Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 28, 2010

with 7 Tips for Effective Email There is something about e-mail that fosters poor communication habits. Develop at set of personal rules for processing your email in a productive way. Read: Five fast email productivity tips @ 43 Folders Ignore the above tips. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

I have one more tip that I’ve had to learn the hard way: Tell stories – People don’t want to sit through a dry recitation of facts, statistics, policy, etc. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Learn to tell stories.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 1, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I’m sure your e-mail is constantly getting bombarded with e-mails all the time, Nudgemail helps you organize those emails and put “productive procrastination&# into practice: no new workflow no new plugins no new tools Let’s say you have an e-mail in your inbox that you need to respond to, but not until next week.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Related articles Reduce Christmas Stress by Organizing Now, Part 5 – Mapping Out Your Calendar (1-2-3getorganized.blogspot.com) 4 Tricks For Throwing A Christmas Party For Kids That’s Stress Free (rock-kool-dadie.blogspot.com) Related Posts: Productivity Links Why do we need time management? Don’t feel you have to do everything.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 5, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 18, 2010

Schedule tasks appropriately – After lunch is not the best time to read the long, lulling policy eport. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Include protein to boost brain alertness.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Comment by Ian McKenzie on October 9, 2006 @ 1:50 pm Trackbacks Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Related articles 100 Days til Christmas Countdown & Free Planning Resources (forthemommas.com) Sweet December (socyberty.com) Clutter-Free Holiday Countdown (stacksandstacks.com) Christmas Countdown: 75 Days of Christmas (askbecca.com) Related Posts: How Many Days Until Christmas?

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Related articles How to be of More Value to Your Boss (ismckenzie.com) AUGUST Common Boss Types and How to Deal with Them (brighthub.com) Related Posts: 10 Tips for Giving Effective Instructions 10 Tips for Communicating with Employees 5 Ways to Reduce Interruptions Productivity Did you enjoy this post? Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 15, 2010

We need family-friendly policies for all workers and more community resources and supports for seniors. We need governments and public policies that support leisure and culture activities and venues – ensuring that equity and inclusion are overarching principles in our approach.” Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 21, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta How to make a bridal speech (bridalwave.tv) Related Posts: 9 Key Steps for Preparing a Speech Top 5 Posts for February 2008 4 Basic Types of Speeches Communication Did you enjoy this post? Perhaps you’re more comfortable with inspiration quotes or stories; use those instead.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta Lest we forget Remembrance Day/Veteran’s Day (ottawastreetdental.ca) Remembrance Day (socyberty.com) Related Posts: Remembrance Day 2007 Top 5 Posts for November 2007 Celebrate the Sixth Day of Christmas Holidays Did you enjoy this post? The War Amps – Les Amput.s It can be viewed in English or French.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 27, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 12, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Take a lesson from this research the next time you have a full agenda at work the following day. Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

Great tips and tricks for productive use of the To Do’s, Calendar, Email, Contacts, and more. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 5, 2010

Over the past ten weeks, I have written a series of posts to comment on the ten points made in this article from Psychology Today. 5 ways to overcome procrastination through self-regulation – Scroll to the bottom of the article to read the ways I work on self-regulation. Thanks for visiting! I am not a psychologist.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels. Participation in family-friendly policies is a career-limiting move. Management will lose control.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Related articles Body Language Tools for Leadership Look (socyberty.com) Comparing Nonverbal Communication in Different Cultures (brighthub.com) Related Posts: 5 Secrets to Mastering Successful Speech How to Communicate With Confidence Communication Resolutions for 2009 Communication Did you enjoy this post? Comments Hi Ian. Great post Ian!

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. Visit the original article at [link]. Employ a closed-door policy that will prevent interruption and increase efficiency. This guest article is by James Madeiros, a staff writer for Teacher Certification Degrees, a resource site providing information on earning an online teaching degree.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta WikiQuote Screensaver – Add Interesting Quotes To Your Screensaver (vikitech.com) Related Posts: Quote Create an Online Business Card links for 2006-08-09 Communication , Writing Did you enjoy this post? And a plus: A list of sources for quotations to use in presentations from Presentation Zen.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 14, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta Organizing Your Desk for Increased Productivity (organizedfamilies.com) Put Things in Their Place to Get Organized (ismckenzie.com) How Do You Keep Your Desk Clutter-free? Take out the trash – get rid of the garbage. Don’t let it sit around the office for a couple of days: shred, recycle or toss.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

For example, my work can be categorized into these core groups: (1) writing (articles, my upcoming book) (2) coaching (3) workshop development (4) business development (5) administrative. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 5, 2010

Like the iPhone version, there is also integration with the HanDBase Gallery of thousands of database designs, plus the ability to email records and databases to other users. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 27, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta How to Train The Memory (socyberty.com) How to Improve Your Memory (lifescript.com) Memory Tips from Dominic O’Brien (aolhealth.com) Related Posts: Top 5 posts for August 2007 6 Tricks to Help You Remember Names 10 Tricks to Help Remember Names Communication Did you enjoy this post?

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The following is an excerpt from the book The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. April 2008;$19.95US/$21.99CAN; 978-0-470-25746-3 Copyright © 2008 Steven S. Related articles by Zemanta Why does transparency matter? Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 9, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Find ways to express yourself through your strengths.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 19, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta Breaking Free (cynthiaoccelli.blogspot.com) A Change In Direction Can Change Your Life. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. There may be legitimate reasons, but there are no excuses.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

There is a good article on Ergonomic s, as it relates to safe computer use, from the Mechanical Engineering Department at U.C. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Find the one that works best for you.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Comments Nice article. If you get it wrong, it is awkward for everyone. Mirroring the behaviour is not so easy to maintain, especially in technical interviews.

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