Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

But there are some people who don’t need a full-time assistant; they need such services only when they’re on a certain project or burdened with too many short-term responsibilities. And make sure you ask your employer to provide honest feedback about your work, both throughout the project and once you’re done.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 14, 2008

One office I worked in together sponsored a child as a workplace charity project. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. We all participated by writing to our sponsored child and contributed money towards supporting her. There are many things we can do as employees to better our world, even while at work.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

I helped my husband occasionally with his Event Management Projects and when it came to graphics I always took his help, I still do. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My Story is pretty much like the story above - "Just a Secretary". Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

The admin profession lends itself to taking on new and sometimes challenging projects. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Sometimes we just need someone to be our sounding board and an outsider to the situation can often see things more clearly. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

You bashed monsters by hitting keys on your keyboard whilst wondering if you could hook up a nodding bird à la Homer Simpson. While total writers’ block may be a reality for some individuals, for most of us we’re just stuck on a particular project. To get to the next level, you needed experience points.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Are you willing to take on new projects and new challenges? Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. The answer to all these questions is "we just dont know", but if your company is downsizing there is something you can do to show that you are someone they should keep around? Be noticed. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I do however use my Tasks and Reminders in Outlook throughout the day for my own deadlines and projects, but for organizing someone else, this system beats even that for simplicity and it just plain works! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Hi Patricia: What an encouraging message this is. We all face hurdles in our jobs, but often see them as roadblocks. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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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. Just kidding… I definitely agree with setting a schedule, though. For starters, institute a schedule and stick to it.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

Alright, well, I know he emailed me to let me know I had a broken link in a post. And I know he was interested in what that link led to, which made me think well of him, so I emailed him back. In less than 5 emails, in fact. This is perhaps my most important rule of thumb, whether writing books, blog posts, or emails.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Maquis June 28, 2010 at 1:16 am I’ll admit that I’ve definitely learned the hard way that sleep deprivation can be physically painful. The good part of waking up then is that I’ll often write whole blog posts or emails in my head, and they’re generally quite good. Bank it up! hours of sleep is achieved.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. Yeah, there’s some uh’s, um’s and durrrrr’s but you’re definitely not as proper as you think. And yes, I definitely read my stuff out loud. Issa´s last blog.

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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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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Receiving Out Of The Blue Thank You Emails This started to happen a year ago, and in the last few months has become more and more common. In the beginning I was getting a thank you email (or comment on the blog, for that matter) once a month. It’s definitely a sign I have some unorthodox ideas.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

If you let weeks slip by without writing or without working on that one project that really interests you, find half a day each week when you can really dig into your writing. This is where bloggers get a head start: if you have a blog, you have a good reason to put fingers to keyboard on a regular basis. Ali Hale´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

No matter what the topic is, before you put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, be sure that you have the qualifications to write about whatever you are about to share. I can definitely agree that I don’t know enough to sell an ebook about SEO. Project Management and Editorial Calendars for Freelance Writers Reply Kathleen K.

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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.) Definitely. It’s definitely an idea. What follows is me thinking into my keyboard. I also think the key is thinking in terms of a product line and scaling yourself.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

It’s about fan bases more than project per project, so people grow with you and they grow through you. Definitely. Just once in a while… I find I have those moments as well, and if you’re not right there with the pen or the keyboard, then you’ve lost it. Artists are definitely twisted.

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