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Tips for Saying “No!” the Nice Way

Stephanie LH Calahan

I Can't But Let Me Refer You to Someone Who Can. Professionals do this all of the time when they refer a client to a colleague. ” the Nice Way appeared first on Business Growth Solutions for Service-Based Entrepreneurs - Stephanie LH Calahan and copyrighted to Stephanie LH Calahan. The point is, you are not available.

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Matt Richtel’s New Book Explores the Emotional Balance Between Creativity and Stability

Success

I refer here to the D-words. Examples abound from history where a new idea that would ultimately become accepted as highly relevant, even brilliant, was initially received as noxious. _. Copyright © 2022 by Matt Richtel. Does it have anything to do with you? There’s the big D-word, Doubt. Then there’s the little D-word—disgust.

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Long Away, Not Dead.Yet!

The Marq

Every time I open up the post in Google Docs, I either draw a blank, realize there are other things I want to add, or I’m overwhelmed with how much I still have to write, rewrite, omit or even other resources I want to reference. Copyright(c) 2017 TheMarq.com. Anywhoooooo, it’s still not done. He certainly inspires me to be.

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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

The encoding stage refers to the process of putting information into memory. The storage stage refers to retention or maintaining information in memory. The retrieval stage refers to recovering information from memory. Get hooked on mnemonics. Mnemonic devices boost memory through associations.

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GTD and Information Security

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Let’s take that as example to illustrate how GTD can help in securing information (we can practically apply the following illustration to any piece of data that we deal in the office). NO – Trash or Keep as Reference. Reference – We usually need supporting documents to accomplish certain tasks.

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How to be of More Value to Your Boss

Ian's Messy Desk

For example, Dr. William Harvey made medical history by explaining how the circulatory system worked: He likened the heart to a pump and gave himself a new frame of reference—and from that he understood blood vessels as part of a unified pumping system. (2) Your calm demeanor will lower everyone’s stress level.

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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!