Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files?

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

One of the problems with e-mail is that not everything needs to be acted on right away, but if you don’t have a good reminder system in place, then you’re likely to let things slip through the cracks. In a nutshell, it turns *ANY* e-mail client into a reminder system. Stage Two Labs recently launched a new service called Nudgemail.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

Lotus Notes is the groupware of choice for my employer and GTD is my system of choice for keeping organized (however poorly implemented). 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.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. How to fix/remove ‘Winweb Security’ Virus/Malware.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 7, 2011

January 20, 2011 2:00 PM CST (12:00 PM PST- 1:00 PM  MT- 3:00 PM EST) For 60 Minutes Learn how to battle the top time-stealers and take control of your office once-and-for-all with expert advice from productivity consultant and coach Stephanie LH Calahan Mark Your Calendar and Sign Up Today!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

Work With Stephanie « My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action | Main | 10 Reminder Systems for You To Consider » Stephanie Hosts Jill Hively: What’s for Dinner? 5 Steps to Meal Planning Success There is no denying that there is a strong tie between your health and your productivity or ability to focus and get things done. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 28, 2010

Health is one. Just over the course of a single academic term, procrastinating college students had such evidence of compromised immune systems as more colds and flu, more gastrointestinal problems. I ask, “How does it make me feel?” “How How does it affect me or others?” “How There are big costs to procrastination.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 28, 2010

If your phone system shows internal vs. external calls, alter your greeting appropriately. com) Will Someone Please Answer The Phone – 8th Digital Dealer Conference (slideshare.net) Office voice mail system proving advantageous to different offices (slideshare.net) Related Posts: Test Are you a hoser? Harvey Trailer speaking.&#

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Set up a good filing system. Too many objects add to the clutter and eat up valuable work space. Use a daily planner. Transfer all your notes and personal reminders to one, organized place. Colour–coded files are especially helpful — they show you at a glance where something should go.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 20, 2010

Become a hero to staff members who know only the basic functions of your voice-mail system and other devices, by learning the shortcuts and most useful and underused features; then teaching them. For personal errands you can’t schedule on Saturday or Sunday, take a day off to take care of them all.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

9) Do I know how to say “no&# ? Being aware of your areas of weakness allows you to focus your systems and practices on strengthening the weaknesses. 5) Do I have all the information I need to organize my time effectively? 6) Do I set priorities for all my tasks? 7) Do I work from a to-do list or a written plan?

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

How would you characterize school mornings in your home; crazy and chaotic or calm and cheerful? Tighten up current household systems. Plan your morning routines the evening before. Back-to-school adds a whole new layer of commitments and stresses on top of the things that regularly need to be done.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The following is an excerpt from the book The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. April 2008;$19.95US/$21.99CAN; 978-0-470-25746-3 Copyright © 2008 Steven S. Little Published by Wiley & Sons, Inc.;

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 2, 2010

One other observation: the better you’re maintaining your system day-to-day, the smaller the impact of unexpected absences. Generally, with a planned absence, I have put systems in place to catch, reroute, defer, etc. It may take time and effort to get things reorganized to move forward, but don’t stop at the end of step four.

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 22, 2009

[link] Effectively Conduct Your Complimentary Consultations & Overcome Objections presented by Patty Benton of The Marketing Train System Coaching Program. Do you struggle when you get a potential client on the phone, knowing how to keep control of the conversation, and turn them from potential into paying? Loose Ends.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

There are 5 key advantages to maintaining a to-do list: 1) A to-do list doesn’t forget Your brain is not the most efficient memory tool and will only trust systems that it knows works. From there you can prioritize them and tackle the important ones first.

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Eat Your Career

JULY 28, 2010

At first, I assumed I would be focusing on menu adjustment, working with the clients to make sure they were getting the right nutritional balance, and monitoring caloric intake and changes in health. Nutrition and health can’t be managed without also addressing career and stress and every other aspect of life that could be impacting success.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 21, 2010

It is important to integrate your whole life into your time management system. It certainly boils down to the results we produce rather than how busy we are. We have to learn how to treat every moment we have on this Earth as a precious commodity.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 18, 2010

Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

  They do not have systems for handling their most important areas of life.    1 - Create an Action System This is the system that manages all of the papers that are on your counters and other spaces that you have out in the open and in piles because you don't want to forget to do something. 

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. E-Mail me or follow me. Build your own network!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 18, 2010

This can be compared to receiving flyers or junk mail via the snail mail system. If you have concerns about a virus alert, please do not hesitate to contact the Helpdesk. We can advise you whether the threat is real. One would assume that you would not collect this junk mail and photocopy it, then distribute it to all your friends.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Once you’ve spent some time with this system, you can refine the way it works. Get into the habit of scheduling fixed time slots for your tasks. Once you reach the end of the time limit, stop what you’re doing and head to the next task or appointment.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact How To Manage Your Receipts by dragos on September 9, 2010 · 5 comments in Digital Tools , Productivity & Effectiveness Tweet I like to travel. How Does It Works?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

How do you intend to build the business? If you are not sure how to answer these questions, begin by writing down what you don’t want!   Consider how you will feel.    No matter how we turn it or twist it -- it doesn’t fit.  There are some that think that one system should work for everyone. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 23, 2010

Symptoms that are ignored ultimately lead to much more serious health problems. Get Support – One of the best ways to combat stress is to develop and rely on a support system. Behavioral Increased substance (i.e., Whether family, relatives or friends, talking to any of these people is a great way to minimize stress.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. Related articles by Zemanta 8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk (ismckenzie.com) 3 Steps to a Permanently Clear Desk | zen habits (zenhabits.net) How Do You Keep Your Desk Clutter-free? We all can find this much time in our schedules.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 29, 2010

While the fact that I wrote an app implementing the framework, called iAdd , is true, equally true is the fact that you don’t need the iPhone app in order to implement this system. In fact, you can implement it with whatever storage system you want or you feel comfortable with. How To Use It Now, how do you use this board?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  I've tried different systems and they don't work.    Sometimes your focus and attention challenges can be directly related to the systems you have (or don't have) in your life.    Check out the article to get detailed instructions for how to try it yourself!   Sound interesting? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Jill Savage wrote a great piece on how to think about replying when you are asked to do something.  New Years Resolution: Use a to-do list or task tracking system! - [link] - Cathy Sexton shares some great thoughts on to-do systems. Five Strategies That Make It Easier to Say "No" - [link] - Do you over commit?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 7, 2010

Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 21, 2010

She became such an expert in time and life management that she's been teaching her simple, yet powerful system to others ever since via workshops and keynotes!    She calls it the 7 Minute Life System I had the honor of reviewing Allyson's program and I have to tell you it is great. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 9, 2010

I don’t want to tell you how to do your job,” Lynn began, “but I noticed you’re weren’t writing down any of your assignments.” “Oh, Lynn knew Bob was a competent guy. Yet, given the importance of this project, his casual approach concerned her. So after the meeting, she pulled Bob aside. “I But humans have a definite edge on computers.

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2009

How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2009

How to be successful and eco-friendly. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. E-Mail me or follow me. Making your small business carbon neutral.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful and eco-friendly. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. E-Mail me or follow me. Build your own network!

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