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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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MAY 5, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day | Main | Your Priorities - Take the Quiz and See How You Do » 16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites Today I was out on PC World's web site and found a great article by Robert Strohmeyer.  To your success!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 28, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity | Main | 16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites » Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day Think about this today!  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   What is your 20?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! I then learned that a Twitterview was an interview that was conducted on Twitter using a hashtag (we used #BizProd) to aggregate all of the comments together in one spot where people could follow the conversation. Stephanie, your bio says you’re a productivity consultant.

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Home Contribute to P&O! Clean Out Your Files It’s easy for your cabinets and folders to become overstuffed with outdated paperwork, so it’s important that you take time once a year to purge the old and make room for the new.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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Productive Social Networking-Making the Most of Your Twitter & Facebook Experience - Do You Use Lists?   In addition, you could win an amazing basket of organizing products !  Are You as Productive as You Could Be?

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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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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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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « You Can Make a Difference in YOUR Productivity in 7 Minutes! Main | Personal Productivity, Organization and Mindset #Cinch Podcasts In One Location » Listen to Productivity and Organization Tips - Steph Has Started Audio #Cinch Casting Its a CINCH!

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? Are You as Productive as You Could Be? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Then get in on this giveaway.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! The other day, I sent out a tip update on Twitter: StephCalahan (Stephanie LH Calahan) Lists, notes, alarm clocks, software w/ reminder functionality all are valuable tools to help you stay on task. Are You as Productive as You Could Be? Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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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

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? 

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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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AUGUST 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « The Big Secret to Time Management and a More Fulfilling Life | Main | Productive Social Networking-Making the Most of Your Twitter & Facebook Experience - Do You Use Lists? Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   It is contagious. 

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Overwhelm Busters (my buddies share their best again) | Main | You Can Make a Difference in YOUR Productivity in 7 Minutes!   Fortunately, I recently found a couple of lists that give you the best in productivity for your Android and iPhone!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   My goal is to have them recorded daily during the week and no longer than 10 minutes each so that they are easy for you to listen to.   Or, follow us on Twitter !  Are You as Productive as You Could Be? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!

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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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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! It's a great way to save files and photos on the "cloud." Look Ahead I have found that in order to save time, the last thing I do at night is to "look ahead" By look ahead, I mean that I check my calendar and tickler file for what I have scheduled tomorrow.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « 12 Business Productivity Tools They Can Not Live Without! Main | Steph in the Media » Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? Or are you Non-productive Nancy ? Comments Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? .

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FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways   As you know, this past November I started sharing my tips, tricks and strategy in audio format as well as in writing.  Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways : Comments Rather Listen?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 12, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Main | Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity » 5 Easy Ways Kick-Start Your Daily Personal Productivity As you search for your ultimate personal productivity blueprint, don't forget to think about how you get going in the morning. 

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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

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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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Tips to Go Almost Paperless | Main | Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST » 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life Have you ever had one of those days or weeks where nothing goes as you originally planned?

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Productivityist

MARCH 17, 2021

It’s imperative to your health and happiness to be able to manage stress and not be managed by it. I love reading their time and productivity thought pieces. Aged 13, she’s already published a novel, The Black Sisterhood Files , and writes for Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global. Kristina’s Twitter. Helpful Links.

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MAY 31, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « 16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites | Main | Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You » Your Priorities - Take the Quiz and See How You Do The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Main | Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - However, at its core, productivity results from better workload processing behaviors. So, to increase productivity, we must look at how they are managing the flow of work (and other things) during day. Win a chance at an iPod Touch!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Have you written any great articles on organizing and productivity?  Are You as Productive as You Could Be? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!   Great insights.

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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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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Or, follow us on Twitter !  Are You as Productive as You Could Be? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « 5 Simple Steps to Eliminate Fear and Even Use it as an Asset | Main | 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World » Communication Productivity Tip: Dont Make People Search for You. Are You as Productive as You Could Be?

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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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JANUARY 4, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! You can file and label the files with appropriate titles; throw or give away unwanted things. Are You as Productive as You Could Be? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!

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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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MAY 23, 2018

Also, keep in mind that research shows your down time will make you better at your job because it will recharge your creative juices and improve productivity. If you're always connected, then you're actually hurting your career -- and your health. It's also really sad. Prepare your backup.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! " As a productivity consultant/coach and I have found that clients that practice gratitude are consistently getting more done!    When you focus on the positive things in your life, you are able to concentrate better which ultimately leads to better productivity.

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