Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2010

If you are a manager who struggles in this area, or if you just want more options for talking about good versus bad performance, try looking at performance through the lens of how employee behaviors contribute to the achievement of team, office, and organization goals. Below are seven examples to help you do that.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 29, 2010

Motivation: Create a Work Environment that Enhances Your Goals (@GinaParris Video) » Sometimes we just have to laugh @ our procrastination (video from @AgentXPQ) Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself to really have an "a-ha" moment.  Work With Stephanie « Celebrate Life Now!   For Goodness Sakes!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 18, 2010

The signature automatically displays at the end of every message and typically contains contact information such as your full name, department, web page, and phone/fax numbers. Create an e-mail signature for all your outgoing mail. It’s like attaching a business card to every e-mail you send.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 28, 2010

A few days ago, my blog post on Self-Discipline and Productivity - How to build self-discipline was being re-tweeted and discussed on Twitter.  A few days ago, my blog post on Self-Discipline and Productivity - How to build self-discipline was being re-tweeted and discussed on Twitter.    What is your 20?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

  If you are among the growing crowd of people that avoid Facebook because you just don't have timeor don't care to scroll through the myriad of games your friends are participating in, today I'll share how to get rid of the clutter.    What do you do to make your Facebook experience focused to your goals? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

  One of his frustrations was figuring out how to balance all of the important tasks that he had on his plate. Do you struggle with figuring out how to focus your time and energy and work on what is truly important? family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 20, 2010

family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665   In fact, it may seem like you should be in a circus, with all of the things you are trying to juggle. .   In fact, it may seem like you should be in a circus, with all of the things you are trying to juggle.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 31, 2010

How many of the activities fell into the Green box?    How many fell into the Yellow box?    How many fell into the RED box?    The goal would be to have the majority of your activities in that upper left, green box.  Want more ideas on how to set and manage your priorities? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 21, 2010

  She shares simple, yet powerful strategies and tactics that will help you gain a solid understanding of why you do what you do and how to change the patterns that are not working for you – all in 7 minute increments!  family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

.  She shares some great insight in a humorous way about how we waste our time and money and what you can do about it. family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665   If you are looking for creative inspiration, this just might do the trick.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Work With Stephanie « 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World | Main | Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) » Start 2011 off Organized!   [Steph Says: Check out these posts if you want more on how to avoid interruptions.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

Imagine finishing all of your urgent tasks each day and having the freedom to accomplish your highest level goals. He knows how to eliminate frustration, lack of progress, and that downward spiral into overwhelm. He can show you how to make it a thing of the past, once and for all. Imagine the joy of being on top of your work.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 28, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity | Main | Work From Home Mother - How to Organize Your Life and Home to Succeed » Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold (Guest Post: Sheila Zayas) How many times have you had a product idea only to see someone else on a 30-minute infomercial promoting YOUR idea?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

If you change your relationship to time and the way you think about it overall, it becomes easier to align your activities and tasks with your so-called time management goals. Ask yourself everyday, "What is the most important task I can accomplish today that aligns with my goals?" Here's how it works.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 30, 2010

How You Spend Your Time -- Even if you have a work schedule that is determined by someone else, you still have control in what you do in the other hours of your day.    If you want ideas on how to figure that out, check out the special report on Priority Setting. How do you control overwhelm and stress?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Find out how to make it the best ever. Mindset/Focus How To Build A Longer Attention Span [link] (post) -- Chris Edgar shares his technique for building focus.  family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665   Do you hae a favorite planning process? . 

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 8, 2010

If you have an idea on how to improve business practices or department procedures or tasks, tell your supervisor and be sure to put it in writing. If you want to take a course or attend a workshop and management is reluctant to pay for your professional development, outline the value and how it will benefit you as an employee.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 5, 2011

.  This month's magazine is excellent and all focused on how to get the most work done. How to: Give your iPhone a Spring Clean [link] -- OK it is not spring, but the start of the new year is a good time for clean up too. Mom, this is how twitter works. What Have You Read? Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

  But it’s only a tool when you understand where and how it originates, and how to effectively manage it.    Just as you can be conditioned to fear certain things, you can learn how to effectively and powerfully respond to fear in just 5 simple steps.   Yes, fear can be helpful. 15, 2010 ). Shannon Reece.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Be Realistic About What You Can Accomplish There are a slew of different strategies around how to identify the priorities for your day.    The alarm goes off at the same time every morning with the checklist of what I need to do to make my goal a reality.    So, I set a checklist reminder on my iPhone. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The Most Productive Lunch - Weigh in Your Thoughts In our focus for more productivity, you might think this post is about how to use your lunch hour to work more efficiently and get more done.    There are slews of health studies that agree too.  » Are you Sabotaging Your Productivity?   Heck!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Work From Home Mother - How to Organize Your Life and Home to Succeed | Main | Office Organization - 5 Steps to Setting Up Your Core Systems » Life Coaching Tips to Organize Yourself For Success (Guest Post: Natalie Dee) Nothing succeeds like success. Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 8, 2010

Assess the situation and come to a conclusion of how to approach the situation as a calm, cool, and collected individual. Don’t let challenges deter you from your goal. Completing the steps to reach goals gets you to the reward. We need to set short and long term goals in order to complete our goals.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Jill Savage wrote a great piece on how to think about replying when you are asked to do something.  family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Five Strategies That Make It Easier to Say "No" - [link] - Do you over commit? Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

The goal is to get all the papers off your desk and floor and either have them filed away for when you need them again; in a special 'action' folder that you work on during your allotted 'action focus' time; or quite simply tossed! TACKLE the Paper Pile using my super-simple Two-Step System. Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 20, 2010

  The thought was: I had so many different health issues, it was "amazing" that I got anything done.  family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 In fact, I had used those reasons for at least three years!    I wanted more out of life!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

" » "Clean up the Clutter on Your Facebook Newsfeed" » "How to Waste Time and Lose Money Networking" » "Automated Delegation - Good or Bad? It depends on how you implement." family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Answer: Both!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 22, 2010

.  If you don’t lose the weight, you may experience greater health issues.   The logic: If you follow the new exercising/eating plan 80 percent of the time, then you’re 80 percent closer to your goal than the previous day!  Try This Instead: Use the 80/20 rule.    Be “good” for 80 percent of the time. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Tweet How to use this handbook This handbook is not meant to be a step-by-step guide, nor should you adopt all the tips below. I talked about this recently in my post  10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It. See  How to Pare Your To-do List Down to the Essentials. .  One of them is ZenHabits.net. 

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 10, 2009

How to be successful and eco-friendly. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Any receipts can be uploaded by fax, scanned via email or sent to our processing centre and will be processed within 72 hours of receipt.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 21, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity » Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing (Guest Post: Paul Burton) Discussions on "productivity" often focus on leverage or other financial management measurements. Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

  Now, I just need to figure out how to use it." " If you purchase organizing containers and tools without knowing how you are going to use them, it is likely that the containers will become clutter!  family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

How to be successful and eco-friendly. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Learn how to use publishing software and create eye-catching promotional material. Starting a Small Business? Build your own network!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 3, 2010

family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 .  Just comment in the comment section below.    To your success! PS - If you are looking to read some more on this topic, consider getting one of these books. Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

  My process is to go out to each person and find out how to connect with them so that I can thank them for the follow.    Unfortunately, about 50% of the people that follow me do not identify how I can reach them outside of the Cinch platform and cinch does not have a way for me to communicate with one person specifically.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Take care of yourself - you are the only you that you have Get your health in order We hear this all of the time, but it still holds true.  " The foundation of success in life is good health:  that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness.    Need to eat better or exercise more? . 

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under How to.

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