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Simplify Your Filing System and Retire Your To-File Pile

All Things Admin

When was the last time you made an effort to catch up on your filing? Many times, we struggle with filing because it feels overwhelming, we’re not sure where to begin, or we don’t have an easy system in place. Filing can be inconvenient and time consuming. But there are ways to simplify your filing system. Last month?

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What You Can Learn About Making Decisions From a Baseball Umpire

Success

A crowd of 6,286 fans—mostly young families and high school kids on cheap dates—file in slowly, lining up for all-you-can-eat hot dogs and peanuts, grabbing local craft beer or making their way toward the lazy river just beyond the right field fence. We’re developing and having learning experiences just like the players are.”

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Tailored Procedures Documentation: Tools and Techniques for Every Learning Style

All Things Admin

Whether it’s scribbled notes or complex digital files, the importance of procedures documentation cannot be overstated. One of the more labor-intensive procedures my team and I use covers how we add new courses to our learning management system. But not everyone learns the same way. The procedure is 12 pages long.

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Master Your Memory with Ron White

Success

White learned about the method in college when it helped pull up his GPA. Now imagine taking all the files out of the folders in your computer and dumping them on the desktop. Programs, documents, videos, audio files—you put thousands of stored items randomly on top of each other. Think of your brain in a new way.

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Want to Reduce Digital Distractions? Brain Coach Jim Kwik Shares Strategies for Better Focus

Success

Learning how to deal with digital distractions is really more about training and strengthening that muscle over time. Instead of reaching for your phone in the morning, if you’re learning how to reduce digital distractions, Kwik suggests utilizing a thought experiment instead. “I “The art of success is really the art of attention.”

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

Eat Your Career

When someone is certified, it means they’ve not only demonstrated competence in the relevant material; they’ve also participated in continued learning to stay up-to-date on the topics. Once you earn your degree, you have no obligation to continue learning in that field. Some certifications accept a wide variety of learning activities.

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The Top 5 Things That Were Wise Investments for My Home Business

Tips From T. Marie

Why it was a wise choice: Storing my files in the cloud rather than on a physical hard drive or flash drive makes it easy to access them from my desktop, laptop, iPad, and phone. It’s also super easy for me to share files with others. It’s been crucial in learning how to unplug from work and give myself true down time. #3

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