Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Check out this great tool » Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out There are many ways to manage your time and activities.  What is your favorite planning/calendar tool and why? What is your favorite planning/calendar tool and why? Of all the calendar tools I know, this one handles tasks the best.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2017

Physical clutter can damage your health. In a study done by the University of California Los Angeles, women who described their houses as cluttered, disorganized, disordered, or haphazard had daily patterns of the stress hormone cortisol that are normally associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic fatigue, and early mortality.

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On The Job

MAY 23, 2018

If you're like most people, you will still check your email (this is why smartphones were invented, right?) You tell yourself you're doing this because it's easier to keep up with some work while you're away and then not face an avalanche of emails when you return. Daddy needs to finish this email to his work!" You need to: 1.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 9, 2024

Without it, burnout, strained relationships, and declining mental health become potential hazards, eroding the very foundation of a successful and fulfilling life and putting the executive’s ability to perform in the workplace at risk. Allowing a busy executive uninterrupted business and personal time has a ripple effect in the workplace.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.    Multiple studies on business productivity will tell you that huge amounts of time are wasted on email.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

While you may find a couple of quiet days around the holiday, the rest of December can be quite stressful. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Parties, concerts, shopping, visiting all add to an already full schedule. Don’t feel you have to do everything.

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On The Job

JULY 10, 2012

I had never tried meditation until a few years ago, when personal and professional stresses were giving me insomnia and constant headaches. It took me a few weeks to really see the payoff of meditation, but after a while I began to feel less stress. At first, I was impatient to get results. "OK, OK, I'm breathing, dammit," I'd think.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Have a Centralized Calendar. A family calendar can help you track what is going on for all family members. Back-to-school adds a whole new layer of commitments and stresses on top of the things that regularly need to be done. They don’t want to think about school a day earlier than necessary.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

2) Be a stress-buster Your stress level is directly correlated to the boss’s stress level. But you can put a plan in place that will reduce your boss’ stress and, therefore, your own. Your boss will see you are saving her time and see you as a stress-reducer. Your calm demeanor will lower everyone’s stress level.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 12, 2021

Far too much rests on your shoulders to let calendar planning, telephone calls, travel booking, and other administrative responsibilities interfere with your performance. With tools such as email, voicemails, and mobile devices, you may wonder whether personal assistants are worth the cost. But how much does a personal assistant cost?

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 31, 2010

A Christmas Planning Checklist for November – One of the best ways to reduce the stress of holiday planning is to spread it over a number of months or even throughout the year. Advent Calendar Resources On-line – November 28 marks the start of the Advent season. Here are 10 gift ideas in small packages.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

If you want to reduce the stress associated with the holiday season, get an early start on holiday planning. Then December comes along and your stress level is higher than a mountain climber hanging off a cliff by his fingertips. To reduce holiday stress this year, create a holiday checklist to make the season go smoothly.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

List #1 – The weekly calendar. Emotional blocks – boredom, daydreaming, stress, guilt, anger and frustration reduce concentration. When you enjoy what you are doing, it reduces stress. When stress is reduced, you work more efficiently. 3) Define Your Priorities Using the 3-List Method. Time is precious.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Unfortunately, our calendars and to-do lists often get in the way of common sense. Where you live, how much money you make, your job title and even your health have surprisingly small effects on your satisfaction with life. Develop strategies for coping with stress and hardships. Count your blessings. Take care of your body.

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 16, 2010

Enhancing your worklife will increase productivity, reduce stress, and maintain focus on job tasks. Organization means implementing an appropriate filing system (electronically and paper) and utilizing your task lists and calendar effectively so that you can locate items quickly when needed which increases productivity. Be proactive.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

Imagine starting and ending every day with an empty email inbox. Imagine starting and ending every day with an empty email inbox. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? If you feel overwhelmed by all the work you have on your plate, and pressured because there’s too little time to do it, then.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Schedule = Success My favorite is: There is no tool more useful to me than an electronic calendar (Outlook, ACT, Thunderbird, Google, it doesn't matter what brand.) reminders with alarms that go off, my schedule for every day, even dates a year or two from now, pick up and respond to email. Because: I can put everything in it.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

  Rather than having sticky notes all over your desk for things you want to get done, put the tasks on your calendar.  Develop a process and strategy for how you will schedule your week, day, hour and you will have less stress worrying about getting things done.    Email has inundated us with extra information. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

T hen I just review each night for the next day to make sure I am on task - I take my daily to-dos from my master and I schedule my to-do mistycb   @ StephCalahan using iPhone apps:etodo,calendar & www.hassleme.co.uk/ deusami   @ StephCalahan Trying out a moleskin plan. Notes from all areas of life in the front.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 15, 2009

. “Thought Appropriate Gifts&# One year I got my boss an interchangeable, 3-D calendar to put on her desk. Determine what your boss could really use in the office or home that would either relieve stress or increase their productivity. She is really date and deadline conscientious.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST | Main | Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc.   Read, sort and process your email and snail mail daily.  Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Link Lineup!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

PS -- If you've enjoyed this post and want to see more, why not subscribe to our daily emails ( Feedblitz ) or through the RSS Feed ( click here )?  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   I know your thoughts will help others too. To your success! Are they smarter?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

.  So, the next time you have a project that is important consider the following: Block the time on your calendar. Email is the ultimate distraction that most of us face now.    Try to prevent any incoming email from coming in and bugging you.  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2007

This has created not only many health problems like cardiovascular disease, a weaker immune system, frequent headaches, backache to name but a few, but also social problems in areas like child-care, care for relatives, increase in divorces and other symptoms of a social fabric breakdown. Work-Life Balance 2.0 Well don Interwatch Security!

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 10, 2011

However, what can be a big secret is how successful professionals manage to balance the stress and responsibility of their work life, with the inevitable stress and responsibility of their home life. Blocking out these times on a calendar, turning off the phone and pronouncing ourselves unavailable helps keep any distractions away.

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Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

Access to email means your boss can find you wherever, whenever. I was always on-call, responding to emails within moments of receiving them and handling tasks quickly because I didn’t want to be a bottleneck in productivity. Along with health, time and energy are our most valuable resources. But the burnout hit me hard.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

I stand back, and begin moving notes until the ideas start flowing into easy categories: Blog, Projects, Home, Family, Health - etc. " The playing field of the world is leveling off which means that the competition, pace and stress levels are at maximum. Tame Your Email 1. Thanks to Regina Lark,Ph.D. "Heads Up.

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Jen Lawrence

MARCH 25, 2019

Access to email means your boss can find you wherever, whenever. I was always on-call, responding to emails within moments of receiving them and handling tasks quickly because I didn’t want to be a bottleneck in productivity. Along with health, time and energy are our most valuable resources. But the burnout hit me hard.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

I was stressed out from the pace of work and also the length of a couple of special projects with a long lead time. We also get a mini break when our boss is traveling as the stress level is generally lower and we can catch up on our workload. A week or two ago, it was one of those weeks where my brain just felt tired.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. Personally I prefer askSam and (either way) it takes time and effort to implement but for every hour I put into it, it probably saves me four (and reduces stress). To be more productive, allocate 15 minutes each week. Just a suggestion.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

Right now I just put things on his calendar and order food. For any new readers, I will answer your entire email line by line and explain general information which may or may not apply to you, and give you some things to ponder. Reduce the stress and annoying things in your life to maximize your happiness. Many thanks!

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

You have to subclass Calendars, Time Zones and Time Components if you want to do some fine grained date comparisons. I admit I was incredibly stressed but somehow the stress motivated me. Frustration Level: 80 – The highest ever, because the stress of how the app would be accepted was incredible. Complicated.

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