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Nikkei Business Associé


November 21, 2006 Issue

FEATURE 1

How to Make Optimum Use of Five Spare Minutes


ULTRA-AGGRESSIVE WORK TACTICS


Interview
“Five minutes is long enough to transform a company”
Akira Takata, President, Japanet Takata Co. Ltd.


All These Things Can Be Done In Only Five Minutes

In five minutes, you can read a newspaper and absorb the important information
Speed reading using the reverse triangle mechanism

You can prepare your own breakfast in just five minutes and give yourself a head start to the day
Use production management rules for cooking

Ultra-quick make-up for an early-morning presentation or sales call
You can look pretty by just taking care of your eyebrows, eyes and cheeks

Reduce time spent looking for documents to zero
Save 150 hours a year by putting “5S” into practice

A recipe for reducing meeting times to five minutes
Classify meetings according to a matrix

Take five minutes to check information that is useful to your work
Hear the real voices by looking at blogs

Before starting a new project, take five minutes to increase your motivation
Eleven techniques for charging up that fighting spirit

See those spare moments as a fountain for your creativity, and mass produce ideas in five minutes
Increase your creativity by using other people’s brains

Finish up a 30 minute writing job in five minutes
Reduce writing time by using shortcut keys

Get your point across precisely in five minutes
Increase your powers of persuasion using a “pyramid construction”

Clearly improve your appearance in five minutes
Take away that tired look with skin care and massage

Winning over someone in the first five minutes - Part 1
Gain someone’s trust with panache

Winning over someone in the first five minutes - Part 2
Take the lead by looking away and taking your time

Win the other person over in a five-minute discussion
A conversation technique that starts in with emotions and follows up with logic

Make proper use of the five minutes when you're on the move
Use G-Mail to transform your mobile phone into a database

Take five minutes to relax at your workplace
Stretch to reset your mind and body

File perfectly in just five minutes a day
The road to perfection using two-tier system

Pack for your overseas trip in five minutes
The trick is not to go out of your way to make everything small

Five-minute relaxation before going to bed
Eliminating fatigue with supplements and aroma


SKILL UP

Assertiveness Training - Creating an environment for good communications

Application: Facing the other person

This project is my responsibility!
Don’t take it out on your parents!


Business management as a Job, by Tadashi Yanai, President & CEO, UNIQLO Co., Ltd.
“Trouble with subordinates who give priority to their own agenda,” etc.

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