Administrative Arts

AUGUST 16, 2010

This includes setting up and managing electronic and physical files. Scheduling and Setting Up Meetings. This would include confirming attendees, scheduling conference rooms, setting up conference calls, and managing multi-media needs. If picking up his lunch means he has more work time at his desk, then I pick up his lunch.

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The Marq

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Many of my mentors have told me I should treat people at work as just that: people at work and at an arm’s length. That means they’ll show up when they say they will, deliver what they promise, and be there when you need their help the most. I certainly did the first time someone told me this. TheMarq.com.

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The Marq

MARCH 23, 2010

Your role at this stage becomes that of the mentor who provides guidance and resources for removing any blocks and insuring the employee’s success. We came up with the following annual goals: Learn new technology (.NET As with other posts on this subject, let’s elucidate the concept with an example. TheMarq.com.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

Here’s how it works: Go gather up all the books on the subject you need to be better at if your business is going to succeed. Right now I’m ghostwriting a western novel, studying up on “soiled doves,&# horse markings, Texas landscapes and stagecoach construction. We saved that one for the end because it’s hard.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

Allow me to tell you: We’ve overhauled, revamped and created a truly extraordinary resource for fiction writers everywhere, and we’ve packaged it up into a very entertaining and useful book called How to Create Believable Characters. I agree with you that 2010 is looking pretty up for everyone! Life is good. Holy Smokes!

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2010 AT&T Promotion Goals 40

Brilliantly Better

MARCH 10, 2010

After my first child was born, I couldn’t manage to keep my relationship with his mother going on and had to split up. After that, I courageously entered a hasty marriage, only to end it up in a few years, with the same bitter taste in my mouth. We grow up by identifying each stage of our failures and moving on.

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2010 AT&T Learning Mentoring 40

Men With Pens

JULY 18, 2010

By the time you lift your head up, you might be mightily surprised to realize you need to check your speed or make a sharp turn – and you aren’t ready. Most people need another rider to take the course first before they’ll step up to the gate for their turn. Can be difficult without a great mentor to advice me.

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2010 AT&T Confidence Learning 40

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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2010 AT&T Health Stress 40

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

Give your manager reasonable estimates of what your team can achieve and keep him or her informed of major issues or delays which come up. A good people leader is always willing to mentor and assist their team members. Set boundaries. Set limits and communicate them to your team. Don’t work alone. Take a break. Get support.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Once you fess up to that unspoken goal, everything changes. There are proven ways to get there, and if you’re just making it up as you go along – both in terms of novel and parenting – you probably won’t succeed well. It’s an opinion, but dare I say, Grisham isn’t quite up to brilliant. And take Dan Brown.

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Goals 2009 AT&T Learning 40

Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 14, 2010

Your reference group is made up of the people with whom you habitually associate and identify. Even if they attend organization meetings, they often end up associating with people who are neither particularly ambitious or well-connected. You want to meet people you can look up to with pride. Don’t be a pest.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 14, 2010

You’re all set and teamed up with professionals, right? You also don’t actually have the expertise you need to figure out the best way to use that information, and you’re likely to screw it up. Those screw-ups cost you money. A consultant’s job isn’t to soak up your cash. It’s better to hire a consultant.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 29, 2008

I had a chat to my accountant and we decided setting up a network of homebased secretaries would be the best way to assist those asking for help. During that time I set up an online discussion forum via a service that no longer exists and we had to shift it around a few times and finally settled at yahoogroups. Loose Ends.

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2008 AT&T Networking Purchasing 100

Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Our parents, our mentors, our employers talked with us. We need to listen to one another and see if those new ideas have merit, or if they open up any other possible courses of action. It’s up to us to stop allowing others to make decisions for our industry, our careers, and our lives, both as a group and as individuals.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

We work tirelessly to put up good content that people can use to improve their income, and we don’t get paid a penny for it. That’s our goal with each and every post we put up on this site. There’s a new free post that goes up every day.” It’s a bit of a joke. Why the hell not? Now, that’s great.

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2009 AT&T Retirement Twitter 40