Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

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

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

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. Order Christmas gifts online to save time and avoid the local shopping crowds.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Today it’s the Mayan calendar that has people in an uproar! State you or someone you know studies Adminology and knows their stuff by ordering today’s special gift bundle for $9.00 (receive the Adminology logo’d coffee mug & sticky note cube). Who among us doesn't remember the perceived crisis of Y2K?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Even if you are an employee without clients and external customers, think of the people who contribute to your success: your manager, coworkers, colleagues in other departments, peers in other companies and professional organizations, and your allies in human resources. Thank-Yous for Holiday Greetings and Gifts. Remember them!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

Thanks to Margit Crane of Gifted With ADD. Now break that into a few big parts of that goal. Thanks to Darla DeMorrow of HeartWork Organizing. If not, I have at least made progress toward my eventual goal, and I can take another bite tomorrow. Procrastination is just our primitive mind looking for comfort.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Imagine finishing all of your urgent tasks each day and having the freedom to accomplish your highest level goals. and how to achieve your most heartfelt goals more effortlessly and in a fraction of the time. Archive Network with Steph Is This You? you're going to love this.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 24, 2011

Still, don’t you deserve a workspace that’s organized, bright, cheerful, and attractive? In the future, try to deal with mail or faxes as they come in – either respond, toss or file – and make it a goal to touch each piece of paper only ONCE. Clean up electronic files and documents. Update your databases.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

Drop those lesser priorities, which do not advance you towards reaching you goal(s). List #1 – The weekly calendar. List #3 – Goals and plans Avoid Distractions and Lack of Focus. Tips for making best use of your time: Post visual reminders about your goals and objective. One approach is the 3-list method.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

The closest she ever came to digital organization was an electronic address book she used until it became too difficult to read the screen. My mother has gotten things done by using heavily annotated paper calendars. In fact, visiting with mom forces me to be more organized, because she needs to be organized.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

That’s why it’s important to position yourself as a valuable employee in your organization. Review last year’s calendar to determine what may come up in the next few months, then meet with your boss about what she hopes to accomplish. Your manager’s perception is reality.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 3, 2010

For individual rewards, how about gift certificates for DVD rentals, music CD purchases, theme park tickets or “Dinner for 2″ at a local eatery? Or once-a-month, spring for dessert treats in honor of those celebrating birthdays in that calendar month. You are limited only by your imagination and budget.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 17, 2011

In short, our goal is to save you time and money when you're ready to do something with what you've saved. Many of our users look to Springpad to organize and manage their home and work lives, including everything from hard core GTD'ers to task management to creating weekly meal plans, home inventory and class note.

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Success

APRIL 25, 2024

So, when I received the gift of a planner that had big boxes for each day, I simply jotted down my total minutes spent moving or doing something active in the corresponding box on each date. I have a calendar full of the total time I’ve moved each month on my desk. My only goal is to fill most boxes with something. It’s simple.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Unfortunately, our calendars and to-do lists often get in the way of common sense. Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky , of the University of California, has conducted considerable research in the area of personal satisfaction. The following eight points summarize her findings. There’s a lot of common sense wrapped up in these steps.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Stay organized. Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. Think again You need at least eight seconds of focused energy to digest information and store it in the brain’s memory centre. So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Tech glitches happen all the time and 2 people controlling one person's calendar is not the easiest thing. Start reading now about your company's mission, strategy, and goals. Where will you get flowers, baby gifts, birthday cakes, catered lunch, a venue for the holiday party, wine, a list of all the hot restaurants in town?

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Success

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Is there one thing that will make the difference between actually achieving your goals and chalking them up to yet another year’s unfulfilled resolutions? Visualize your goals as already complete. Write a 101 life-goal list. Reach my financial goals. Verbally appreciate at least 10 people a day Get eight hours of sleep.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! This is a powerful gift and must be used wisely. Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   When I asked him about the tiny papers, he said they all represented an item that he needed to take care of.  It is about HOW you use your time. PAY ATTENTION! PAY ATTENTION?

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C-Suite Assistants

JULY 31, 2023

No matter your position in the organization, the one thing you have in common with every single employee is that we all have 24 hours in a day. We may all have different jobs but that gift of 24 hours is the same for everyone. Many EAs also assist with or produce PowerPoint decks for presentations for projects.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Because once you know what you’d like to do with the rest of this year, you can break these goals down into actionable steps, and then get organized about putting them on the calendar. Think of it as an early Christmas gift – to yourself. You don’t have to send this letter to anyone. But read it as often as you can.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The subject, Microsoft Outlook 2007 Calendars & Tasks is one I am sure you will draw great tips and tricks from. Microsoft Outlook 2007 Calendars & Tasks. Some use it for both e-mail and calendaring. But few of us know how to get calendaring and tasks to really help us manage our time and workload. Calendars Only.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

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 Imagine, if we had assistants at home to pay the bills, do the budget, organize dinners, answer our calls and follow up with reminders -- it is starting to sound pretty good. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 10, 2012

More than ever before, Microsoft ® Outlook ® is designed to manage your entire workflow, from calendars to tasks to emails and more! Tricks on how to send notes to a contact or an email to your calendar. Ways to organize your files with flags, colors, categories, emails and alerts. Real at-a-glance calendaring.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As a Strategic Partner, it’s vital to understand your Executive’s goals and ask yourself what you can do to help them achieve those goals, says Jackie Ludwig, a career Executive Assistant who is now CEO of LUMINI Network. ” Also draw upon your gifts for observation and listening. THINK BIG PICTURE.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Main | Start 2011 off Organized! Let the blood go to your brain (the thinking organ) and away from your legs and arms. Use the notebook for everything you want to keep track of: to do lists, grocery lists, client meetings, phone calls, dreams and goals. "Heads Up.

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On The Job

JANUARY 4, 2010

I also have found that it pays to be more realistic when setting goals for myself. For example, maybe you decide that you want to begin the new year by being more organized. Who’s got time to get organized? Don’t make such sweeping plans that you would have to clone yourself a dozen times in order to accomplish a goal.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

A while back, Coopers & Lybrand (now Price Waterhouse Coopers ) released data from a poll on personal organization. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. How much stuff do you have sitting on your desk or in your work area? Finding stuff on my messy desk bears out that statistic.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 12, 2010

Copy from website, paste into HTML editor, use tables to organize content if needed, copy html from code tab, then paste into Static HTML Image tools: Fireworks, Gimp, even Powerpoint can create an image out of a slide. Think banner ads. Use as front-end image links going to your website. Don’t bother creating animated gif images.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Last year I was invited write articles for ACCO's "Organize Your Desk Day" To give some structure to the series of 30 blogposts, I decided to create a 10-week "How-to" course in setting up an organized and productive workspace. Thanks to Julie Bestry of Best Results Organizing. One Tree With Many Limbs.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

‘I have this big project, he’s not letting me on his calendar, how can I remedy that?’ When Southwest Airlines’ traffic fell 90% during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company couldn’t afford to send gifts for major milestones in their employees’ lives.

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