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Is Social Media really free?This is the first post of several free videos from Silicon Beach Training’s Social Media Training course, which we run regularly in Brighton along with various other courses such as Photoshop for the Web Training, Blogging Training and SEO Training.
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A smart object is basically a shortcut or a reference to some original data so you have an external file which appears in a layer in your photoshop document but remains in its original place. If you subsequently change the original image any references to it in you new photoshop document will reflect the changes. Smart objects will be covered in our Beginners Photoshop Training training course in Brighton, Sussex.
You can convert one or any number of layers into a smart object in your active photoshop document.
Smart objects are created automatically when you place an Illustrator, raw or another Photoshop image into your document.
If you double-click the thumbnail for a Smart Object, the embedded (original) file opens.
Any edits you make on the open file will update automatically in your new document when you save the external or referenced file. You can reference the original file many times in your psd and all instances of it will update.
When learning to manage your time, make sure that you allow yourself time to do things that make you happy. What do you enjoy doing? Don’t fall into the trap to ignoring your need to take time out occasionally. It may mean having a little less time to accomplish tasks that need to be done, however it can give you the energy and put you in a state of mind that can actually help to accomplish tasks more quickly in the long run.
Writing a list of goals will give you the idea that you are in control that in turn can help your confidence to accomplish these goals as you are already anticipating success when you start your plan of action. This will boost your self confidence
When you are moving close to a deadline you may start to feel anxious. This in turn can reduce the quality of your work. Believing that your remaining time is enough for you to produce a quality product can speed up the time with which you can accomplish your task, and improve the quality of the end product. Using lack of time for an excuse for not thinking straight is not helpful, we can accomplish much more if we believe in the quality of our work and our ability to perform. It can be useful to shift your perception of and relationship with time. Try some of the techniques below:
image by Umberto Salvagnin
Trying to fit too much into a little time can be very stressful. Stress and lack of sleep are also bad for your health and can contribute towards heart disease and high blood pressure. Staying up late and getting up early can take it’s toll. Your may think that sleep seems to be a waste of time, that you have far more important things to accomplish.
For more time management tips come on one of our popular time managment training courses in Brighton, Sussex.
A recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine in America shows just how good a midday siesta can be for you.
The study of Greek people shows that those who took a break from the stresses of their job by taking a nap showed a much lower risk of heart disease, they also had lower stress hormone levels.
Between one and three in the afternoon is the most effective time to nap when the body’s temperature has peaked and is dropping. How does this save time? If you nap for 15 minutes midday then your performance levels are considerably higher. You make less mistakes and can think more clearly. Naps should be for not longer then 45 mins. You do not have to lie down, just get comfortable, support your head and shut your eyes – you should not fall into a deep sleep. It can help to darken the room if possible. A power nap of 15 -20 minutes right before an important meeting or a test can dramatically improve your performance and concentration..
Other strategies for coping with stress are covered in our Stress Management training course.
Practice time management with your hoover
One of the biggest aspects of proper time management is organisation. This is not only in how you organise what you work on and when you do it but also how you work and where you do it.
You can improve your general time managment by attending one of our popular time management courses in Brighton, Sussex.
An office can be a very claustrophobic environment and it is easy to feel cramped or overwhelmed. If this is the case then it is pretty much a certainty that your work will be affected as a result. A clear office space that is clean and tidy will present you with a much nicer and more workable environment. Indeed you’d be surprised just how much the quality of someone’s work improves when they are in the correct mindset. With this in mind it is worth your while in not only tidying up but also decorating your room so it is a nicer environment to work in. Although beware of giving yourself too many distractions.
One of the biggest advantages to making your office more respectable is that it significantly improves your ability to find things. If you can somehow cut out the 15-20 minutes you spend everyday looking for that ever elusive stapler or other miscellaneous items you’d be surprised at the results.
And don’t just take our word for it – here’s what the great and the good have to say about Time Management:
Samuel Smiles
“Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.”
William Penn
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
Alan Lakein
“Time equals life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.”
William Shakespeare
“Better three hours too soon, than one minute too late.”
Charles Richards
“Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.”
Louis E. Boone
“I am definitely going to take a course on time management… just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.”
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