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Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress

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Home About Me Advertise Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 18, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Meetings , Productivity D o you get staff members coming to you for all sorts of questions? Are you the main contact in your department?

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

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Home About Me Advertise Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity D o you know what a macro is? Posted on 16 October, 2008 3:50 PM The Professional Assistant Hi, Thanks for the comment. Do you know how to create them?

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Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up?

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By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? You start to feel the same way and wonder when your floor will hit next.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

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Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog.

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The importance of having someone to talk to

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The problem that sometimes occurs with sharing with current co-workers is it can turn into office gossip. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? Some situations however need to be kept in-house and only those who are involved would benefit from discussing it and understand what it was about.

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Psst! I'm in a bad mood, pass it on.

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I wouldnt recommend talking about a co-worker with someone at the office or it ends up being gossip and spreads a bad feeling about that person. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? Talking to a third party who is totally uninvolved is much better.) The bottom line is to think before communicating, but do communicate.

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Why the 80/20 Rule Could Make You Less Productive

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I did, my random example: my favorite basketball team, Club Joventut Badalona (Wikipedia), in what I think was one of its best seasons, 2007-2008. Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone.

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