Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 31, 2010

In no time, we’ll be into the annual holiday season. Here are links to Christmas and holiday related posts at Ian’s Messy Desk. Start Your Christmas Planning in August – Organized Christmas has a Holiday Grand Plan. Writing the perfect thought or holiday letter will make your Christmas greetings memorable.

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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. To reduce holiday stress this year, create a holiday checklist to make the season go smoothly. Take a stock of your pantry and fill it up with necessary items.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Today, I’m giving up my Monday spot in honour of Laura Vanderkem, the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think. If you’re like many of us, you send out an end-of-year letter with your Christmas holiday cards. You can research that community college open house and make time on your schedule to show up.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Read: The Best To-Do List You’ll Ever Make Crumple up your to-do sheet and throw it away. Do the third task. Cross it off. There is something very satisfying about cross ing off to-do’s and tossing the completed list. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

We expend energy rushing through the day trying to keep up with ourselves. Drop those lesser priorities, which do not advance you towards reaching you goal(s). List #3 – Goals and plans Avoid Distractions and Lack of Focus. Tips for making best use of your time: Post visual reminders about your goals and objective.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

You don’t fire up PowerPoint and start creating slides. The audience is giving up work or personal time to listen to you, but it’s because you’re going to have something to say. When Preparing for Public Speaking The boss e-mails and says you are going to be training employees on the features of the new software roll-out.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 25, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Total up the number of times you answer yes and see below. 2) Do I have goals and a plan to meet them? Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Complete this short self-evaluation checklist to assess your time-management skills. Yes No 1) Is managing my time a priority for me?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 21, 2010

Lighten up… if you can – Humour can go a long way to keeping the listener’s attention. Make sure it’s worth saying – Record your speech and play it back. After each key point, ask yourself, “does anybody care?” If the answer is “no”, change what you will say. However, if you can’t tell a joke or aren’t particularly funny, skip it.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

You don’t want papers to build up to the point where you look at it and you get discouraged. The easiest way to avoid that is to keep up to date. If you do keep stuff, keep it in a way so that it doesn’t jam up your life and you can find it again. If the amount is small, three times a week may do.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

With increased commercial activity during the holiday season of the year, it is a good idea to be extra careful to guard againstidentity theft. Follow up with creditors if bills don’t arrive on time. Six of the tips are for consumers and the other six for merchants. Six points for consumers : Ask how personal information (eg.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 18, 2010

Try a “pick-me-up&# – Listen to high-energy music, so long as it doesn’t disturb co-workers or workflow. Are you staying up too late at night, watching television in bed or do you have a sleep disorder. Schedule tasks appropriately – After lunch is not the best time to read the long, lulling policy eport.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Too many objects add to the clutter and eat up valuable work space. Set up a good filing system. Don’t allow things to pile up. Be reasonable about what you really need to keep out. Don’t go overboard with personalization. Use a daily planner. Transfer all your notes and personal reminders to one, organized place.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

The Quotations page ( pop-up alert ) – The oldest quotation site on the Web, with more than 25,200 quotations from over 3,000 authors. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software gift ideas furniture shipping Portland Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 14, 2010

In the run-up to the launch we worked closely with some of our favorite blogs and publications to launch the new Notebooks category. Not only is it, in essence, an app store for Evernote, it is a place to distribute content to users.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 12, 2010

Louis found that people who sleep after storing a memory end up following through on their intentions much more effectively than people who jump right in without sleeping. New research suggests, when planning for tomorrow’s to-do’s, sleeping on it will make you more likely to get things done. Researchers at Washington University in St.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 2, 2010

Don’t: Don’t give up right away if your protégé initially resists your help. .� Be prepared for the relationship to end. The successful protégé -mentor cycle requires that the protégé move on and the relationship either ends ortakes a different form. They may not recognize the value of what you have to offer.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 20 March, 2010 Admin Buddies I like to have someone at work that I can buddy with. .© It is also amazing how much we pick up from our co-workers during the day.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 5, 2010

I work to understand the underlying causes for procrastination, then come up with strategies to overcome them. I am happy to realize I set a goal ten weeks ago, to write a series on procrastination, and have followed through on that commitment! I recognize that procrastination is a habit.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 5 April, 2010 When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

This handbook automatically leaps ahead of other Notes/GTD options available as it takes you through setting up a GTD system using a basic Notes installation; no need for add-ons to make it work. A 35 page step-by-step manual for optimizing Notes as a personal productivity tool.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I set goals and visualize accomplishing them. Add up the total points and check scoring after the jump: 38 – 45 High self-esteem. Rate each of the questions on this four-point scale: 3 = always 2 = more than half the time 1 = Occasionally 0 = Never I feel comfortable when I am set apart from the group. I share credit with others.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 14, 2010

Those personal distractions can eat up a lot of time. Just write down for a day every little thing that distracted you and whichever one took up the most time get rid of that first. Turn off the television – there’s not much worth watching anyway. Block interruptions – close the office door. Let the telephone go to the voice mail.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2010 Wheres the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 27, 2010

The process of thinking up the images and making the connection will fix them into your memory. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software gift ideas shipping furniture Miami Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 26, 2010

Suck it up. It can be as simple as going to a new restaurant for supper, but more likely to be as terrifying as taking up sky-diving. Follow these four steps and pretty soon you’ll unleash your creative thinking and making others sit up and take notice. Creativity leads to more creativity. Learn from the example of others.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 5 June, 2010 Playing nice in the sandbox When I was younger I had a bicycle with a chain that would skip a link after about ten pedals and then it would fall off. " Warning!

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 9, 2010

The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software stock gifts - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc shipping furniture Houston Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house. Find ways to express yourself through your strengths.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

Planning really enables focus, and saying “No&# frees up time to actually do what was planned. Which is the most valuable? I think that (1) make a daily plan and (6) learn to say “No&# are two that stand out. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 28, 2010

Test you telephone skills with this simple quiz: How quickly should you pick up a ringing phone? Set up your voice mail to answer after the third ring. Get the information up front. While forms of technology are making inroads into the communication process, the telephone is still an important source of contact with people.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets By using the template I was able to accomplish everything with enough time to change, touch up my make up and hair and then off to the next event. 411 Look Up 411.ca Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 13 February, 2010 Dealing in real time. I’m a visual person so it really helps me to plan my way to my goal. Lets enjoy our day together.© That I can track.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 20, 2010

Instead of jumping up every time you have work to deliver, stow it in an expandable file with slots organized by department. You’ll be able to resume your work much faster than from a cold start. Find urgent computer files faster by starting file names with numbers. That ensures that they will be at the top of your list of files.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 October, 2009 A twelve step program to survive as an Admin My grandson has started walking. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 28, 2010

In their book, Listen Up : How To Improve Relationships, Reduce Stress , Barker and Watson say that trying to top the other person’s story is one of those irritating habits that interferes with our ability to listen well. as if the listener has made up his mind. while pointing to his wooden leg. Saying, “Yes, but.,”

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Or, you have someone you need to follow-up with on November 22nd. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software buy one share of stock - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc shipping furniture - is easy with ShipSmart because we provide fast on-line estimates.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Closing up your body profile—becoming smaller—looks like you lack confidence. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. A n open posture – Keep an open body position.

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