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Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems…

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Digg Email Facebook Google Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati TwitThis Comments The Assistants Toolkit - Free Assistant Training Join ProAssistings free 10-part assistant training series delivered weekly to your inbox: CLICK HERE TO JOIN NOW! Just another use of technology to bypass a level of technology that drives me batty.

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Want to Reduce Digital Distractions? Brain Coach Jim Kwik Shares Strategies for Better Focus

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When controlling our awareness and where our attention is going, Kwik explains that the brain’s reticular activating system (RAS) controls a great deal. When the first thing you do is grab for your phone, you’re rewiring your brain for two things that are hurting your productivity or performance.” Hope is not a great strategy.”

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Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

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In this chapter, I cover tactics for managing your own email inbox, as well as your executive’s. Of course, I’d love to hear your email tips and tricks as I’m always down to get more efficient and productive, so please reach out! LEADERSHIP QUOTE Email is the gateway drug of work; Slack is the crack.

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How to Make Reading Part of Your Daily Routine

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Rahim Charania, American Fueling Systems 2. You can easily spend 30 minutes browsing emails , answering text messages or watching dog videos on Facebook. Put e-books on your phone. You can always find time to read as long as you have reading material with you—and what better way to do that than through your phone?

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Why ‘Be Yourself’ Is Both the Best and Worst Advice You Can Get

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I usually just ask for a word of advice via email, but most of them talked to me on the phone and offered to read my essays and share feedback. In one of those preparation phone calls, one current student gave me this final piece of advice: “I know this may sound trite, but when it comes to your application, really be yourself.”.

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Cashing in Without a Cash Register

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Let me make a cashless payment by scanning my phone, entering a secret code or with my mom’s credit card. The Starbucks next door lets me pay and receive coupons using my phone. How to pivot toward a cashless payment system So here is the question: Are you positioned to cash in on cashless payments— an emerging payment revolution ?

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Why I Discourage Phone Calls. Should You?

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I’ve had a couple of people mention the fact that my phone number isn’t so easy to find on my Clerical Advantage website. Because I tend to discourage phone calls. It’s not that I don’t communicate by phone, in fact I do coaching calls, client consultations and more via phone.

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