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These 4 Small, Consistent Changes Helped Me Reach My Potential

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If I have any thoughts about what I need “future me” to do, I write them down on a piece of paper (or text file on my laptop) and push it out of my mind. It’s fantastic that you’re feeding your mind with articles like this and spending time learning how to reach your potential. Photo by hedgehog94/Shutterstock.

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5 Tips for Using Your Time Wisely

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Learn to say no. You file the notes, write the thank-you cards, make the phone calls. This article was published in January 2017 and has been updated. At the breakfast table, concentrate on the family. Wherever you are, be there. Don’t be somewhere else. Give whatever you’re doing the gift of attention. It’s just minor stuff.

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Core Administrative Skills Always Need Improving

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If you still use hard file folders, purchase some pretty, fun folders. Believe it or not, I still use a follow-up system that I learned as an executive assistant in my 20s. It is the 41-day file folder system. I have not found a more useful, efficient system for my hard copy notes, papers and files.

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The 43 Folders Method (Paper System)

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Keep the daily files in front, beginning with the file for tomorrow’s date. The files that follow all represent the rest of the days of the month in the correct order (12 through 31). Behind the “31” file is the folder for the next month. For example, if the current month is October, the next file is November.

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Spring Cleaning For Office Professionals

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P urge files; clean up computer files. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. If you’d like to learn more about our Blog-A-Thon you can do so here. I thought I’d keep this bonus blog on the lighter side. With the onset of spring, now would be a good time to do a little cleanup. Here are a few ideas.

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

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This smart app even “learns” your schedule and adapts to your busy and available times. Cloud-Based File Storage: Tired of attaching documents to emails and relying on track changes to keep up with multiple people editing the same files? Update, backup, and share files with your executive and team – no flash drives needed!

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How to Reignite Your Enthusiasm for Work

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Switch up the location of your computer, your phone, and your work-in-progress files. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. If you’d like to learn more about our Blog-A-Thon you can do so here. Try this and see how it feels: Remove all the clutter from your space and re-evaluate why it’s there. Reconnect with Your Value.

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