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How to remember those random requests

Practically Perfect PA

Now, the glamorous references are not something I am used to hearing but the endless stream of random requests is! Similarly I have a large A4 desk pad next to my keyboard for any quick notes I need to make, things to remember (like phone numbers for instance), and tasks people give me at my desk. Am I reaching for the stars here?

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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

The encoding stage refers to the process of putting information into memory. The storage stage refers to retention or maintaining information in memory. The retrieval stage refers to recovering information from memory. Many people overlook this crucial step and end up missing important appointments, deadlines or details.

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Help Desk

Practically Perfect PA

Calendar – For quick reference I have a one sheet per day calendar block on my desk. In addition to that as part of our role we are always at one piece of equipment or the other and it is a massive time saver if for example the printer is near our desk. I use the small post-it index flags all the time as well. .

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Book Review – Creating Flow with OmniFocus (Second Edition)

Productivityist

Sometimes, people decide to have a humorous theme running with some of their examples, with joke names and content that is designed to raise more of a laugh than a thought process. I always refer to Getting Things Done as my productivity bible and I go back to it regularly to ensure that I still follow the sage advice given within.

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19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Don't Want To.

Stephanie LH Calahan

I create folders for @action, @waiting for, and then reference folders by subject. Process email out of your in-box and into an action/follow-up system or reference folder and you'll manage your email instead of it managing you. On a daily basis, I make liberal use of the following two keyboard keys: 1.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Oh where or where is my password?

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How I Organize My Mac

Productivityist

For example, any files that haven’t been opened in over 6 months are green and any older than one year are red. You’ve still got orange and purple to play with, so use whatever ones will resonate with you 3 and you’ll find that you’ll have a nice quick visual reference for your files, folders and applications that you can count on.

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