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How to Manage Your Phone Call Mayhem

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Here at Finmouse we use approximately 5 packs of post-its a week, we have an average of 500 plus contacts in our Phone Books, we talk to at least 50 phone contacts a day and probably have to remember 30 to 40 tasks related to those contacts. Post-its pop-up on your phone’s screen instead of your desk. Effective time management.

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6 Ways to Use the Cloud to Boost Your Productivity

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Collaborate More Efficiently Before the cloud, working with other employees on a project could require countless emails and phone calls. The only way to work from home was to spend precious time on the phone or firing off emails. Kayla Matthews is a productivity blogger and calendar-planning enthusiast.

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How to Get Your Work Done, With Less Stress

Productivity Bits

Get off Your Phone The best way to make sure you get work done is to limit all distractions; and your phone is probably the hub of almost all of them. You should never be on your phone at work; unless there’s some kind of emergency. There’s nothing on your phone that’s more important than your work.

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8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk

Ian's Messy Desk

Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data. Remove everything else - pens, stapler, toys, gadgets, phone, monitor, etc. Boxes or storage containers to use for sorting.

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Why You Should Plan To Burn Out

Productivity Bits

Phone calls. Kayla Matthews is a productivity blogger and calendar-planning enthusiast. Please grab my free productivity ebook! Assignments. Some days the demands of the job seem never-ending. A hectic day now and then is manageable. String too many together, though, and you risk burnout. How do you spot it?

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Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

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If you’re not an audiobook fan, you can always grab the paperback or eBook. DON’T CHECK YOUR EMAIL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING I hate to admit it, but I’m guilty of this far too often: As soon as I wake up in the morning, I grab my phone, check my email, and clear out my inbox. You could call it Email FOMO (fear of missing out).

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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Think you can successfully study the details of a report while talking on the phone and reading your horoscope? So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus. Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. Stay organized. Get hooked on mnemonics.

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