Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 30, 2014

Skype allows meetings to take place in multiple locations around the world and the use of tablets means emails can be responded to anytime and anywhere (including the beach!). This will put their mind at ease, plus allows you to plan your holiday around a set timeline and gives you deadlines to work towards.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 3, 2012

It does my heart good to know that I have made a difference in your lives and I greatly appreciate receiving your emails, letters, Facebook posts or LinkedIn messages. So of course, this is a poignant time for me but more importantly I want to remind you of the gift of life. Thank you very much. What drains you?

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Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Consider making your goals more about house chores and hobbies rather than work, like doing laundry, reading that article you bookmarked a month ago and shopping for upcoming birthdays and holidays. Remember: According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of routine is “a regular course of procedure,” meaning don’t change it up.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Aruna Ravichandran: At Cisco, we instituted a company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day a few years ago, and mandated the use of PTO for certain days between the paid holidays. There’s something to be said about time off when everyone is off — no messages or emails come through, and it’s much easier to come back to work!

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Success

JANUARY 8, 2023

I’d spent most of the holiday scrubbing the cabinets of a rental home, fixing a crack in the ceiling and painting the living room. Another time, the editors emailed with an assignment while I was on a trip to ask Laura if she’d like to get married. Hey Mike, you’ve fully committed yourself to this life course.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Advertise A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize D o you often wonder how you can add your countrys holidays into your calendar in Microsoft Outlook ? In the Calendar Options section, click Add Holidays.

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Worxbee

JANUARY 24, 2022

That might mean they do most of the legwork in preparing emails or other communications before the executive signs off and sends it out. Virtual holiday party ideas. This list has 33 ideas you can use to create some fun around the holidays, or, of course, you could adapt these ideas for any time of year. SurveyMonkey.

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Another obligatory holiday post. No matter your industry, the holidays mess it up. I’m announcing something totally new and badass, that’ll give you the crash course you need to make this your best season yet. . Are you going to drop all the balls you have in the air because it’s the holidays? No, you’re not.

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Tips From T. Marie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Setting and consistently sticking to a work schedule that provides balance, taking vacations, holidays, sick days and personal days are perhaps more important when you’re the boss. My office was always right there in my home, tempting me on weekends, holidays and when I was sick to just fire up the computer and check that email.

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Andrea Kalli

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Plan your holiday marketing strategies ahead of time. Commit to include more holiday and celebration videos in your messaging efforts. Increase your email marketing efforts. Ask your subscribers to share your email newsletter with their social networks for an added influx of new readers each month.

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

This is how my free email courses starts out. You can find the e-course on my website in the free stuff section. This includes books, off season clothes, holiday gear, archive files, memorabilia, photos, off season sports equipment, some craft supplies, and serving ware for entertaining.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 10, 2017

And, instead of another text-filled email barrage – video marketing can help you re-engage with old clients more effectively than other methods. “And, of course, this makes a great deal of sense because, if you don’t grow your business you’ll surely fail.” Holiday and special occasion videos are thoughtful.

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Here in the US we’re heading into a long weekend with the Labor Day Holiday. Late last week, I received a wonderful email from one of my clients providing me with some feedback about the Easy Office Organization Home Study System. And that brings me on to this week’s article.

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Tips From T. Marie

JANUARY 10, 2019

As the instructor of a best-selling online course teaching individuals how to work from home as a virtual assistant, I get plenty of questions. Clients want to micro-manage or get upset if you don’t immediately respond to emails. Do you feel you can take vacations, observe holidays and rearrange your work hours if you need to?

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 8, 2012

Well, if this person is a productivityist — or at least needs to look at becoming more productive — then you should give The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2012 a good look. Macbundler Holiday Bundle. This is my email app of choice , and it’s cross-platform. It’s sturdy and it works. Here , here , and here.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 15, 2012

Remember on Seinfeld , when George Costanza’s dad decided to rebel against the commercialism of the winter holidays and celebrate a holiday called Festivus instead? But of course, these are very high-profile situations. Email this to a friend? One tradition was to stand around the Festivus pole and air your grievances.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 3, 2017

After a short break for the holidays, we’re back in full swing and covering an appropriate topic as we enter a new year. If you want to truly grow and advance and achieve the greatness you desire—whatever that looks like for you—facing fear of failure, and indeed failing, is simply par for the course. This article is part of a series.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Did you manage to get a holiday this year? Do you attend many other training courses? My twitter handle is @PracticalPA or you can email me on nicky@practicallyperfectpa.com. Have you seen many changes in the profession since you started as an assistant? What are the most challenging aspects of the role for you?

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Yes we can spend 3 hours in the Indian Embassy waiting for your Visa while answering emails, coordinating the office party and finishing that presentation and of course we will pick up your dry cleaning and a coffee on the way back into the office. It must be magic! Super Human Speed. Filed under: Skills.

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Page Personnel

DECEMBER 18, 2016

While businesses may close over the break, their staff holiday with you. Stimulate your mind If you’d like to up-skill, or learn something new to accelerate your career advancement, check out courses you can undertake over the summer. Get a free weekly update via email here and help kick start your career.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course it is! It’s January 4 and if you made any resolutions, the holidays are definitely over and you have to face putting them into action. Every day works, especially if you do it at the same time everyday because there should be some kind of trigger like eating breakfast, getting in the car, checking your email.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 19, 2013

This week marks the release of The NOW Year: Version 1.1 – just in time for the holiday break. Before I wrap things up here and enjoy the holiday break, I wanted to touch on the ending of yet another calendar year. Simplicity is subjective, of course, so those two examples may not be so simple in your world. Information'

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

The good thing about on-line courses, is anyone can do it from anywhere. When it gets closer to the course date and it doesnt look like they will fill the seats, they offer the course at a cheaper price. They can slot you into courses, either online or live classrooms that are happening tomorrow or later on.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 11, 2010

You need to know where you’re going before you can plot the course. Identifying next actions – Of course, no GTD planning would be complete until Next Actions have been identified. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Comments No comments yet.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Their holiday must be perfect. Sipping steaming Rooibos whilst discussing the country’s complex political history was of course fascinating, but neither husband nor wife were expecting a personalised marriage blessing from the Archbishop himself. That is why I suggest you get to know Brown + Hudson.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

I send telephone messages to my boss by email rather than writing it on a telephone message pad. Of course, be sure to check with your co-worker first before providing his or her information). That way it won't get lost in the pile and saves on paper.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 25, 2012

You don’t have to invite them to your house for the holidays. Of course, if you find yourself surrounded by annoying people, take a moment to reflect. Email this to a friend? Give others a little leeway to be themselves and they’ll do the same for you. Don’t expect everyone to be your best friend. Maybe it’s not them.

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Service Untitled

DECEMBER 17, 2013

I treasure the shoe store where the salesperson knows me by name, knows what I like, and sends me a quick email when new merchandise comes into the store. Of course, some customers may spend more than others, but the referrals are what help us to succeed and grow. Most of us have experienced customer service at its best and its worst.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 28, 2010

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. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! This is post 9 of my series: Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

We really dont have an excuse because it is becoming increasingly easy to take courses online. I have had great experiences learning online in interactive courses. One question I have about this entry is where do you find online courses. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Take productivity courses online and read up. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Others carry on self-directed learning in recreational arts and hobbies, matters of health, family and community, or simply to increase their intellectual resources.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

There are just too many passwords to remember, and that doesnt include my bosss passwords that I also need to know because I have to check his emails as well as my own. Of course the simple solution would be to have the same password for every aspect of your life, but nope that doesn’t work. But they refuse to help me out.

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

JANUARY 18, 2011

Just a few days ago I was emailing my friend Mark McGuinness, getting an expert opinion on why art is important. Not just in holidays and spare time - but also doing meaningful work, in your own way. Of course you want a nice place to live, but you’re not so worried about a bigger car than the guy next door.

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Productivityist

JUNE 11, 2015

I actually get more work done when I don’t use small snippets of time to catch up on Twitter, read articles, or check email. My first attempt was with Ryan Holiday’s notecard system , which works like this: write down anything you might include on a notecard. I left my phone in my pocket and it worked out great. It’s that simple.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2015

That was when I received an email from a friend with a job opportunity. It was for a position starting right away so not in my timeframe so I promptly deleted the email. I just signed up for an art course in January and am looking forward to that.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

HA HA This assignment of course is a result of "Just say yes". Now I am off for a weeks holiday at the cottage with my daughter and grandson. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Excellent material!

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Productivityist

JUNE 29, 2015

To make this post even more effective, you can grab a special report that helps you to improve your email (Gmail) productivity. I got my first email account in 1994. Back then, using email was exciting but somewhat complicated. Email is an integral part of our lives and the volume of email messages is growing all the time.

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