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How Your Daily Rituals Can Set The Tone Of Productivity

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. [ Author's Note: This is the Second Part of the Series " The 3 Fundamental Principles Of Productivity "]. Introduction. Part I – Rituals. Part II – Systems. Part III – Tools. Summary. Part I – Rituals.

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When to Give Up on Finding Your Dream Career

Eat Your Career

Everyone wants a job they love. We all want to wake up excited to go to work, spend our days accomplishing goals we’re proud of, and come home feeling pleasantly fulfilled. Oh, and somewhere in there, we’d like a paycheck that provides us with a comfortable lifestyle and may one day put our kids through college. That’s the dream anyway. But, in reality, we often have to settle for less.

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3 Simple Steps to Taking Time Away from Your Business

Office Organization Success

When you’re constantly working on and in your business you forget to schedule in some down time for yourself. The summer is the perfect time to take that downtime, especially if it means taking a vacation somewhere nice. But then there’s always the worry that if you’re not involved in your business on a daily basis that things will fall apart and you won’t have any business to come back to when you return.

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Over 250 US Coworking Facilities

Small Business Labs

Small Business Labs Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business Welcome to Small Business Labs Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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The 3 Fundamental Principles Of Productivity

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. [ Author's Note: This is a series on " The 3 Fundamental Principles Of Productivity "]. Introduction. Part I – Rituals. Part II – Systems. Part III – Tools. Summary. Introduction. T here are ways to establish or improve the culture of productivity in your workplace or home-office.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Is it Time to Break Out of Your.

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, September 13, 2010 Is it Time to Break Out of Your Workplace Clique? Anyone with a grandmother can probably remember this advice: You are known for the company you keep. My Italian grandmother-in-law had a favorite saying along the lines of: "You lie downa witha the dogs, you gonna getta da fleas.

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Effective Time Management

Ian's Messy Desk

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Effective Time Management Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on September 15, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Effective time management doesn’t mean doing more things or doing them more quickly.

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Market Your Value, Achieve ‘Inner Circle’ Status

Office Dynamics

Finally, you made it to the end of this series and it’s time for tip #5! You must promote yourself – your skills, accomplishments and more – to the people who matter most: your immediate supervisor, his or her managers, your peers, etc. And you must do this often. Reason: If you won’t toot your own horn, who will? There are tactful ways to do this that avoid sounding egotistical.

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Top 5 Ways of Learning from Business Mistakes

The Small Business Blog

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Making a small mistake often allows you to regain focus and get back on track, helping avoid bigger mistakes that might have occurred in the future. 2. Use the mistake as an opportunity to learn more about yourself and your business. Examine how you reacted to the problem and whether it was the correct reaction to have. 3.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Tips for Being a Successful Negotiator

On The Job

I'll be the first to admit I've not always been a great negotiator. Growing up with two sisters, negotiation wasn't in our vocabulary. You wanted something, you took it by force or by stealth, but there was no negotiating involved. Hair-pulling and scratching, yes. Negotiation -- no. But entering the working world, I saw that hair-pulling wasn't going to get me far.

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Nine Insights for Getting Ahead

Ian's Messy Desk

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Nine Insights for Getting Ahead Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on September 13, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! from Charles R.

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Building the House of WordPress

Eco-Office Gals

I had a potential client ask me the other day, “What is the difference between WordPress, StudioPress Genesis Theme Framework , and the child themes?&# and in a split second thought I gave her the following analogy: “Think of building a house, WordPress is your foundation, Genesis is the stick frame, and the child themes are what make it yours, the shingles, the picture windows, the cut up roof, etc.&# This seemed to complete the picture for her.

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Facebook Changes Got You Down?

Andrea Kalli

Home Services Keyword Research, SEO, and Backlink Strategies for Link Building SharePoint Services Training Internet Marketing Assistant Microsoft Outlook Podcaster’s Corner Admin Assistance WishList Member and Wordpress Membership Sites New Client Questionnaire Info Contact Andrea Andrea’s Bio Code of Ethics Blog Testimonials Search View All Blog Posts Events Calendar Hourly Rate / Discount Bundles Contact Sep 15 Facebook Changes Got You Down?

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Best service to clients? The truth.

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Volunteer Your Time, Talents & Ideas

Office Dynamics

Hello again and welcome back to my blog series on how to “ Become an Administrative Superstar: 5 Must-Have Techniques to Earning ‘Inner Circle’ Status and Respect.”. Today I am going to address tip #4. If you read the title of this post, you have an idea of what it is going to be. If there’s one technique that I’ve seen vault administrative careers, this is it!

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Overcoming Time Management Obstacles

Eat Your Career

I hate to admit this, but I’m a bit overextended. I know, I know. I wrote an entire workbook on Time Management and yet sometimes, I still have trouble with it myself. I think it’s just one of those things that can never be entirely mastered. We all go through phases where we feel mentally and physically overwhelmed. At that point, we need to take a step back and re-evaluate.

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Service is a Good Thing – Well, Duh

Make or Break Moments

Here’s the daily quote from my “Women Who Do Too Much&# calendar that was a gift this past Christmas. Someone trying to tell me something? We certainly get confused about what service really is and who is being served. Yet, everyone agrees that service is a good thing. That struck a chord for me when I read [.]. Tags: Customer Moments making a difference customer service service for the customer service is a good thing what is service.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism

Andrea Kalli

Until 2004, media was closed to outsiders. Challenges were issues within registered guidelines and by established PR representatives. Articles were published after days, sometimes weeks, of study and analysis. Features were refined and developed over months of time, sometimes covering important issues almost a year after they occurred. Most importantly, closed was the flavor of the day, and open news wasn’t even a possibility.

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A Business Lesson from Kitchen Nightmares?

Tips From T. Marie

You’ll have to forgive me if I mention the book UnMarketing:Stop Marketing. Start Engaging by Scott Stratten ( @unmarketing on Twitter) a lot in my next few posts. You see I purchased it for my Kindle and am slowly making my way through it. I say slowly, because as I read, I’m highlighting and taking notes like crazy. I’m going back and re-reading items that I want to sink in and basically I’m adding Scott’s knowledge to what I already know for lots of ‘ aha

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3D Printing Comes Of Age

Small Business Labs

Small Business Labs Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business Welcome to Small Business Labs Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets enjoy our day together.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 September, 2010 Whats all the fuss about reading contracts?

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism

Andrea Kalli

Home Services Keyword Research, SEO, and Backlink Strategies for Link Building SharePoint Services Training Internet Marketing Assistant Microsoft Outlook Podcaster’s Corner Admin Assistance WishList Member and Wordpress Membership Sites New Client Questionnaire Info Contact Andrea Andrea’s Bio Code of Ethics Blog Testimonials Search View All Blog Posts Events Calendar Hourly Rate / Discount Bundles Contact Sep 16 Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism By Andre

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How to Give an Impromptu Speech

Ian's Messy Desk

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to Give an Impromptu Speech Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on September 17, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Has this happened to you?

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Not Just a Secretary

Office Dynamics

Guest Blogger: Joanne Linden. Chief Executive Assistant, Synopsys; Co Founder & Sr. Trainer, PlanetAdmin® & Author. One of Joan’s readers asked “How do I get them to realize that I am not "Just a Secretary?”. What approach would you recommend to change the general executive's perspective of this role as "just a secretary”? For years when people asked what I did for a living, I was embarrassed to admit that I was a secretary; often times saying “I’m just a secretary.

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Nibbles and Yum-Yums: September 17, 2010

Eat Your Career

This post is a part of the weekly regular series in which I share my favorite Internet finds from the past week. Enjoy! Okay, let’s be honest here: This isn’t a weekly thing the way I originally planned it to be. It’s more of a “when-Chrissy-has-time-and-thinks-about-it” sort of thing. But I enjoy doing it and I hope you enjoy checking out my fabulous Internet treasures.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Productivity Nuggets Of The Week (September 11 2010)

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Here’s another round of Productivity Nuggets Of The Week, which is a list of interesting posts about productivity. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did. And, don’t just enjoy them. Put into practice the lessons that you will learn.

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Own Your Niche: Three Reasons to Build Content For Your Own Websites

Andrea Kalli

Home Services Keyword Research, SEO, and Backlink Strategies for Link Building SharePoint Services Training Internet Marketing Assistant Microsoft Outlook Podcaster’s Corner Admin Assistance WishList Member and Wordpress Membership Sites New Client Questionnaire Info Contact Andrea Andrea’s Bio Code of Ethics Blog Testimonials Search View All Blog Posts Events Calendar Hourly Rate / Discount Bundles Contact Sep 14 Own Your Niche: Three Reasons to Build Content For Your Own Websites B

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Not Just a Secretary

Office Dynamics

Guest Blogger: Joanne Linden. Chief Executive Assistant, Synopsys; Co Founder & Sr. Trainer, PlanetAdmin® & Author. One of Joan’s readers asked “How do I get them to realize that I am not "Just a Secretary?”. What approach would you recommend to change the general executive's perspective of this role as "just a secretary”? For years when people asked what I did for a living, I was embarrassed to admit that I was a secretary; often times saying “I’m just a secretary.

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