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The 3-Sentence Email Guaranteed to Get a Response

Success

If your real goal is a phone call, don’t ask, “Could we have a phone call some time?” a good time for me to call your office for a quick 8-minute chat?”. This sentence tells Clargley you respect her time, are willing to do the time-zone math, and all she needs to do is pick up the phone.

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How to Avoid Burnouts While Working at Home

The Marq

My goal for the routine is to get 20% of all activities done that are the most valuable, assuming that 20% gives me 80% of the benefits for achieving what I want (the Pareto Principle - Wikipedia link). These are the tasks that are meant to get me closer to my goals. This is partly to help me focus on my goals, and partly to rant.

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An Elephant Called 'E-mail'

Office Dynamics

My husband just brought me an article he received, E-mail Overload Costs Companies Billions in Lost Productivity. It is especially useful when working with people in different time zones – or if your manager travels frequently. In this article, I am going to address both—opportunities and dangers. Goal/Motive.

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An Elephant Called 'E-mail'

Office Dynamics

My husband just brought me an article he received, E-mail Overload Costs Companies Billions in Lost Productivity. It is especially useful when working with people in different time zones – or if your manager travels frequently. In this article, I am going to address both—opportunities and dangers. Goal/Motive.

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Playing nice in the sandbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Im sure weve all had to deal with people problems at one time or another in our work life -- there is no perfect office. Lets enjoy our day together.© Be sure you are not part of the problem.

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I just recently read an article on it and was surprised when I really paid attention to the messages I was sending myself that some of them were negative. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I wrote the article The Art of Minute Taking and I had only taken minutes a few times about 25 years ago. I have written many articles on my blog on subjects that I knew nothing about. 23, 1 p.m.