Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 2 Measures of effective productivity systems… Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 30, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I few years ago, when asked for my best productivity tip, I posted, use the system that works for you. Thanks for visiting!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Retrieve Your Files With Ease By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you have quite a bit of filing to do? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer.

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Success

MARCH 4, 2024

In this post, we’ll dive into books that speak to the three following categories: Books on personal habits, attitudes and approaches Mental health and work books Books for entrepreneurs Books for managers and founders Read on to discover 45 of the best professional development books. If that sounds like you, this is a must-read.

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Success

JANUARY 8, 2024

This Apple-only app offers comprehensive tracking systems to monitor good and bad habits, helps you set up SMART goals and provides charts and graphs to see your progress over time. But if you only need a way to check off that you went for a daily walk, you might not need (or want to pay for) all the premium features. per month, $29.99

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - First of all, there is not a perfect tool or a perfect system.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Building a successful long-term profitable business isn't about "marketing" your business, it's about "managing" your business - the marketing comes once you have your management systems in place. CREATE your paper-based filing system.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 8, 2010

Poor Management System Do you feel as though your company does not value you as an employee? or a Poor Management System is condition that embodies many companies due to economic times, change in company practices, and company personnel. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! 5 Steps to Meal Planning Success | Main | Productivity and Organization Link Lineup » 10 Reminder Systems for You To Consider Do you have difficulty remembering important dates?  Great reminder system. What reminder systems do you use? 

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. Tools of the Trade Familiarize them with the essential programs and platforms used by the company (project management, file management, internal communications, virtual meeting platforms, etc.), Think back to the last time you started a new job.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 19, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   I love her article because productivity is not always about doing more work.    I love her article because productivity is not always about doing more work.    Have you written any great articles on organizing and productivity? 

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All Things Admin

APRIL 5, 2022

Administrative Professionals Week (April 24 – 30, 2022) is an excellent time to show your admin team how much you appreciate their hard work and dedication, especially as they have weathered the global health crisis of the past couple years. It may include file folders, spiral notebooks, pens, and sticky notes. Care packages.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 4, 2010

Friday, June 4, 2010 Increase Productivity with Keyboard Shortcuts Try these keyboard shortcuts to increase productivity time, and decrease the time it takes to complete tasks. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Lets grow together!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Clean Out Your Files It’s easy for your cabinets and folders to become overstuffed with outdated paperwork, so it’s important that you take time once a year to purge the old and make room for the new. Start with your reference, client, and financial files.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers | Main | 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life » Tips to Go Almost Paperless "Steph, do you have some ideas for how I can go paperless?  400 Gigs Gone!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « You Can Steal Time Back From Email | Main | Increase Your Positive Energy and Productivity by Being Thankful » Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention "I just can't focus Stephanie.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 10, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! 5 Steps to Meal Planning Success » My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action Do you have a theme for 2011?   2011 = DECISIVE PRODUCTIVE ACTION     Your Thoughts Are The Catalist “Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? » 12 Business Productivity Tools They Can Not Live Without! It houses so much more than a file index.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Yet, we try to do it all of the time by putting systems in place that don’t match our personal or our organizations’ styles. There are some that think that one system should work for everyone.  "  That means you don't have good systems.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! We May Not Have Heard From You » Personal Productivity & Organizing Link Lineup There is some fantastic content out on the web and I often have clients and readers ask me what I have found.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   Do you hae a favorite planning process? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! » Are you Sabotaging Your Productivity? 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.  What do you think? 

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BMT Office Administration

MAY 31, 2022

Such a management system utilizes information technology to organize and store records in electronic form. The benefits of electronic recordkeeping systems. Many serve as supporting evidence when the company files taxes or gives reports to other federal agencies. Avoiding productivity loss. Reducing manual workload.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 19, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You | Main | Manage Your Time More Effectively by Using the Right Calendar for You (guest post @TimeMgmtWriter) » If You Want to be Productive, Dont Focus on the Rock!   Often it is both.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If your desk harbours mounds of papers, books, files and personal accessories, you may be adding unnecessary stress to your day. An organized desk — at school, home, or in your private office — will help you relax and become more productive. Set up a good filing system. Thanks for visiting! Use a daily planner.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Your Priorities - Take the Quiz and See How You Do | Main | If You Want to be Productive, Dont Focus on the Rock! thanks @thinkglobally) » Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You We all have them.    The big TO DO list. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « There is an App for That -- Productivity Apps for iPhone and Android | Main | Listen to Productivity and Organization Tips - Steph Has Started Audio #Cinch Casting » You Can Make a Difference in YOUR Productivity in 7 Minutes!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Your response is crucial to the success of the system, so set up a system that you will actually use!  Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World Do You Hate Your To-Do List?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   They do not have systems for handling their most important areas of life.    Then use the system.    This system is the perfect location to store all of the bills you have yet to pay.   Then use the system.  Link Lineup!

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 22, 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010 Miscommunication, Misfiled, and Misplaced = Misrepresentation A work day consists of filing, answering phones, greeting visitors, and a host of communication efforts with coworkers, supervisors, and customers, plus other duties and responsibilities that can get overwhelming. Lets grow together!

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Productivityist

MARCH 17, 2021

It’s the only stress management system of its kind, clinically proven in over 1 million sessions to improve your sleep, reduce your stress and boost your recovery without drugs and side effects. It’s imperative to your health and happiness to be able to manage stress and not be managed by it. This episode is sponsored by NuCalm.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Today I'll share the experience and the interview on the topic of productivity. The Conversation Was On Productivity I'm Twitterviewing @ StephCalahan (Stephanie LH Calahan) of Calahan Solutions, Inc. Stephanie, your bio says you’re a productivity consultant.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action | Main | 10 Reminder Systems for You To Consider » Stephanie Hosts Jill Hively: What’s for Dinner? Archive Network with Steph Is This You?    The Details WHAT : What’s for Dinner?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! 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.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   For examle, I send messages on organization and productivity, but I occasionally will send updates on gratitude or something that happened to me that day.   This allows me to not have to remember two different systems. Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 20, 2010

Find urgent computer files faster by starting file names with numbers. That ensures that they will be at the top of your list of files. Instead of jumping up every time you have work to deliver, stow it in an expandable file with slots organized by department. Cut down on steps. Comments No comments yet.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Home About Me Advertise A Better Cup of Coffee to be More Productive! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 29, 2007 Filed Under: Productivity D o you feel like you need a coffee fix every day? This is actually good for your heart and has many health benefits as well.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Productivity in Bite Sized Pieces - Weekly #Cinch Audiocast Review | Main | Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention » You Can Steal Time Back From Email A few days ago I received an email from a reader. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 29, 2012

But deep down inside, if you feel like getting rid of some clutter would help you to be more productive, here’s where to start:   1. Make sure that you have enough drawers to adequately file and store paperwork, in addition to all the tape, staples, sticky notes, etc… that might be lying around scatter-shot.   3.

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