Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Starting October 24, 2010—we’re already a couple of days behind—the goal of the plan is to have all your Christmas organizing completed by the first weekend in December. By breaking Christmas preparations down into small, easy-to-take steps, the Countdown gives you a holiday head-start for a stress-free Christmas season.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 5, 2016

You won’t stress out as much about finishing. The primary goal is to change your environment from workplace to anywhere else. When you start feeling stressed, overworked, underappreciated and exhausted, steer in another direction. Please grab my free productivity ebook! Thank you for subscribing! Thank You! ~

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

While you may find a couple of quiet days around the holiday, the rest of December can be quite stressful. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Parties, concerts, shopping, visiting all add to an already full schedule. Don’t feel you have to do everything.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

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. Emotional blocks – boredom, daydreaming, stress, guilt, anger and frustration reduce concentration. It’s easy lose sight of long-term goals.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

The people leader role can also be stressful. Burnout is a state of physical, mental or emotional exhaustion caused by long-term exposure to stress. As well, it’s always a good idea to budget more time and resources to a project than you think is necessary to lessen the stress of unexpected setbacks. Set boundaries. Get support.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

2) Be a stress-buster Your stress level is directly correlated to the boss’s stress level. But you can put a plan in place that will reduce your boss’ stress and, therefore, your own. Your boss will see you are saving her time and see you as a stress-reducer. Your calm demeanor will lower everyone’s stress level.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 16, 2010

Anxiety is a natural state that exists any time we are under stress. Giving a presentation normally causes stress. Almost everyone experiences some stress before presentations, even when the speech is as simple as, “tell the group something about yourself.” Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If your desk harbours mounds of papers, books, files and personal accessories, you may be adding unnecessary stress to your day. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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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. Then December comes along and your stress level is higher than a mountain climber hanging off a cliff by his fingertips. To reduce holiday stress this year, create a holiday checklist to make the season go smoothly.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

How do you measure your progress other than just finishing the pursuit of the 50,000 word goal. If simply finishing is your goal, then yeah, have a beer. Once you fess up to that unspoken goal, everything changes. Because your publishing dream (again, very much like being a parent) is a serious and worthy goal.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Back-to-school adds a whole new layer of commitments and stresses on top of the things that regularly need to be done. Comment by Donald McKenzie on July 6, 2007 @ 10:21 am I am not looking forward to another school term but I’ve found planning and organising early always works best and reduces the stress for the whole family.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 14, 2010

Be careful what you say in stressful situations. I work in a call center and sometimes the stress of the job alone is enough to keep you on the edge. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Speak up : Greet you co-workers as you meet them through the day.

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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. 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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Don’t let the stresses of life control you. If you’re not eating properly, or your muscles are tight from too much time in one position, or your stress level is rising, your productivity will decrease. Take a 10 minute nap or a short walk to relieve stress. You need to take control of your life. Take a break.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 21, 2010

Some people view time management as a list of rules around scheduling of appointments, goal settings, planning, to do lists and prioritizing. There are six areas in your life that can be improved through effective time management: The physical – being healthy with less stress and fatigue. The career – your calling and work.

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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. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Even if we can use this word with our spouse and children, we still have a hard time saying it to other people.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Powerful Results come from taking baby steps, one after another, day after day, until you reach your goal. Elusive Goals instead of Do-able Goals An elusive goal is “save $5 thousand for down payment for a house”. A do-able goal is “save $100 every week for one year, beginning this week.”

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Develop strategies for coping with stress and hardships. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Getting plenty of sleep, exercising, stretching, smiling and laughing can all enhance your mood in the short term. There is no avoiding hard times.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 31, 2010

A Christmas Planning Checklist for November – One of the best ways to reduce the stress of holiday planning is to spread it over a number of months or even throughout the year. 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

JUNE 9, 2010

Work on difficult jobs first, or at a time when you’re at peak performance, saving the less stressful tasks for when you have less energy. 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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Having set an organizational pattern and knowing where you are going takes some of the stress out of the situation. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! 3) Deliver the body of the presentation. Tell them) Talk through each point from your preview sentence.

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Productivityist

AUGUST 31, 2015

Every project you complete in multitasking-mode is punished with a loss of quality, loss of time and worst of all, you punish yourself with high levels of stress. That means both sides now work independently, each chasing their own goal and reward. It’s hectic, stressful and overwhelming. Most ebooks average around 25,000 words.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 2, 2010

Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Comment by Phil Gerbyshak on May 30, 2007 @ 7:26 pm Trackbacks Cosas por hacer » Recuperando el ritmo Getting Back on Track « lightkeeper54.com

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

JULY 26, 2010

When you’re faced with decisions to make, a quick pointer from someone who’s already been there saves you time, money and stress. Without this environmental change, I would never have written the two ebooks you can grab today , or the series of kickass blog posts you’ll receive if you subscribe.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Through employee attitude surveys, focus groups and pilot tests, senior management know that employees with lower work-family conflict have less stress and anxiety about “doing it all&# and are better able to focus on their jobs and their customers. It won’t work for jobs with direct customer contact. The employee will give more.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

What you just read is just a chapter from my upcoming ebook: “Assess – Decide – Do: Natural Productivity&#. The ebook will be launched this Friday, on September 17th, but you will be able to pre-order it at a significant discount starting this Wednesday. And I’m big time looking forward to the ebook.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 9, 2010

Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! These same solutions can apply to the problem of a too-full mind.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 18, 2010

Every Australian wanted less stress and to live free. However, I do not stress as much over minute decisions as I did prior to the implementation of the No-Worries-Rule. If you are able to say this consistently throughout the day, you should be able to feel less stress by day’s end. Don’t Overreact : I know, I know.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

It causes stress and mental fatigue and prevents you from creating great work. It’s no doubt writing a 30,000-word ebook might seem intimidating if you struggle with 500-word blog posts or stories. Ask questions, discuss ideas, share stories, and contemplate long-term goals. You worry less about making mistakes. Keep a record.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

It causes stress and mental fatigue and prevents you from creating great work. It’s no doubt writing a 30,000-word ebook might seem intimidating if you struggle with 500-word blog posts or stories. Ask questions, discuss ideas, share stories, and contemplate long-term goals. You worry less about making mistakes. Keep a record.

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 19, 2010

You can chose your own goal, your own improvement area, and then use my blog as a motivator and trigger of inspiration. You can offer some assets in exchange to some loyalty: the classical free ebook in exchange of a newsletter subscription. It would have been something like Brilliantly Better Blogging, for instance. This is what I do.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Conclusion Every time a specific activity gets too stressful to be done by yourself, somebody else will think of a way to externalize it. Oh, and they also have a special offer to save 10$ on any annual subscription for their Mail-In plan, check it out here. Again, do your own math and see what plan is good for you. For a price, fo course.

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Brilliantly Better

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Taking success advice from successful people is not a good idea Reply 9 Reeta Luthra | Stress and Health March 2, 2010 at 11:37 pm I was the same way when I first started working. In the end, if you find that style of communication which allows you to be authentic and tactful, you found something big.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Personally I prefer askSam and (either way) it takes time and effort to implement but for every hour I put into it, it probably saves me four (and reduces stress). Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Just a suggestion.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Always keep some buffer time to relax, take it easy and disconnect from stress. For example, investing half an hour daily in writing an ebook will do more for your blog than spending half an hour daily in commenting in other blogs. More on this later, in the practical part of this post. Change your mind frames.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Always keep some buffer time to relax, take it easy and disconnect from stress. For example, investing half an hour daily in writing an ebook will do more for your blog than spending half an hour daily in commenting in other blogs. More on this later, in the practical part of this post. Change your mind frames.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 5, 2010

But behind laughing, this joke tells a lot about our own goal setting approach. Goal Setting and Your Private Magic Fairy How many times you did your goal setting the same way the lost Bedouin did? Goal setting is a tricky thing. Every time you establish some goal, put yourself in the lost Bedouin shoes.

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