: Dear, Good Morning/Hello, Hi, Hey, Wassup??, Dude!!!!!
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Peter Yawitz
- Feb 22, 2017
- 1 min
Do I look as nervous as I feel?
A great number of nervous symptoms—such as butterflies, pounding heart, dry mouth, and moments of forgetfulness, among many others—are simpl
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