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10 Time Management Tips

Ian's Messy Desk

Updated and reposted from May 2008 1) Always Look Ahead It is human nature to want to live in the past: to savour accomplishments or to wallow in defeats. Make all your outgoing phone calls at the same time. 5) Plan your phone calls Time spent on a phone call can easily get out of hand if you don’t have a plan in place.

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20 Tips for Better Time Management

Ian's Messy Desk

Phone ringing? When I’m doing important work, I also switch off my phone. Or defer it to a later period. 12 – Block out distractions. What’s distracting you in your work? Instant messages? Text messages popping in? I hardly ever use chat nowadays. The only times when I log on is when I’m not intending to do any work.

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Small Business News World Round-up – 2009/12/08

The Small Business Blog

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Ringing in the Holiday but Sharing the Bil l: For small businesses, shared office parties offer the feel of a big event at a lower cost — and without the planning headaches. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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Personal Organizer

Ian's Messy Desk

Make all your outgoing phone calls at the same time; organize your errands into a single run; reply to e-mail; etc. Comment by David C on May 14, 2008 @ 5:15 pm I like this post. Comment by Rhonda on May 14, 2008 @ 7:32 pm David, thanks for heads-up on the book. Save time by performing like tasks together. I have loads of them.

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Learn to Communicate With WARMTH

Ian's Messy Desk

I believe Tony Robbins said that the art of communicating a “word&# or “meaning&# to another human, consists of 3 parts: The written word: 17% – Tone of voice: 34% – Body language: 49% This means an email is very inefficient (17%), while talking on the phone is worth 51% (17+34). That is worth a whopping 100%.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

The Small Business Blog

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Small Business Crunches Numbers : Small business has fought the health-care bill as too costly. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. — ST.

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Top 5 Tips for Finding Investors

The Small Business Blog

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk You could find possible investors anywhere, even while on holiday. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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