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6 Things to Do before Unplugging for the Weekend

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Review next week’s calendar before leaving work on Friday. Review your calendar for Monday, so you have a head start on the week. Link to an awesome article or video on your website so people can check it out while they wait. I have increased traffic on the weekends because my away message drives emailers to my latest posts.

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How to Make Reading Part of Your Daily Routine

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Make time for reading by putting it on your calendar. Reading is no harder to achieve than your weekly conference call if you schedule it on your calendar and take it just as seriously. I’ve found that things that don’t make it onto my calendar typically don’t get accomplished. —Rahim Charania, American Fueling Systems 2.

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10 Ways to Finish Your Year Strong

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As a solopreneur, there is no better way to scale your efforts than email marketing. To entice people to subscribe, try offering an ebook, free trial or webinar in exchange for their email address. Read: The Solopreneur’s Guide to Email Marketing. This week, block out time on your calendar for rest. Grow your list.

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Stay on Track for Productivity

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You can mark these blocks on your email calendar—Microsoft Outlook or Google Calendar, for instance—so it sends you reminders to stop and start. A huge time-suck for home-based workers and entrepreneurs is checking and responding to emails. This article was published in May 2013 and has been updated.

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Optimize Your Life With 10 of Our Favorite Apps

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SimplyWise : Available in the Apple App Store, SimplyWise is designed to help users record expenses by scanning and uploading paper receipts and saving email receipts. Structured : This is a visual calendar you can download from the Apple App Store. You can use it to save recipes, make meal plans and create grocery lists.

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Hustle Culture Is Over. Slow Productivity Is the Way to Meaningful Work

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Slowing down the timelines on which I tackle big projects, such as writing books or major articles, has massively reduced the stress in my life. Visible productivity’s origins started much before that, when work shifted from using our talents to do a job, to completing all the tasks “around” work, such as that never-ending email inbox.

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Organize Your To-Do List into These 4 Categories

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The more detailed my calendar, the more prepared and focused I am. I often find myself pulled in too many directions, reacting to phone calls, email and other stuff that pops up. This article was published in July 2017 and has been updated. Committing my priorities to words focuses me mentally.

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