Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Your manager’s perception is reality. For example, Dr. William Harvey made medical history by explaining how the circulatory system worked: He likened the heart to a pump and gave himself a new frame of reference—and from that he understood blood vessels as part of a unified pumping system. (2)

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 28, 2010

If your phone system shows internal vs. external calls, alter your greeting appropriately. com) Will Someone Please Answer The Phone – 8th Digital Dealer Conference (slideshare.net) Office voice mail system proving advantageous to different offices (slideshare.net) Related Posts: Test Are you a hoser? Harvey Trailer speaking.&#

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Set up a good filing system. Too many objects add to the clutter and eat up valuable work space. Use a daily planner. Transfer all your notes and personal reminders to one, organized place. Colour–coded files are especially helpful — they show you at a glance where something should go.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 2, 2010

Then, you’re back in the office after a long unplanned break: the message light on the phone is blinking; both your e-mail and hard-copy in-boxes are overflowing; last week’s next actions are now overdue; you staff and my manager all want a piece of you; and you just want to go home a crawl back into bed. Meet: Sit down with co-workers.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

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. Make meetings effective – Managers can spend an average of 17 hours a week in meetings, and that doesn’t include preparation and follow-up time. Keep the office door closed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Tighten up current household systems. How would you characterize school mornings in your home; crazy and chaotic or calm and cheerful? Plan your morning routines the evening before. Back-to-school adds a whole new layer of commitments and stresses on top of the things that regularly need to be done.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 7, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The following is an excerpt from the book The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. Most managers simply get up and do what they want to do. 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

APRIL 9, 2010

Do you keep reminding yourself to do things that you think you “should do” but don’t really need or want to do – like arranging your vacation photos into a photo album, alphabetizing your bookshelf, sending out holiday cards? Don’t manage anyone at work? Released Time Management Tip Productivity Did you enjoy this post?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 18, 2010

This can be compared to receiving flyers or junk mail via the snail mail system. If you have concerns about a virus alert, please do not hesitate to contact the Helpdesk. We can advise you whether the threat is real. One would assume that you would not collect this junk mail and photocopy it, then distribute it to all your friends.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 10 Time Management Tips Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on September 29, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Once you’ve spent some time with this system, you can refine the way it works. Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

Better for you ergonomically as well. I must admit that it helps that I learnt to use a computer on the old DOS system and shortcut keys were the only option, but even those who normally use a mouse can transition over quite easily. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Excellent material!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 20, 2010

Become a hero to staff members who know only the basic functions of your voice-mail system and other devices, by learning the shortcuts and most useful and underused features; then teaching them. For personal errands you can’t schedule on Saturday or Sunday, take a day off to take care of them all.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Initially it may take you longer to catch up if you have a large pile, but 15 minutes is manageable. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. Comment by Ian McKenzie on March 5, 2007 @ 11:55 am In support of what bvssunnydale said, I have a similar system. Just a suggestion.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

There are 5 key advantages to maintaining a to-do list: 1) A to-do list doesn’t forget Your brain is not the most efficient memory tool and will only trust systems that it knows works. From there you can prioritize them and tackle the important ones first.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 28, 2010

Just over the course of a single academic term, procrastinating college students had such evidence of compromised immune systems as more colds and flu, more gastrointestinal problems. Use the buddy system – Having someone who will remind me –and my wife has licence to be that someone– motivates me to meet my commitments. Health is one.

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