Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 4 October, 2008 Kings and Queens of the Office A friend was telling me about an Executive Assistant who has taken on a superior attitude at work and seems to think she is the Queen, looking down her nose on all her subjects, the other assistants. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Thanks to Deborah Erickson, CPO of No Where But Up,Organizing 4. You can set them up to send all emails from a particular sender to a folder to make it easy for you to find. Sometimes we end up on a lot of lists that we had not intended to be on. On a daily basis, I make liberal use of the following two keyboard keys: 1.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 December, 2009 Meetings Plus: Taking them offline I organize a lot of meetings in a day, week, month; heck, even into next year. Much easier than searching in Outlook and less stressful. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 July, 2009 Monty Python Officeland One of my former bosses said working with me was like being in a Monty Python movie. Humour is a powerful stress reliever if done in good taste, but timing is everything. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 6 September, 2008 Going Checklist Crazy I am organizing a Board meeting and I have checklists and to-do lists coming out of my ears. As an aside, pen and paper will suffice if I have to, but you can see that the checklist can help avoid any unnecessary stresses from happening. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 14 June, 2009 Meeting preparation. This does increase the preparation time, but on the day of the meeting it goes very smoothly with no stress. To finalize your minutes, you will just need to tidy up the language and formatting for the Chairs approval. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 October, 2008 Working for the Disorganized. You will also feel more in control of the situation and less stressed. You want to keep up to date on their working life and all they have to do. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2008 Are you worried about job security? I can honestly say that even though it was a hard time to go through, I ended up getting a much better job and a better opportunity and can look back on it as a good learning experience. One of the things they stressed was to hire well.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 22 November, 2008 I got an e-slap on the wrist - Ouch! I stop the flow and pick up the phone. Perhaps we put a lot of the stress on ourselves because we feel that every e-mail has to be replied to immediately. Keep up the good work. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

And the stress of losing my muse was starting to get to me. I showed up for the job. I certainly had a good dose of it by now, knowing my blog posts weren’t up to snuff. Nothing but stress!” I should close the blog, give up my career and walk away from it all. So I gave up. Over and over and over.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Admitting that your sleep patterns are all screwed up and that you can’t hack it? Arianna Huffington of Huffington Post once passed out from exhaustion – she broke her cheekbone and ended up with five stitches. Are you up for it? If you’re like many freelancers, you’re probably not sleeping well at all.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 20 February, 2010 Minute taking made easier. Minute taking definitely isnt easy, but it doesnt have to be stressful. In-camera If the Chair says this part of the meeting is in-camera, take your fingers off the keyboard, or put your pen down. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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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. This means getting up at a decent hour, working for a set amount of time, and taking breaks. So thats a problem for me.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 January, 2009 10 Things = Frustration When one team member doesn’t want to play. You usually answer according to what you see on the display and say “Hi&# , thinking it is an internal call, but they are transferring an outside call so you end up sounding unprofessional. I shut it off!

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

You see, celebrity-stardom aside, Kevin Parent is just a guy who lived through many of the same struggles you’ve had (or are having), from pursuing a creative career to building an audience to despairing you won’t make it to rejoicing you will to contemplating giving it all up. I may as well put it right up front.

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