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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. 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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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Once you know what you can spend, determine what you can give in the way of gifts, what kind of entertaining you can do, etc. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Thanks for visiting!

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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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Nominating a woman for an award isn’t just a gesture; it’s a gift of recognition, motivation and celebration. How Will You Show Up? , She’s best known for her award-winning blog, which has inspired millions of moms in more than 160 countries. She was born in Chengdu but grew up everywhere. million for LPCCD.

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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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Ian's Messy Desk

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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Oscar winner for Moonstruck, Olympia Dukakis was not only a gifted actress. She was also a gifted manager of people. It took everything I had to muster up the courage to speak those eight words. Policies around bullying and sexual harassment?—?Workplace Our readers would like to get to know you a bit better.

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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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We are the ultimate super-jugglers who have the ability to throw a to-do list up in the air and catch it in a different order depending on the situation at hand. However – if we are not willing to speak up and actively list our duties how can we expect colleagues and managers to be aware of this change in office dynamics?

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. If you are planning the holiday party, there will be food, entertainment, gift giveaways, and possible employee awards and recognition.

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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. 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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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. Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

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Ian's Messy Desk

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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To achieve your goals, you must develop a customer care policy that’s understood and adhered to by every member of your team. And with online reviews so common at Google and Yelp, a “best practices” policy will do more than increase customer retention. That includes during the sale, during service and as a follow-up.

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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. 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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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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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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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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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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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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Office Dynamics

MARCH 31, 2010

April 1, 2010 Kick-Off for the Blog-a-Thon. I am so excited to write this kick-off Blog for our 2nd Annual Admin Blog-a-thon as I have great news about shifts taking place in the Administrative Profession in terms of executives and managers embracing this role as vital to their organization's and leadership team's success.

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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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MAY 24, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. 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. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

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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Ian's Messy Desk

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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Office Dynamics

MARCH 31, 2010

April 1, 2010 Kick-Off for the Blog-a-Thon. I am so excited to write this kick-off Blog for our 2nd Annual Admin Blog-a-thon as I have great news about shifts taking place in the Administrative Profession in terms of executives and managers embracing this role as vital to their organization's and leadership team's success.

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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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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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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. 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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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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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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MAY 7, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Come up with an argument that is reasonable. Comments Trackbacks DishyMix: Susan Bratton Podcasts & Blogs Famous Executives » LIKE: Call for Speakers ad:tech NY — Have YOU Submitted Your Idea? Thanks for visiting! Public speaking can help your career.

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MAY 5, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. I work to understand the underlying causes for procrastination, then come up with strategies to overcome them. Thanks for visiting! This is post 10 of my series: Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator. I recognize that procrastination is a habit.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Round up your papers. Tighten up current household systems. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Get organized for back to school Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 25, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

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MAY 14, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Speak up : Greet you co-workers as you meet them through the day. Shut up : Listen more than you speak. Know your own weaknesses : Don’t get caught up in gossip. Tearing down another to prop yourself up is a huge waste of time. Thanks for visiting!

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