Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

i.e. My boss will send an email with a cc to me and on the last line or buried in the message he will write something like “I have copied Patricia to set up a teleconference at a mutually convenient time.&# If you are sent an email with a request to do something either asap or later, did you do it or have you diarized it to do it later?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I wrote an article awhile back called On the Outside Looking In. If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I keep looking forward to new experiences.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

For my readers from other countries, you will note there is a section for foreign dignitaries and if you click on that it will give you the proper form to address just about anyone in the world. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. This is a must-have resource. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

I only use this if I have a form or something that I always want the current date on it. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. If you change your mind later and decide you prefer another format, it is easy to go back and re-set the default in the same way as above. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

All important information, but I knew I couldnt possibly retain much of what I was looking at in one sitting so I started to cheat and flip through a few tabs because I had to sign a form that I read the manual. Thanks for a great article. Here is another article I wrote called The New Kid on the Block that you may find helpful.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

If there are forms that need to filled in and it has a due date in June, I put those forms in the June folder with a bf date on it for a week before it is due. I create a corresponding Task reminder and write something like this: WAITBIN need to prepare form for production by March 23rd. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Food, food and more food If your event requires food the venue will send you a banqet event form and you will need to estimate the amount of food you need. There is value in getting to know people, even if it is just over email or the phone. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Where I used to work we had a Mailroom and I would plunk what I needed in a tray with a form to tell them how I wanted it to turn out and return to get it when it was finished. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am good at some things, but not as confident in other things. For instance, I am horrible at collating.

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workawesome.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Well, these people have probably found that doing some form of brisk exercise for at least 10 minutes will help them be more productive in the afternoon. James Sinclair on the 27th January Reply   Great article Joshua – and here is a way to boost your ALL Day Work Productivity – love what you do!

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Your circle of friends or business partnerships are usually formed by direct interactions. People Are Asking You To Let Them Help You This has happened to me only recently, but I guess in some form it was always there. In the beginning I was getting a thank you email (or comment on the blog, for that matter) once a month.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

You bashed monsters by hitting keys on your keyboard whilst wondering if you could hook up a nodding bird à la Homer Simpson. You’d lose a crucial part of your life (and your income, if your writing forms all or part of your paid work). Writing is a form of communication, and there’s a person on the receiving end.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

Maybe it’s a form of burnout? just recently made an article on that – [link] It was all about Edward´s last blog. When we write in almost a free form and just let it flow, I find that some of our best work is produced. I maximize those as much as I can, and when they strike, I get myself to a keyboard.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. and a typo in a writing article…lol Reply Annemieke ( @Annemieke_C ) June 21, 2010 at 4:12 am I downloaded the natural reader software and it is really easy to use. That also helps me.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

This is where bloggers get a head start: if you have a blog, you have a good reason to put fingers to keyboard on a regular basis. This isn’t just because specialization increases your chances of making a living from your writing – it’s also because it’s easier to improve when you focus on mastering one form.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

It would be much easier to keyboard it but I know it wouldn’t have the same effect as writing it by hand. I do feel much more comfortable with a keyboard than hand though. technical info, scribbles, Venn diagrams) on an article together, it’s simpler to work my way through the mental debris. I get hand cramps!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

One thing that has kept my site traffic up, even when I’ve taken extended vacations, is that I make it easy for people to access my older articles. I make far more advertising income off of older articles than I do from my front page. What follows is me thinking into my keyboard. John Hewitt´s last blog. Has it worked?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Sonya – I do have to admit that most people who email me their resume and quote an English degree tend to have some of the worst writing in the world… Not sure why that is, actually. Go to Building A to procure form D and turn it into person C. Wish I knew. Jenny – I’d been grinning that day, honestly.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

“Here’s another singer or here’s another article…&# Where’s the spice? Just once in a while… I find I have those moments as well, and if you’re not right there with the pen or the keyboard, then you’ve lost it. How different was it for you to write that article versus writing a song?

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