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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus. Stay organized. Many people overlook this crucial step and end up missing important appointments, deadlines or details. Stay active.

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7 Tips Pros Use To Get Words on the Page

Men With Pens

Many writers hit the keyboard for set periods of time. Oates is a Princeton professor as well as an author so, when she needs to be in class, she puts in a 45-minute stint before breakfast. But beware: If she doesn’t need to be in class, breakfast may be at 2 pm. .” Write for time. Just ask Nabokov. Write out loud.

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 14 February, 2009 Just a secretary. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! Lets enjoy our day together.© Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 December, 2009 Office Confidential: Just for fun to start your New Year off with a laugh These are excerpts from a presentation I gave to my local International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) Chapter dinner meeting. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Writing Rush | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

so that I can capture ideas when away from pen and paper (or keyboard and screen). Perfectionism, pirates, and a free marketing class Reply Stacey Cornelius ( @thestudiosource ) January 15, 2010 at 10:20 am And now I have “Tom Sawyer&# stuck in my head. How “great” are these great ideas? Stacey Cornelius´s last blog.

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Why You Don't Need to Mimic Someone Else's Fame | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It’s fun, but it’s not like I sit at my keyboard, occasionally throwing my arms into the air and squealing, “Wheeeeeee! I had the book deal come up out of nowhere, my son started walking, my blog exploded, I started teaching kettlebell classes, my job changed… something had to go. . “That’s what I want.” I’m writing!”

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Look at the names of the classes you chose to take. Figure out what interested you most about every single class you ever took. I never thought about the idea of going back and looking specifically at the classes that I loved. I also took classes in journalism photography, linguistics and art) Am I a broadcaster?

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