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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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FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Co-Workers Not Cleaning Up After Themselves? Do you get annoyed that you are always the one that has to clean up after them? Do you know of any other ways to get your staff members to clean up after themselves? Do you start wondering if they treat their own house the same way? right away. right away.

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OCTOBER 10, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Power Up Your PowerPoint With Templates! Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 4comments for this post Feng Liang I stumbled upon this corporate presentation template at Cone Trees that I can actually use for my work, it wasnt cheesy types that usually come up in the search, so it thought id share :D.

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Advertise 4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 27, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself having to write each persons e-mail address over and over again for certain e-mails ? All e-mail distribution lists are bolded.

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JUNE 1, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll explore practical strategies to help you overcome work-from-home guilt and reclaim your confidence. Setting up a dedicated workspace not only enhances your productivity but also helps combat the guilt or judgment associated with working from home. But fear not! So, let’s dive in!

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APRIL 9, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 5 Ways to Free Up Room on Your Brain’s Hard Drive Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on April 9, 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. Oh, don’t worry,” Bob replied pointing to his head, “it’s all right up here.”

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Consider utilizing ergonomic office furniture. This will improve the flow of foot traffic within the office, and it will also give employees the opportunity to get up and stretch their legs. Everyone is going to get up to leave for lunch around the same time. A message from the Productivity Bits Blog Team. Thank You! ~

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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. 31 Blog Post Ideas for January Productivity Did you enjoy this post? Thanks for visiting! Comments No comments yet.

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MAY 25, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Read: The Best To-Do List You’ll Ever Make Crumple up your to-do sheet and throw it away. Comments Trackbacks Personal Organizer | Ians Messy Desk Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. You don’t fire up PowerPoint and start creating slides. The audience is giving up work or personal time to listen to you, but it’s because you’re going to have something to say. Thanks for visiting! What’s the first thing you do? Make it worth their while.

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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. Thanks for visiting! Use the right tools: Set a timer for the length of time you have decided to work on this project.

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MAY 21, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Lighten up… if you can – Humour can go a long way to keeping the listener’s attention. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Five Tips for Great Speeches Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 21, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Too many objects add to the clutter and eat up valuable work space. Set up a good filing system. Don’t allow things to pile up. Thanks for visiting! Be reasonable about what you really need to keep out. Don’t go overboard with personalization.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post soruba Nice blog. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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JULY 6, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Celestine Chua of The Personal Excellence Blog has posted 20 time management tips , over at Stepcase Lifehack. Planning really enables focus, and saying “No&# frees up time to actually do what was planned. Thanks for visiting!

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Thanks for visiting! Last year, I posted a Christmas planning checklist to use starting in November. Assign the shopping, the decorating, etc.

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JULY 26, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Suck it up. It can be as simple as going to a new restaurant for supper, but more likely to be as terrifying as taking up sky-diving. Follow these four steps and pretty soon you’ll unleash your creative thinking and making others sit up and take notice.

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MAY 26, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. You don’t want papers to build up to the point where you look at it and you get discouraged. The easiest way to avoid that is to keep up to date. If you do keep stuff, keep it in a way so that it doesn’t jam up your life and you can find it again.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Those personal distractions can eat up a lot of time. Just write down for a day every little thing that distracted you and whichever one took up the most time get rid of that first. Thanks for visiting! Block interruptions – close the office door.

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JULY 14, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. In the run-up to the launch we worked closely with some of our favorite blogs and publications to launch the new Notebooks category. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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MAY 18, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Try a “pick-me-up&# – Listen to high-energy music, so long as it doesn’t disturb co-workers or workflow. Are you staying up too late at night, watching television in bed or do you have a sleep disorder. Thanks for visiting!

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MAY 10, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. This handbook automatically leaps ahead of other Notes/GTD options available as it takes you through setting up a GTD system using a basic Notes installation; no need for add-ons to make it work. Thanks for visiting!

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MAY 28, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Test you telephone skills with this simple quiz: How quickly should you pick up a ringing phone? Set up your voice mail to answer after the third ring. Get the information up front. Comments Nice blog. Thanks for visiting! Answers after the jump.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 7, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. You pull up the spreadsheet , print off your boss’s e-mailed comments, dig out your notes from the last meeting and settle down to work. Stand up for visitors. If a visitor comes into your office, stand up to greet them and don’t invite them to sit down.

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JULY 14, 2009

You search around to find the best deal (check out Travel Links on the right side of this blog for some suggestions) and book what your boss needed. They forget to do their own flight check-in and dont have time, so they call you up and ask you to do it. You scratch your head and wonder how this can be done.

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JULY 16, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. The Quotations page ( pop-up alert ) – The oldest quotation site on the Web, with more than 25,200 quotations from over 3,000 authors. Thanks for visiting! It’s been said that a facility for quoting others can cover a lack of intelligence or original thought.

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JULY 12, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Louis found that people who sleep after storing a memory end up following through on their intentions much more effectively than people who jump right in without sleeping. Thanks for visiting! To-do list getting a little long? Take the list to bed with you.

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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. And thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment on my blog. Thanks for visiting! The following eight points summarize her findings. Comments This is a great list. Being grateful is good for the soul.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Home About Me Advertise 6 Easy Steps to a Better Work-Life Balance By The Professional Assistant on Monday, February 18, 2008 Filed Under: Ergonomics , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you find that you are working way too much ? Even if it’s 5 minutes here and there, it does add up. Try to squeeze it in where you can.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. To do this, open up your scheduled meeting in the calendar that you are using and click on “Forward as iCalendar&#. I'm going to try this.

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AUGUST 27, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. The process of thinking up the images and making the connection will fix them into your memory. Thanks for visiting! With Look, Snap, Connect Do you want to know how to remember names and faces? What would it be like to never forget a person’s name again?

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Thanks for visiting! Take inventory of your strengths One of the first things to go, when our self-esteem is low, is our perception of our strengths.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? Are you being bombarded with people walking up to your cubicle and dont have the decency to see that you are busy? Heres an article I found on this issue, which shows quite a few peoples e-mails about some of these very problems.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. They conjure up all kinds of nightmare scenarios as a result of their stage fright : What if I freeze? Thanks for visiting! How to Give a Speech You’ve analyzed your audience , you’ve prepared and practiced your speech.

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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. 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! When stress is reduced, you work more efficiently.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. In their book, Listen Up : How To Improve Relationships, Reduce Stress , Barker and Watson say that trying to top the other person’s story is one of those irritating habits that interferes with our ability to listen well. as if the listener has made up his mind.

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OCTOBER 31, 2008

Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? Do you want to dress up at the office, but not sure what to wear or if you even can? You dont want to end up at work and be the only one wearing a costume. What are you dressing up as? What a sight!

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