ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

And then this too: Later, the phone rang. Hicks, a vice president overseeing marketing and customer operations, explained the need to manage people in different ways, not to intimidate them, and to make them feel comfortable by listening carefully. Mr. Allaire [Xerox’s President] wanted to see her in his office.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   If your business is not effectively organized, it’s costing you money.    Yet, we try to do it all of the time by putting systems in place that don’t match our personal or our organizations’ styles.   There are different organization styles too. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! I have been reading Productive and Organized for some time and the articles and tips are very effective not only for me personally but also for my business.    Not only has my productivity increased with your strategies, but I have also alleviated quite a bit of stress!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! » 7 Tips for Organizing Your Home-Based Business Home based businesses are more than a passing fade.    Getting organized is a challenge for most business owners.    Avoid the seductions of a ringing phone, your email or someone dropping by to visit. 

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Productivity Bits

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. No need to fret, though: If you’re always feeling stressed out and you keep getting the impression that your productivity is weak, this article will help. 1: Use Cell Phone Scheduler / Organizer. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. 2: Outsource mind-numbing tasks.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Check out Increase Productivity: Focus on What You CAN Control - Free Yourself from Feeling Overwhelmed/Stressed Tell me more! Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates!   Keep reading to learn more!

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. F or people who have never done it, working from home often holds the allure of a thing with infinite advantages: no boss, no commute, no annoying coworkers, more freedom, less stress, and so on in a never-ending list of awesomeness. Keep It Organized. Utilize technology to increase organization.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! » Increase Productivity: Focus on What You CAN Control - Free Yourself from Feeling Overwhelmed/Stressed Thanks for dropping by my blog today.  It seems the more people I talk to, the more I hear about stress, frusteration and the inability to concentrate due to overwhelm. 

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Productivity Bits

JULY 6, 2010

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. I cannot stress enough the importance of the To-Do List. Its durability outruns that of any smart phones. Have you ever experienced an instance where you badly need your phone to take some important note but the battery ran out of power? Visit the original article at [link].

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Disorganization is so prevalent in the workplace that the Professional Organizers in Canada estimates a typical office worker wastes 150 hours a year – almost one month – searching for misplaced information. For someone earning $50,000 a year, that translates to a loss of $3,842 a year. Comments Trackbacks Weekly Cheat Sheet! |

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Join me on January 25th at 7:00 pm CST as I host   Jill Hively (Registered Dietitian by trade and Kitchen Organizer by passion). Jill Hively is a Registered Dietitian by trade and Kitchen Organizer by passion. Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 11, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Now that you’re car is empty, it’s time to stock it and organize it for stress-free travel. Here are five easy tips to get you started and to keep your car organized when traveling: 1. We do this by organizing space, information, and time.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? You can find it here: [link] Thanks to Natalie Conrad of Organized Habits 4. Smart Phone!!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! I believe I have created an effective way to stay organized and on schedule while tracking symptoms & medication related to chronic illness.  We also both have android phones and when I add appointments on my phone it syncs online and vice versa.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! If your checked is not greater than your unchecked, fix it tomorrow and see stress diminish. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? A different take on the to-do list.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Our inability to control things causes us to stress out. The thing is – and I cannot stress this enough – you don’t try closing them out but must control them. The open loops can become constant source of stress if not controlled. Visit the original article at [link].

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! By grouping the same type of information, say Tweets about organizing, you are able to focus on one topic at a time.   For examle, I send messages on organization and productivity, but I occasionally will send updates on gratitude or something that happened to me that day.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! "  That was one of the first things she said to me on the phone.  ©Stephanie LH Calahan (AKA StephCalahan) is a dynamic entrepreneur, nationally known speaker, media personality, author, publisher; productivity/organization consultant, and business coach. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 December, 2009 Meetings Plus: Taking them offline I organize a lot of meetings in a day, week, month; heck, even into next year. If the meeting is internal, I send a meeting request, but for external meetings I tend to just confirm with them the meeting details by phone or e-mail.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Life Coaching Tips to Organize Yourself For Success Are you Sabotaging Your Productivity? The Most Productive Lunch - Weigh in Your Thoughts How Do You De-Stress? Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

However, many people run around stressed because they’re saying yes to everybody but themselves. Don’t answer the phone or e-mail. Even if we can use this word with our spouse and children, we still have a hard time saying it to other people. It’s important to learn how and when to say no.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 July, 2010 Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize Time Management Photo from Flickr: Public Domain It’s not always about giving the boss her money’s worth – sometimes, it just feels great to know that work time is being managed well. .©

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 2, 2010

Then, you’re back in the office after a long unplanned break: the message light on the phone is blinking; both your e-mail and hard-copy in-boxes are overflowing; last week’s next actions are now overdue; you staff and my manager all want a piece of you; and you just want to go home a crawl back into bed.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   It is Get Organized Month and now is a great time to focus on your personal affairs.    It is important to learn how to manage your time effectively and get organized so that you can focus on the most important things in your life.  Link Lineup!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! if you suddenly found you were organized again. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Imagine, just for a moment. if it were possible to get yourself back on track.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   The rhizomes are the organism's growth system.    Make sure that as you schedule the activity (appointment on the phone, outside of the office or task you want to get done, etc) with enough time to come to a stopping point.    Let me know. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.  Thanks to Stacey Anderson of Organized Innovations, LLC 2. Do the dump!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 3, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 October, 2008 Working for the Disorganized. The argument could be said that the role of the assistant is to assist and keep your boss organized so we shouldnt complain when we have to do it. I have found the best way to cope is to keep yourself organized. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 6 September, 2008 Going Checklist Crazy I am organizing a Board meeting and I have checklists and to-do lists coming out of my ears. As an aside, pen and paper will suffice if I have to, but you can see that the checklist can help avoid any unnecessary stresses from happening. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 12, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Get Organized and Lose Weight! Motivation: Create a Work Environment that Enhances Your Goals (@GinaParris Video)   Filing So You Can Find it Again Disorganization Equals STRESS! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? What About You?

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 30, 2010

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Bee Said on April 13th, 2010 at 9:54 pm I feel that in reality, it is priority management and organization that is the key. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Not only does this reduce their stress levels, but it also increases the amount of available time for them to dedicate to work. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Here is what some of them said: JaniceSimon Mostly at my desk but feel less stressed when eat lunch away from desk. How Do You De-Stress? Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Need the break!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 4 October, 2008 Kings and Queens of the Office A friend was telling me about an Executive Assistant who has taken on a superior attitude at work and seems to think she is the Queen, looking down her nose on all her subjects, the other assistants. Lets enjoy our day together.© 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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The Marq

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

A gradual diminution in number or strength because of constant stress. This is especially alarming in tough economic times when cost-reduction is a high priority for any organization that wishes to beat out its competition. A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.

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