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Make the Most of Your Business Downtime This Summer

Step It Up VA Coaching

Catch up on your filing. Create (or update) your policies and procedures manual. But don’t forget your PC – go through and eliminate unused files. Turn your current articles into ebooks. Get those info-products up for sale on your site – those ebooks and teleclass recordings. Organize your folders.

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Make the Most of Your Business Downtime This Summer

Step It Up VA Coaching

Catch up on your filing. Create (or update) your policies and procedures manual. But don’t forget your PC – go through and eliminate unused files. Turn your current articles into ebooks. Get those info-products up for sale on your site – those ebooks and teleclass recordings. Organize your folders.

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Make the Most of Your Business Downtime This Summer

Step It Up VA Coaching

Catch up on your filing. Create (or update) your policies and procedures manual. But don’t forget your PC – go through and eliminate unused files. Turn your current articles into ebooks. Get those info-products up for sale on your site – those ebooks and teleclass recordings.

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7 Tips for Decluttering Your Desk

Ian's Messy Desk

If your desk harbours mounds of papers, books, files and personal accessories, you may be adding unnecessary stress to your day. Set up a good filing system. Colour–coded files are especially helpful — they show you at a glance where something should go. Put items that must be looked at in a special folder or file.

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How to exorcise your demons of disorganization

Ian's Messy Desk

Manage paper effectively – Barbara Hemphill, author of The Paper Tiger, offers the FAT principle for paper burden: file it, act on it, or toss it. Reference Files: store in a convenient location close to your desk. Archive Files: store in a filing cabinet or an off-site location. Keep the office door closed.

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Manage Your Paper With a RAFT

Ian's Messy Desk

Files can be kept in open piles on a desk or in folders, according to your style. Use the RAFT template: refer it, act on it, file it or toss it. File it, if necessary. Eighty percent of filed papers are never looked at again. If the amount is small, three times a week may do. Act on it immediately.

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8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk

Ian's Messy Desk

Sort – everything into boxes/containers according to what needs to be done: file , shred, recycle , refer, toss, etc. Process the paper – take the items you sorted into boxes and put them where they belong: filing, your tickler or reading folder or delegate/refer to a more appropriate person, etc.

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