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The Cognitive Scientist’s Handbook to Working an Optimal Day

Success

One of ECHO’s most popular workshops is called Optimal Day. Instead of checking your email or Instagram the moment you wake up, fall into a productive morning routine that helps set the tone for a productive day. Think about what that routine looks like for you,” she says. And the cap for deep work each day is about four hours.

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Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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Did You Get Sent to an Inappropriate Website?

Office Organization Success

It would appear that one of my websites got hacked and some of you got taken to an inappropriate *adult* website when you clicked links in the emails I’d been sending you for my training program. (No, General Biz Training Workshops and Products gmail managing emails' Well … what an interesting week it’s been!

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You Can Steal Time Back From Email - Productive & Organized

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « Productivity in Bite Sized Pieces - Weekly #Cinch Audiocast Review | Main | Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention » You Can Steal Time Back From Email A few days ago I received an email from a reader.  " Email is something that many of us struggle with. 

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

The writer immediately points out that technology and automation have chipped away at duties like papers to be filed and landlines to be answered. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. She is living it up.

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How clutter can hinder your productivity (and what to do about it)

Productivity Bits

Physical obstructions In an office, physical obstacles can come in the form of archive boxes, files, and general clutter. It’s in other work environments such as workshops, factory, and warehouses when clutter and mess can start having serious effects. Typically, one space in the office will suffer as the makeshift storage room.

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Tax Tip for the Office Professional

The Office Professionals Place

This is the time of year that most people stress over because we are waiting for documents like W2’s, mortgage statements, 1099’s, and other information in order to file taxes. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.

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