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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Tips and Tools You Can Use In the same way we exercise our muscles to keep fit, we have to continue to train our brain to maintain its efficiency over time. 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.

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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. Write in pieces. Just ask Nabokov.

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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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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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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! Not from a ‘Hey, people listen to me, I should sound like I know what I’m talking about’ train of thought; it’d probably be more to do with ‘Oh god, can I really do this? I’m writing!”

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