Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

Tom Peters’ “Top 41″ quotes and other free stuff – the Top 41 quotes are a project from 2006 that are compiled in a PDF and offered —along with a load of other free Tom Peters’ material— for download. World’s best quotes in 1-10 words – 10 quotes that are less than 10 words.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Not all projects or undertakings are created equal. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! The number of productivity how-to websites is staggering. Buy inexpensive software or services to help streamline your processes.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 26, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta Beyond Business: Making Quality Creative Time (freelanceswitch.com) 7 Ways to Increase Creativity in America (myventurepad.com) Teaching creativity through tasks and projects (politics.ie) Are kids getting less creative?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

If you have a special project, set aside a day as “Do not disturb” time, so you can complete the project. Use that time to catch up on work. Once you establish a pattern, co-workers will learn to respect that time and not disturb you. That will give you the confidence to manage your work assertively.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 13, 2010

Create a chart that shows the projects you are handling and the time required to complete them. When urgent requests come in from various sources and you’re already pressed for time, how do you handle them? Here’s four tips: Show how much is on your plate. It can be as complex as a Gantt chart or as simple as a pie chart.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 24, 2010

This knowledge is the prime reason that using mass email marketing is nearly impossible. You see, when they are expecting something from you in their email they are more inclined to add you to their favorites list. This way you have gone completely around the spam filters that have been trashing your marketing emails.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 31, 2010

You can plan a major project, set all the steps, plan dates for the deliverables and then stress over all that needs doing. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software christmas gifts idea - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc furniture shipping - is easy with ShipSmart.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

This is a powerful gift and must be used wisely. Do you have a large list of abandoned projects all sitting at various levels of incompletion? Do you have a list of projects that do not reflect your best work? Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? It is about HOW you use your time. PAY ATTENTION! Not really.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 8, 2008

My work has slowed too, and I have been experimenting with how to disconnect myself from my computer on those days when projects are unlikely to come in, and figuring out just how far away from the office it’s ok to venture. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. In other words, a downer!) Loose Ends.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 9, 2010

Lynn was tapped to head up the project team for a major company restructuring. Yet, given the importance of this project, his casual approach concerned her. She began her first team meeting by delegating steps and due dates to the various department heads. Lynn knew Bob was a competent guy.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 7, 2010

For those days when you need a block of uninterrupted time to work on a project, here are five tips to help you control drop-in traffic. If yours is an organization that encourages less-formal communication, you may find people dropping by to discuss anything from last night’s big game to next week’s big presentation.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 2, 2010

com Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Work With Stephanie « 6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual Teams | Main | Monday Motivation - Michael Jordan on Failure » My first Twitterview with @marciahoeck - Decisive Productive Action Taken A little while back, I wrote to you about my theme for this year: decisive productive action. 

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. However, if you are working on a project, such as building a website and it takes longer than you expect. Construction Cranes Timmy Said on May 16th, 2008 at 11:59 pm I believe in deliverables more than the the actual time that was spent on a project or task.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 23, 2011

We can’t hear a person’s voice when we read an email. I learned the fine art of diplomacy and gift-wrapping. “I want this project to begin immediately.&# (Yes, sir!). We’ve already set the project in motion.). Read emails aloud – with a smile. All we see are blunt words. Use humour.

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www.pickthebrain.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Workaholics of the world: start working smarter instead of keeping yourself up all night working on a project. Turn off your cell phone, close your email, get off Twitter, stop checking Facebook, stop listening to music, and focus while you’re doing your work. This takes that concept and throws it out the window.

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Productivity Bits

APRIL 14, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. His 16 years of experience managing medium and large-scale business processes and IT projects have taught him a lot about achieving high levels of productivity. We have relied on the To-Do List with our complex projects and ordinary tasks, e.g. preparing for examinations, vacations, and gift ideas.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 7, 2010

Give A Person A Gift That Is Specific To Them During times like birthdays and holidays, there is the act of gift-giving that can be in place. When you are getting someone a gift, it makes a real impression for them when it is specific for them.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 30, 2010

Sure, it’s great to hit the snooze button and give yourself an extra hour of R&R once in awhile, but before you know it, you’re getting up at noon and puttering around before you answer your customer emails. Many writers—as half of our population-at-large and 60% of gifted kids—are introverts. Leave a Comment!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

The chance to direct a team and co-ordinate projects can be very challenging, yet rewarding. As well, it’s always a good idea to budget more time and resources to a project than you think is necessary to lessen the stress of unexpected setbacks. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Don’t leave half-completed projects sitting on your desktop. Don’t leave half-completed projects sitting on your desktop.&# ), I’d never get around to finishing anything. Every morning, pull out the folder for the day and place the contents into your inbox. Then it is right at hand when you need it.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

I stand back, and begin moving notes until the ideas start flowing into easy categories: Blog, Projects, Home, Family, Health - etc. Tame Your Email 1. Turn off email alerts when emails arrive in your inbox. If you know that you will never answer an email, delete it right away. You will start to feel relaxed.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

One friend refers you to someone who only has an email address, a generic address like annepottertherapist@mail.com. Would you search online for Anne Potter before writing her an email? Compounding the problem was the president giving me an @comcast.net email address. Looks like you’re gifted, too. THANK YOU!!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

It didn’t work at all as described and I emailed him to ask “did you actually use this or are you just selling it for the affiliate income?&# As you say, small tests, little tasks, minor projects… this is how everyone should test the waters. I remember buying a product that someone I liked and trusted recommended.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have to keep accepting these projects!” DO NOT look at a single work email after that. Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. Even after I decide I have all my projects lined up for the month, I still want to accommodate them.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Call it a curse or a gift, but it’s rarely been wrong in things like my relationships and now my brain asks ‘what’s so different abt this new guy?’ My non-compete agreement after the sale of my company ended at the end of august and starting October I got involved in a new project (as a consultant, this time).

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

If you received a gift, give one back. Forgive Forgiveness is an incredible gift. Projecting a new reality together is an incredibly powerful form of caring. Send a short email out of the blue. Most of us are gifted in one or two ways when it comes to caring for others. If somebody smiled at you, return the smile.

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 23, 2010

Series can expand into very interesting collaborative projects, like I did with this massive guest posting experiment (which, in my opinion, it was a total premiere in the blogging world). There is the head to head challenge, and then there are the collective projects. If interested, hit me with an email. As easy as that.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Email the owners and offer to guest post or to do an interview. Or maybe he knows someone who would…&# and then I’d email you and ask about options and you’d say, “Hey, I know someone&# and I’d be all happy and go over there and then three people are thrilled and I have a new roof and… YEAH!

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

How to get paid what you’re worth for every single project you write. • MCE Holiday Gift Guide—for you, for customers, and for special people on your list Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) November 23, 2009 at 8:49 am Hey, no one can accuse of using the “buy now! How to land the next client. And the next one. Oh my lord, this is IT!&#

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 12, 2010

Best ways to communicate with your Fans Link: Send an update to Fans – compose Facebook email, include links, etc. talk about shoe accessories - do’s and dont’s of buying shoes - gift ideas for the shoe lover - the latest in shoe designs - what’s going on in the shoe industry - do a series about kids shoes.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 22, 2009

15 Healthy Gift Ideas For The Procrastinating Shopper Reply poch December 23, 2009 at 8:03 am Same to you MWP! I come by regularly for a jump start to my daily blog, and I’m hoarding ideas for a big writing project I’m starting in January. I’ll only chuckle briefly, that’s my promise to you. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

I think there are tons of monetization models (and one of my projects is figuring out the essential monetization patterns for info products.) I feel the gift of speech need to be leveraged. For example, Clay Collins does regular mentorship calls with members of Project Mojave in addition to all the regular content. Move people.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Many people take advantage of that openness on another level, which is to say we’ve all had trouble with copyright law and keeping our work our own. How do you deal with copyright infringements and people stealing your work? It’s about fan bases more than project per project, so people grow with you and they grow through you.

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