Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

An organized desk — at school, home, or in your private office — will help you relax and become more productive. Transfer all your notes and personal reminders to one, organized place. Organize your desk drawers. Install drawer organizers. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. as they come in.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Charitable organizations often run gift-wrapping services as a fund raiser. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Get family members involved in shopping, decorating, baking, etc. Don’t feel you have to do everything.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 13, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The following is an excerpt from the book The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. April 2008;$19.95US/$21.99CAN; 978-0-470-25746-3 Copyright © 2008 Steven S. Little Published by Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Why couldn’t that be a leader like you?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Comments Trackbacks Personal Organizer | Ians Messy Desk Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data. Related articles by Zemanta Organizing Your Desk for Increased Productivity (organizedfamilies.com) Put Things in Their Place to Get Organized (ismckenzie.com) How Do You Keep Your Desk Clutter-free? Garbage/recycling bags or box for shredding.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Disorganization is so prevalent in the workplace that the Professional Organizers in Canada estimates a typical office worker wastes 150 hours a year – almost one month – searching for misplaced information. For someone earning $50,000 a year, that translates to a loss of $3,842 a year. Keep the office door closed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 1, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Related Posts: Oral Histories of the First World War Today is Victoria Day Victoria Day Holidays Did you enjoy this post? Comments Trackbacks Canada Rocks!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 15, 2010

Despite an overall increase in volunteerism in Canada, the proportion volunteering for culture and recreation organizations dropped from 32% in 1997 to 22% in 2004. We need family-friendly policies for all workers and more community resources and supports for seniors. “We Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 11, 2010

This is the process we use daily to organize regular tasks: e.g., getting dressed or driving to work. Organizing – Now that those ideas are out of your head and onto paper, start moving them around. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! We go ahead and complete them without much thought.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

The brainy quote – thousands of quotations organized by topic, author and type. Quotelady.com – An old-school style web site focussing on inspirational quotations organized in dozens of categories. Famousquotations.com – quotations, quotes and proverbs. Quotationreference.com – a compendium of quotations.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 5, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Comments No comments yet. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 18, 2010

Schedule tasks appropriately – After lunch is not the best time to read the long, lulling policy eport. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Include protein to boost brain alertness.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Thanksgiving – Wikipedia Related Posts: Happy Thanksgiving Top Thanksgiving Themed Movies Quotations – November 19 Canada , Holidays Did you enjoy this post?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

Lotus Notes is the groupware of choice for my employer and GTD is my system of choice for keeping organized (however poorly implemented). Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Thanks for visiting!

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. Visit the original article at [link]. Keep It Organized. It goes without saying that organization is a key to success in working from home, but there is some nuance to it. Utilize technology to increase organization. Guest Post. Separate Work From Play.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Six points for merchants : Make protection of personal information a company priority; designate someone in your business to coordinate privacy policies and practices. Related articles Privacy and the User Experience (sixrevisions.com) What Ever Happened To Privacy? Comments Hello Ian!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

I have one more tip that I’ve had to learn the hard way: Tell stories – People don’t want to sit through a dry recitation of facts, statistics, policy, etc. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Learn to tell stories.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2010

This depends, of course, on your employer’s policies and project deadlines. If you feel the managers in your organization are clueless about this special week, you may want to forward this Monday Motivator to them. Here is the language we suggest when reprinting Joan’s articles. Copyright © 2010. Avoid talking about work.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2010

This depends, of course, on your employer’s policies and project deadlines. If you feel the managers in your organization are clueless about this special week, you may want to forward this Monday Motivator to them. Here is the language we suggest when reprinting Joan’s articles. Copyright © 2010. Avoid talking about work.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Related articles How to be of More Value to Your Boss (ismckenzie.com) AUGUST Common Boss Types and How to Deal with Them (brighthub.com) Related Posts: 10 Tips for Giving Effective Instructions 10 Tips for Communicating with Employees 5 Ways to Reduce Interruptions Productivity Did you enjoy this post? Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

5) Do I have all the information I need to organize my time effectively? Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Yes No 1) Is managing my time a priority for me? 2) Do I have goals and a plan to meet them?

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta Lest we forget Remembrance Day/Veteran’s Day (ottawastreetdental.ca) Remembrance Day (socyberty.com) Related Posts: Remembrance Day 2007 Top 5 Posts for November 2007 Celebrate the Sixth Day of Christmas Holidays Did you enjoy this post? The War Amps – Les Amput.s It can be viewed in English or French.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 12, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Take a lesson from this research the next time you have a full agenda at work the following day. Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 5, 2010

Over the past ten weeks, I have written a series of posts to comment on the ten points made in this article from Psychology Today. 5 ways to overcome procrastination through self-regulation – Scroll to the bottom of the article to read the ways I work on self-regulation. Thanks for visiting! I am not a psychologist.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels. Participation in family-friendly policies is a career-limiting move. Management will lose control.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I’m sure your e-mail is constantly getting bombarded with e-mails all the time, Nudgemail helps you organize those emails and put “productive procrastination&# into practice: no new workflow no new plugins no new tools Let’s say you have an e-mail in your inbox that you need to respond to, but not until next week.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

The closest she ever came to digital organization was an electronic address book she used until it became too difficult to read the screen. In fact, visiting with mom forces me to be more organized, because she needs to be organized. My mother has never owned a PDA and only in the past year (at 80) started using a computer.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 25, 2010

A leader allows people to use their strengths, creativity and talents for a common purpose in a way that motivates and creates pride in the task or the organization. Related articles What Makes a True Leader? A leader guides, inspires and energizes people to achieve. A leader achieves outcomes through —not at the expense of people.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 18, 2010

For most organizations, e-mail has become the preferred means of communication, both formal and informal. Related articles by Zemanta 30 reviews of E-mailing (rateitall.com) Related Posts: Bits and Pieces November 9 Hacking Email: 99 Email Security and Productivity Tips links for 2006-07-25 Communication Did you enjoy this post?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 14, 2010

Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. It will be interesting to see if users will be able to share and/or sell customized Notebooks in the Trunk. Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Ask for advice Look around and identify those who seem to have their lives productive and organized. Related articles by Zemanta How to get staff to develop a learning plan (deangroom.wordpress.com) 5 Tips to Boost Productivity in a Small or Home Business (brighthub.com) Telecommuting and Productivity (brighthub.com) Get Some Help!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 28, 2010

For many organizations, e-mail has become the preferred means of communication, both formal and informal. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Comments Trackbacks A czy Ty umiesz napisa?

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

That’s why it’s important to position yourself as a valuable employee in your organization. Related articles by Zemanta How to Manage Your Boss (socyberty.com) Related Posts: How to Manage the Rush Jobs 3 C’s To Help Simplify Instructions 33 Unwritten Rules of Management Productivity Did you enjoy this post?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

For example, my work can be categorized into these core groups: (1) writing (articles, my upcoming book) (2) coaching (3) workshop development (4) business development (5) administrative. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.

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