Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 20, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus. Stay organized.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Image via Wikipedia There’s nothing like a major holiday, such as Christmas, to ratchet up the pressure on your schedule. Charitable organizations often run gift-wrapping services as a fund raiser. Thanks for visiting! Don’t feel you have to do everything.

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Ideas.Ted

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But in having so much suddenly taken away, I was given the gift of seeing what all the busyness was actually costing me. Staying up late to watch another episode of a TV show or scroll on your phone is saying NO to a productive early morning. The decision to agree to that coffee meeting means giving up an hour of reading.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 31, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. 10 Simple and Inexpensive Christmas Gift Ideas – Gifts for the teacher, babysitter, hockey coach, or for the hosts of your holiday parties, don’t have to be expensive. Here are 10 gift ideas in small packages. Thanks for visiting!

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Get Organized!

MAY 13, 2009

Organizing Tips | Organizing Products | Organizing Services Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Get Organized: How To Remedy Gift-Giving Frustrations Sometimes its hard enough to remember what you ate for dinner yesterday, let alone remember what to buy grandma for her big 7-0. Put the grouping of Post-its in the back of your planner or calendar.

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Ian's Messy Desk

DECEMBER 14, 2011

She carries a iPhone 4S and can, with a swipe and a couple of taps, pull up whatever information she needs to plan her next action. If we pop into Home Depot to pick up a gallon of paint, she checks to see what other hardware items we might need, saving a second trip. Blog content. For example, she tracks all our shopping lists.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data. Thanks for visiting! Garbage/recycling bags or box for shredding.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Shop for Christmas Year Round Anytime you are out shopping keep an eye open for Christmas gifts. At the least, you spread the cost of buying gifts over twelve months rather than breaking the bank at the end of the year. Thanks for visiting!

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Make or Break Moments

MARCH 15, 2010

Just like the One Minute Manager and Who Moved My Cheese , the book is set up in a story format to share the great insights of the author. The book goes on to talk about how to view the valleys of life in a more realistic, sensible way and to appreciate the gifts we have even in our hard times. ’s new book Peaks and Valleys.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 13, 2010

Each day is a gift for which we should be thankful. Thanks for writing this blog! We should be thankful for what we have and see each person, situation, and moment as a gift from God. (He I believe it is a choice we make – this decision to be ungrateful or thankful. I’m glad I did! Have a blessed day!

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 28, 2010

And yet the product he is selling is geared towards those wanting to provide a retrospective of someone’s life- perhaps a gift you give toward the end of someone’s life. It is like the guy in the bar that comes up and says “haven’t I seen you somewhere before?&# A sensitive product. Or just his approach.

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2011

Don’t get me wrong; you can have a totally groovy experience at lesser-known sites and accomplish many valuable blogging goals through those avenues. Given the choice between blogging for the big dogs and blogging for the little dogs, the benefits of going for the higher-ranking option are obvious. It‘s a no-brainer.

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Loosely Speaking

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Perfect for some quick knits for gifts and then overhauling some rather forlorn items. I took scissors in hand and sliced it right up the front. I’ll work on a pattern and see if I can replicate these for others on my gift list. Project 1: Steeking a sweater that was never right for me to begin with. I LOVE the slippers!

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Have a Centralized Calendar. A family calendar can help you track what is going on for all family members. Round up your papers. Tighten up current household systems. Thanks for visiting! It is hard to believe, but here we are at the end of August.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! 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 A nice Christmas gift to her boss who is a dad of five children.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 1, 2010

And then she gave me the best birthday gift ever… “Would you be willing to be on a panel with Chris Brogan ?&# Absolutely. Just tell me when and where. Sheila’s online radio show airs on Thursdays and she offered me the date of August 12, 2010. Would I???? You betcha! The giving just keeps coming back and back and back.

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Or I could share my heartfelt excitement over working into the wee hours, creating homespun (handknit) holiday gifts. Whatever the explanation, I acknowledge that I abandoned ship on my blog and social media participation for a month, and that all the reasons are related to living this life, in the best way I know how, in times like these.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. There’s a lot of common sense wrapped up in these steps. Unfortunately, our calendars and to-do lists often get in the way of common sense. And thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment on my blog. Thanks for visiting! Comments This is a great list.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. We expend energy rushing through the day trying to keep up with ourselves. List #1 – The weekly calendar. Look for ways to free-up time. A few minutes saved here and there can add up to a significant portion of time. Thanks for visiting!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

.)  To make it even better, for a strictly limited time, Michael will give you a free Bonus video – along with other gifts and prizes valued at $1800 – when you order this ground-breaking new book. P.S. Remember, the bonus gifts are yours only when you reserve your copy before the cut-off. To your success! The fact is.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Here are two areas where you can increase your value to your boss : (1) Be a problem-solver Problems crop up all the time in business. If you can relate the problem to another situation entirely, it can help you come up with answers not available before.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

Recently, we conducted an informal poll of the 1000 participants that signed up for Fire Up Your Biz - Enrich Your Life and found that over half of our respondents had questions around procrastination, lack of motivation and generally just not getting things done! I've written hundreds of blog posts and a couple of books this way!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 17, 2011

Information Overload is a topic that comes up frequently when I talk with people about what holds their productivity back. Here's a link to a blog post with further detail about how to use Springpad for productivity.      Can you really coordinate calendars using Springpad? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Even though the articles were on specific topics, I could take one or up to three sentences from one article and morph it into another article on a different topic. So, recycle those papers you have written and turn them into your next blog or book! To begin, write a very detailed blog with several parts to it.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 8, 2008

If you have already cleaned and reorganized your office and written up a new marketing plan, what to do next if you are finding less and less in the inbox these days? A Virtual Assistant’s Blog » 5 Tips for Out-of-Work Freelancers Pingback // December 9th, 2008 // 11:32 am [.] Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

"I recently stumbled across your blog and have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts! Dear KC, So glad you like my blog and hope I can be of help! Tech glitches happen all the time and 2 people controlling one person's calendar is not the easiest thing. Filing Set up a great filing system now.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! 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 Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 24, 2010

Blogs that are not getting enough traffic can be energized by you placing an important clue to the contest on it. Your current customers will not be able to help but spread the word as they get excited about the contest, soon their friends and relatives will be signing up as well. Do you have a banner that needs more attention?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. One statistic found that, “The average desk worker has 36 hours worth of work on their desk and wastes up to 3 hours a week just “looking” for STUFF!&# Initially it may take you longer to catch up if you have a large pile, but 15 minutes is manageable.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

If you are like me you probably answered, “Yes, I do it all and stay up late to get it done.” Social Media: You can write the blog, but someone else can pull it apart and grab sentences to post and tweet. I hear you! In fact, they do very little. They can organize, upload, and manage all of this if you provide them with great content.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 12, 2010

Can have up to 10 separate incidences of individual coded areas Facebook Notes – the only place to put blog rss feed where it updates the Page Wall. Extended idea: create Friendfeed account and create a combined rss feed for multiple blogs, twitter posts, youtube posts, etc. app for Business Pages. Think banner ads.

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Loosely Speaking

JANUARY 2, 2009

And even if you didn’t knit them yourself, the hand-knitters in your life will be impressed that you appreciate these special gifts enough to preserve them. If you wear nice wool or alpaca socks, for example, you’ll want to make them last. You might earn yourself a few more pairs by taking care of those you already own!)

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 11, 2012

They have ranged from gifts, event tickets/access, to swag, and cash. These add up to amazing perks. Moreover, their "gifts" weren't offered in exchange for a job well done, but more often were DAILY AND WEEKLY occurrences because that is HOW they manage people. Here are some examples. Yes, I got my raise.)

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. I went to pick up dinner tonight and a lovely girl behind me commented how we just ordered the same dish - a salad with extra lettuce and mild and medium salsa. You can just write “Thx!”

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On The Job

JANUARY 4, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, January 4, 2010 Eat your salad first, and other career strategies Every year I get loads of candy over the holidays, and every year I feel compelled to eat it as fast as possible.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 1, 2011

When you attend tradeshows or networking meetings, do you later experience the business card pile up? Our products make it simple to keep track of contact and business information and easy to follow-up with people, ” said Matt Streem, President of Contact Keeper. No more missed follow-ups because you forgot the conversation!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

This is a powerful gift and must be used wisely. They came up with some great ideas. It is not getting a drink or seeing what your buds are up to on Twitter/Facebook. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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