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How to Manage Time

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to Manage Time Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 12, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Three rules for effective time management : 1) Don’t Create Impossible Situations. All time management begins with planning. Thanks for visiting!

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Regional Virtual Assistant Retreat?

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Strategies for managing those feelings include volunteering, participating in face-to-face networking, and hosting gatherings of one’s peers. Love to hear from you about your thoughts on an agenda for a VA retreat, or any similar event you’ve hosted for peers. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004.

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Sleep on Your To-Do List to Get Things Done

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Take a lesson from this research the next time you have a full agenda at work the following day. Understanding that sleep strengthens prospective memory is a valuable tool in handling your obligations efficiently. Give your memory a boost and ensure you’ll be at the top of your game by getting a good night’s sleep.

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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

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Manage paper effectively – Barbara Hemphill, author of The Paper Tiger, offers the FAT principle for paper burden: file it, act on it, or toss it. Make meetings effective – Managers can spend an average of 17 hours a week in meetings, and that doesn’t include preparation and follow-up time. Keep the office door closed.

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How to Act Like a Leader Even When Following

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For example, if you are holding a meeting with team members, make sure the agenda is set, action items are completed and that things don’t slip through the cracks. Use the power of your positive personality to get things done. Act as a role model Tackle every task with enthusiasm. Build trust Increase your “face&# time.

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How to stay on top of your marketing and networking tasks

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That being said, our agenda calls for each attendee to provide a valuable tip. Tasks like choosing your market, constantly analyzing who your market is, continuing to research and add prospects to that market, ongoing networking (at least once a week), monthly contact management, etc. I love this thing! Loose Ends.

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Arizona Virtual Assistants Retreat

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Or perhaps you have some ideas that will make our group even more valuable to its potential clients… Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? Perhaps you can use some of our ideas in your locale. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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