Sat.Aug 13, 2011 - Fri.Aug 19, 2011

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5 Tips for Staying Healthy on the Job

On The Job

I rarely (knock on wood) get sick anymore, and that's probably because I've been around so long I've caught every germ there is and am now immune. But I do have more aches and pains, many of them caused by sitting at a computer for 10 hours a day. My wrist hurts. My elbows hurt. My knees crack when I get out of my chair. The trouble is, I know better.

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Top 5 Tips for Small Business Insurance

The Small Business Blog

The weekly top 5 tips post is always full of helpful hints and advice for small, home and micro business owners. 1. Make sure that you entirely understand your business insurance needs before shopping around for a new policy. Conduct research or speak to a professional if you have any doubts. 2.

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Offering Love to New and Aspiring VAs

Virtual Moxie

As many of you know, 2010 was a super-huge year of change for me, among the biggies, my VA of 11 years closed her practice and I found (luckily!) another who is amazing, I entirely refocused my entire life on my highest value--love, changed my first name to the name of my heart (and my full first name), rebranded myself everywhere, and reworked the way I coach--choosing to coach for love offerings rather than big bucks.

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Fabulous Drop Zone / Grab & Go Zone Tools for Your Office or Home

Stephanie LH Calahan

When I attend a meeting and someone shows up late, I have a tendency to ask them (later of course) what caused their delay.  Over 85% of the time they are late because they could not find their keys or their phone. The search for critical items often causes stress and irritation for you and for everyone else that you might be holding up. The good news is that you can put one simple thing in place to fix that problem once and for all.  Add a grab & go zone to your office and home!

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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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What Are You Missing?

Eat Your Career

This article is the seventh in a 10-part series on the topic of overcoming career-limiting habits. When I was a kid, my mom used to sing a song that went something like this: “Lookin’ down at a hole in my sneaker…I nearly missed a rainbow…I nearly missed a sunset…”. Do you remember this song? I just discovered it was originally from an episode of Sesame Street—a Google search turned up this page with the words if you’re interested.

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OMG! Could Technology be Ruining your Professional Reputation?

Tips From T. Marie

There is absolutely no doubt about the fact that technology has changed the way we live, work and play. It’s changing every day in fact! We don’t have to leave home to do research, rent a movie , shop, or even see our friends’ faces. It’s truly amazing how quickly and dramatically technology has changed our everyday lives. Despite iPads, 3D television, and the wonders of Skype , one of technology’s greatest wonders, in my own opinion, is the cell phone.

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Moxie Tip 24: Know it All

Virtual Moxie

You have the right to not know it all, and to seek help. You also have the right to ask as many questions as you need to in order to be clear about what needs to be done. Any client who doesn't want to take the time to make sure you get it, isn't worthy of a space in your practice.

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SignMyPad: Save Time and Money By Ditching Your Fax and Scanner

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. This post is by Camber Weiss, Chief Culture Officer at Autriv Software Development. W e’ve all been there. It’s the eleventh hour and you have to send a form to someone with no time to spare. Usually this involves a fax machine, scanner, printer, or all 3.

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Mechanic’s Tool Guide

Ian's Messy Desk

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive parts not far from the object we are trying to hit. MECHANIC’S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing seats and motorcycle jackets.

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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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The Startup Incubator Boom (and Maybe Bubble)

Small Business Labs

According to Xconomy's 3rd annual Guide to Venture Incubators , there are 64 startup incubators in the U.S.  This is up from 34 in 2010 and only 20 in 2009.  Startup incubators generally supply office space, educational resources, mentoring and small equity investments to their members.  Startups apply for the right to join these programs and the application process for many is quite competitive.  Most startup incubators take an equity stake in the firms in thei

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Why You Need to Learn to Whistle

On The Job

Can you whistle? I'm starting to to think this is a lost art. My parents were wonderful whistlers. I remember hearing my mom whistle as she cleaned the house or walked up and down the grocery store aisles. My dad always whistled while working on the car or cleaning out the garage. I think one of the reasons not many people whistle any more is because they're always listening to something else.

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The Rate Debate: Prices on Your Website or Not?

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. Is it a good idea to include rates on your website? Some people think that prices should be shared upfront so that clients know what to expect. Others worry that if rates are posted on their website, people won’t stick around and will focus too much on price. Who is right? In the Virtual Assisting industry, it turns out that it’s better to keep rates off the website and focus more on value and the results you create.

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5 ways to get the most out of life lessons

Ian's Messy Desk

Oscar Wilde said, “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes,” and Rita Mae Brown said, “Good judgement comes from experience , and often experience comes from bad judgement.”. Experience can teach us much, if we open ourselves to the lessons it contains. But we have to be careful. The results of our bad judgements can create so much fear that we’re unwilling to try and learn new things.

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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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Thomas Friedman's Darwinian Theory of Everything

Small Business Labs

If you haven't read Thomas Friedman's piece A Theory of Everything (Sort Of) in Sunday's NY Times, I suggest you do.  I don't think Friedman covers new ground in the article.  But he succinctly articulates how IT, globalization and hyper-connectivity are combining to change the world - and the problems and unrest these changes are leading to.  Amazingly, he does this in a page and half.  Key quote on what this means for productivity: "The merger of glo

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Moxie Tip 23: Proactive/Receptive

Virtual Moxie

Amazing Virtual Assistants stand ready to flow between proactive support, and receptive support. One minute, you could be making a kick-ass suggestion for something that will change a client's biz, and the next, making a note about what the client wants done. Both are equally important. do you excel at both?

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Merry Augtember!

Loosely Speaking

Like most families, ours experiences a concentration of annual family milestones, from mid-August through late October. The preparation is similar to the holiday rush that is Christmas for our clan. Some are marked with a card or phone call, while others require gifts, purchased and or handmade. In case the cards/gifts/phone calls/skype chats don’t arrive on schedule, or before there are more additions to the family calendar, here are felicitations for you one and all, in the order of app

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My Running Playlist

Brilliantly Better

Tweet Since I started to run, a couple of months ago, several interesting things happened. First, I experienced a lot with my schedule. Started with workouts in the morning, then decided to move them in the evening. Also, I drastically improved my running gear. For instance, I invested in a pair of running shoes, replacing my converse-like and ankle-injuring-prone shoes I was using.

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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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The Highs and Lows of Going Out on Your Own

Small Business Labs

Maybe it's Time for Plan C covers the ups and downs of starting your own business.  Oddly enough, it's from the Fashion and Style section of the New York Times.  Key quote on career switchers who go out on their own: The lures are obvious: freedom, fulfillment. The highs can be high. But career switchers have found that going solo comes with its own pitfalls: a steep learning curve, no security, physical exhaustion and emotional meltdowns.

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Moxie Tip 22: Leadership

Virtual Moxie

Truly successful Virtual Assistants lead in a variety of ways: in their profession, w/ their clients, & in changing the way the world works.

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When it’s good to ignore your gut

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

If you’ve been hanging out in the personal development world for a while, you’ve probably heard the advice “go with your gut”. It’s a staple of the self-aware, enlightened success-&-business crowd and I’m a massive advocate. In fact, I’ve often described the work I do as revolving around “reconnecting people with their unconscious mind”. It’s about hearing what your animal instinct is telling you and it’s a lens through which I can view all my client interactions.

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Slow Carb Spinach

Brilliantly Better

Tweet A week ago I decided to give a try to the “slow carb” diet that Tim Ferris is advocating on his latest book. Before diving too deep into the details of this, a few words about Tim and his books. I don’t consider Tim Ferris a fraud. But I also don’t think he’s as gorgeous as he’s portrayed by some of the major media outlets. He marked a generation of digital nomads, that’s true.

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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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Embrace Bad Customer Reviews For Marketing Success

Small Business CEO

While the dawn of the internet has brought us e-commerce and a brand new channel to market, it has also empowered the consumer in an unprecedented way. Websites like Trip Advisor and Review Centre have given unhappy customers a very public platform on which to vent their spleen about any perceived injustice and this can have business owners running for cover.

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Moxie Tip 21: High Quality Life

Virtual Moxie

The higher your standards, the higher quality clients you'll attract, and in turn, the higher quality life you'll live.

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When it’s good to ignore your gut

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

If you’ve been hanging out in the personal development world for a while, you’ve probably heard the advice “go with your gut”. It’s a staple of the self-aware, enlightened success-&-business crowd and I’m a massive advocate. In fact, I’ve often described the work I do as revolving around “reconnecting people with their unconscious mind”. It’s about hearing what your animal instinct is telling you and it’s a lens through which I can view all my client interactions.

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How to Improve Your Writing Skills by Analyzing Structure

Men With Pens

Upcoming posts will focus on better writing skills, in honor of Damn Fine Words ‘s launch. It’s the only online writing course that teaches you how to improve your writing skills AND get business results. Registration is open right now, and with a juicy discount too. Don’t miss it! You know that writers need to read to improve their writing skills.

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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