March, 2012

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4 Ways to Stop Wasting Time

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At the end of your day, do you find yourself wonder where the time went and why there is still a pile of work to be done? Perhaps you’re wasting your time and don’t know it. There is a lot of busy-work that looks productive, but in the end, does little or nothing to move you towards finishing what is important. Jeff Doubek of Day-Timer has written an article at Stepcase Lifehack on four bad time-management habits you need to eliminate to stop wasting time: Stop random e-mail checks.

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How to keep your business plan fresh

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(NC)—If your business plan has been collecting dust since you launched, it’s likely time to refresh. Updating your business plan on a regular basis is critical for any business to stay relevant and be successful in the future. Elements of a business plan change in as little as a year—for example, sales targets, competitors and cash flow. A plan should be a continually evolving roadmap to where your want your business to be in the coming months and years.

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Get Evernote Essentials 2.0

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Image via Wikipedia. Learn to use Evernote as a digital filing cabinet, recipe book or simple photo sharing service — and much more. Click here to buy it now ! This is an eBook that helps you quickly discover all of Evernote’s features and start using them to make you more productive and forget less. Brett Kelly, ties it all together and helps you see how Evernote brings your thoughts from your browser, desktop, and mobile device all together.

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4 Basic Types of Speeches

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The four basic types of speeches are: to inform, to instruct, to entertain, and to persuade. These are not mutually exclusive of one another. You may have several purposes in mind when giving your presentation. For example, you may try to inform in an entertaining style. Another speaker might inform the audience and try to persuade them to act on the information.

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Improve Your Life with Time Management

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Time management is fundamentally about focus. The Pareto Principle states, 80% of effort not managed or focused generates 20% of the desired output. On the other hand, 80% of desired output can be generated by 20% of effective effort. You see how much is lost or gained with well-managed time. Time management involves scheduling appointments, goal settings, planning, to do lists and prioritizing; core skills that need to be understood to develop efficient personal productivity.

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Personal Objectives for Life Balance

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More than ever before, we play many roles in our lives. We are workers, parents, spouses, friends, caregivers and volunteers in their communities. We also try and make room in our lives for taking care of our own well-being. Not surprisingly, achieving balance among all these competing priorities can be difficult. Here in Canada 58% of people report overload associated with their many roles.

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10 ways to improve your public speaking

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According to The Book of Lists , the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the minds of the majority of people. Far above the fear of death and disease comes the fear of standing in front of a crowd. I was a member of Toastmasters for a number of years. I enjoyed the applause and after effects of successful speeches, but I hated the nerves and stress that went with the delivery.

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