Productivity Bits

JUNE 16, 2016

These distractions also cause stress, which makes work even more unbearable. The key to getting work done is to decrease your stress, which can develop from a variety of situations — from issues in your personal life to your workload at the office. No matter where it comes from, though, stress hurts your productivity.

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Success

JULY 8, 2022

You will never experience true success until you learn to embrace failure. They all seem so busy—running from meeting to meeting and firing off emails. If you’re feeling stuck, it’s probably because you’re afraid to take the risks necessary to achieve your goals and live your dreams. Great success is often preceded by failure.

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Success

JANUARY 7, 2023

This depended largely on adjusting my Sunday routine, making habits of all the good advice I’d received over the years from family, teachers and bosses (plus the lessons I’d learned the hard way on my own). The week already feels stressful. They have more long-term impact, and they should help us the most in reaching our goals.

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Success

APRIL 5, 2023

I was also pregnant with my fourth child, had two kids attempting the hot mess that was remote learning, a husband stealing parts of my desk for his Zoom calls and about all the chaos possible. In a recent KinderCare Learning Companies study with Harris Poll, 41% of participants said hybrid models are ideal, an increase of 5% from 2022.

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Success

APRIL 6, 2024

Wilson is the founder of ColorComm , a membership community for women of color in the communications industry to connect and learn from each other. You should put together a list of your goals and that’s what you should strive for wherever you work. One of those things is looking for feedback, both verbal and nonverbal. “If

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 1, 2023

Whether it’s the absence of a stressful commute or the ability to work in comfortable attire, focus on the positives that remote work offers. Platforms like email, instant messaging, or project management software allow you to stay connected, share updates, and seek clarification on tasks. Use the SMART goal-setting framework.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Scheduling a performance evaluation meeting and setting measurable goals can be stressful or even seem unproductive to some. The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity.

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Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

They can even relieve stress during a panic attack. Among users of the Calm meditation app, 81% reported less stress and 73% experienced better quality sleep. After all, if you want to relax and sleep better, figuring out a new technology in itself can seem time-consuming if not stressful. But don’t worry. Calm is easy to use.

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Allwork

JULY 10, 2023

The integration of AI into the workplace does more than just streamline tasks; it fosters continuous learning and development. Instead of merely scanning an ID badge, AI recognizes faces, welcomes them with a personalized message that includes an overview of a schedule, weather updates, and any notable news or emails.

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Success

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We’ve heard the advice so much our whole lives that we can recite it in our sleep: Eat nutritious foods, move our bodies, don’t stress. Through visits to places full of centenarians (people who make it to 100 and beyond), viewers learn 12 lessons that make up the secret sauce to living not only a long life, but a healthy and fulfilling one.

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Success

JULY 22, 2021

Failure is so common, in fact, that many entrepreneurs have taken to penning failure post-mortems to determine where things went wrong, in the hopes that others will learn from their mistakes. If you want to avoid being made into sushi, you need to learn to thrive when facing direct or indirect competition.

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Success

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

How to recharge your mental energy The world’s information avalanche can actually hobble learning, Schwartz says. Learning is most efficient when dispensed in spaced cycles rather than in one big glut. Email, for example, saps and squanders mental energy that could be applied to more meaningful work.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 3, 2018

Unfortunately, burnout is real, it’s draining, emotional, stressful and typically affects both professional and personal lives. As an administrative professional for the past 20 plus years, I have learned how important it is to avoid burnout in one of the largest career fields in the world. Actively learn personally and professionally.

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Success

AUGUST 3, 2022

The two emails come before noon on a Monday. The other offers me an unsolicited assignment to write about the relationships that formed after a retired soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder sent his Purple Heart to a NASCAR driver. I don’t see a path to reaching my big goal of $14,772.01. I made $14,772.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 23, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Stress Management Techniques Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 23, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Living is inherently stressful, but how we manage it will determine the number and severity of the stress related symptoms we experience.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 21, 2022

Be sure to download Dr. Denniston’s free Energy Leakage Liability Inventory to learn how you are leaking energy during your day. You do not rise to the level of your goals. Your goal is your desired outcome. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. LEADERSHIP QUOTES.

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Office Managers E-Learning Modules Outline E-Learning Modules: Part 1 Contact Us Enrollment Login All Posts, Off Topic, (0) Comments Happy (belated) New Year! Home Blog About Us Who we are About the Program Program Specifics Execs, HR Depts. Submitted by Ethan on January 06, 2010 at 05:06 PM Happy (belated) New Year!

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Office Dynamics

MAY 7, 2020

In this Timely and Effective Communications blog, we are going to cover how as well as ways you can use communication to maximize productivity and reach goals. You’ll learn about: The importance of timely communication and resources to help you execute it. Do they respond best to emails, calls, text messages, etc?

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Success

AUGUST 17, 2021

No phones, emails or interruptions allowed. Doing this regularly will help decrease your stress levels. Let your mind wander and find a new idea, goal or dream. Learning the technique now will make it easier to use later. White space starts out as time in your day when you have nothing scheduled.

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Jen Lawrence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The goal: to reduce the amount of time spent in meetings. My goal was to simplify the way I work. After a few days of evaluating and purging, my stress levels were lower, my processes were streamlined, and I had more space for deep thought. I learned to reframe this as dismantling and rebuilding with better tools.

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Go Burrows

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Stressed about holiday gifting? You can achieve your goals – you just need a clear vision and a strong belief in yourself,” she says. To learn more about how you can join the now 200+ growth-minded Leader Assistants, check out our Leader Assistant Premium Membership for ongoing training, coaching, and community. Enjoy the show!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 22, 2011

Do you know when you are stressed?    Do you know what you can do to eliminate your stress?    Small doses of stress can help you perform well under pressure and even motivate you to do your best.    Learn how to recognize your signs of stress and put actions into place to eliminate it.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

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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Page Personnel

MAY 16, 2021

The final few weeks at your current role almost always turns out to be a very busy period and involves lots of handover: forwarding to emails, advising colleagues of your project updates, informing your clients of their new point of contact, and wrapping up your final duties.

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On The Job

APRIL 3, 2014

Meisel says that he achieved his good health by improving his diet and fitness, but also by finding a way to deal with stress, which he says was a big part of his illness. What Meisel learned about how to deal with his stress and put him on the road to better health is shared in his upcoming book, “Less Doing, More Living.”

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 17, 2018

Every week, I get a ton of emails from blog readers with career questions they want me to answer. Typically, I don’t provide career advice via email—that’s why we have the monthly Q&A (“Ask the Career Coach”) video sessions. The goal shouldn’t be to find a job that doesn’t ever feel like work. You’re Too Quick to Give Up.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 30, 2014

Maybe this is a good time to reflect on goals you set early in the year that you have not yet achieved. If it is a worthy goal or mission, be persistent. I have learned over 42 years in the workplace, that most difficult people, have a soft spot inside. Are you learning a new software program? Have fun with it!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

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.    Multiple studies on business productivity will tell you that huge amounts of time are wasted on email.

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Productivity Bits

AUGUST 22, 2011

Here’s why: So long as you’re actually seeking imbalance to achieve your goals, GTD (or any set of productivity tools) will never work for you. Survey Says…You Are Stressed! Yet the majority believes willpower can be learned as well as improved, if they only had more energy and confidence.

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Productivityist

MARCH 29, 2021

No one wants to go through life always feeling stressed out and anxious. Define Goals & Develop New Skills. One simple tip for boosting your productivity at work and home is to always be setting new goals for yourself and challenging yourself. The more you get done, the better you’re going to feel. The good news?

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Worxbee

MAY 10, 2021

They work with executives to help further the goals of the company. A VA helps with the tasks that work toward the goals, but they tend to take a less strategic role. Executive assistants are proactive by nature and will create their own to-do lists (based on a good understanding of what your needs and goals are, of course!).

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Eat Your Career

JUNE 5, 2017

Every week, I get a ton of emails from blog readers with career questions they want me to answer. Typically, I don’t provide career advice via email—that’s why we have the monthly Q&A (“Ask the Career Coach”) video sessions. The goal shouldn’t be to find a job that doesn’t ever feel like work. You’re Too Quick to Give Up.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 16, 2014

The training, speaking, coaching and writing Joan devotes herself to, as well as this conference itself, is how she achieves those goals. Ultimately, our progress hinges on the quality relationships and authentic connections we make together, and whether we can implement what we learn. One is to solve problems.

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Ideas.Ted

AUGUST 2, 2021

After that, you can move on to what you should be doing and how you put your particular abilities and skills — what I call your highest and best use — to work to accomplish those goals. To learn more, email contact@thecru.com.

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Eat Your Career

MAY 12, 2011

In 1967, two psychiatrists named Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe performed a rigorous study to better understand the correlation between stress and illness. Ultimately, they created the Homes and Rahe Stress Scale, a comprehensive list that ranks the 43 most stressful life events. ( What goal are you trying to achieve?

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On The Job

MARCH 15, 2017

AB: I get your point about staying focused on your goals and keeping communication simple and direct, but what exactly am I supposed to learn from dogs when it comes to peeing on mailboxes or trees? I mean, we humans stress over our careers, over balancing our work and family demands – even over missed emails.

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Productivity Bits

JULY 9, 2010

Money might be the number one cause of stress but that factor is closely associated with the lack of work. Work has been a part of human’s life and so is stress. For as long as there is work, there is going to be stress intertwined with it. The underlying goal of work is productivity. What We Need To Know.

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