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How to get Office fat fast.

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 21 March, 2009 How to get Office fat fast. How to gain weight in six easy steps: Do not eat breakfast before going to work. How to get Office fat fast. My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets the next day!

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

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Sometimes I wish I had something to warn me when I am with someone with a cell phone so I can know that we are going to be interrupted. I find it frustrating when people either text while in a conversation or are constantly taking phone calls. Apparently not, when its by phone. In an emergency, the cell phone is a useful tool.

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Keeping focussed in a busy environment

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If you have to answer the phone, deal with an email or attend to something for your boss, do so, as that is the nature of the admin job -- multi-tasking, but once you have done it, go right back to your to-do list, re-focus and continue what you were doing. Once I had identifed the problem, I could make a plan on how to deal with it.

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

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I wrote the article The Art of Minute Taking and I had only taken minutes a few times about 25 years ago. How did I do it? At the end of it, I knew how to take minutes and could write about it. At the end of it, I knew how to take minutes and could write about it. I interviewed my friend who is a minute taker.

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Calendar "ah ha"

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The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. I use this all the time on my calendar and my boss's calendar, and it helps us both to know which events are phone calls which he can take in the office or on the road (yellow) or which events will require travel (blue).

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The Little Engine That Could.

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I just recently read an article on it and was surprised when I really paid attention to the messages I was sending myself that some of them were negative. I know so many people who are great at what they do, but when I hear them talk about themselves they are very negative and keep telling me how they cant do it. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

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It gives you something to look at when you arrive the next morning and lets you know how to get busy right away. Check: Are phone calls planned? For each one, write down what you hope to accomplish with the phone call to help you stay focused. Check: How much paper is cluttering your desk? 411 Look Up 411.ca