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19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Don't Want To.

Stephanie LH Calahan

By using labels in combination with filters, I am able to automatically sort and label (file) most of my e-mail before it arrives in my in-box. I'll read and delete and save those of interest in a file. What remains in your in-box is actionable items, not filing. File the e-mail, either in a folder or saved as a document. -

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Start the New Year off with a New Focus on Your Personal Affairs.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Here are a few tips to get started: Set up a filing system to store and manage your paperwork Your paperwork likely consists of three types of paper:  1) stuff you need to take action on 2) stuff you are saving for reference and 3) stuff that you should have tossed a long time ago, but haven't.    Avoid backlog. 

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Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You

Stephanie LH Calahan

For example, write all tasks related to recruitment on blue cards and items related to resident evaluations on red cards. For example, after receiving an e-mail request, don’t let it sit in your in-box until you remember or miss the deadline. “At the beginning of the day, put your cards in order, with the most important item on top.

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High Performers Versus Low Performers - 7 Ways to Tell the Difference

Stephanie LH Calahan

Below are seven examples to help you do that. For each example, note that the operative word is "positively." " High-Performers "make positive" contributions, Low-Performers "do not make positive" contributions. Feel free, but please give me proper credit and let me know so that I can thank you!

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Group Similar Tasks Together for Awesome #TimeManagement

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Example 1: If you need to do creative activities in your work like writing, put like activities together.  Example 2:   Do you have a litany of sales and prospecting calls to do?    The transitions become smoother. You gain momentum as you perform similar tasks and in some instances actually speed up! 

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Life Coaching Tips to Organize Yourself For Success - Productive.

Stephanie LH Calahan

You can file and label the files with appropriate titles; throw or give away unwanted things. You may also find it useful to hold a de-briefing session with yourself, colleagues or family after important events - for example, after an eventful meeting or at the end of an unusual day. Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention - Productive.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  This means that if you weigh 200 pounds, for example, then you need to drink 100 ounces of water a day.  Use your 5-10 minute file Do you keep a 5-10 minute file ?    This is a file that you have that contains activities that would only take 5 to 10 minutes to complete. 

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