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OCTOBER 8, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Reasons why work slowdowns can be good Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 11:12 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant My DH had his first-ever no work day in 35 years as a Land Surveyor. Better to use your phone and get outside, away from the office.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In this example, the human resource generalist is tracking the kinds of phone calls she receives regarding benefits and payroll. You can see by the information gathered on this check sheet that this person got the most number of phone calls on Tuesday and most of the questions were about the paid time off benefit.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Tandem Social Networking Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:55 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging Harry Caray may be one of the best networkers ever, moving thousands of tone-deaf Cub fans to stand and sing at the top of their lungs. in our area.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Location: Candy and Doreen will be joining us from remote locations and the session will be accessible by either long distance phone and/or computer, headset and wifi connection. Participants will either use a conference call or other online meeting room to attend, so computer and/or phone access will be necessary.

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JULY 10, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Roundup #5 Prescott Style Friday, July 10, 2009 at 2:26 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources A recent meeting with local VA bud Tara Fort , owner of Versatility4u.com , generated a list of resources you may want to review.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

The next time you get an email that seems to be a thinly veiled jab – or even an outright insult – to you or your work, take a deep breath, wait a bit, and write back a quick email that asks if you can discuss this either via online chat or over the phone the next day. Be friendly. Act as though nothing is wrong.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

I’m dying to dial that phone number,&# James pointed to the sign above the receptionist’s desk. No problem,&# James whispered back, covering the phone with a hand. The phone died in James’ hand – the battery. Don’t just mildly inquire how you can help them in the sidebar. You know, lawyers don’t really care.

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MAY 20, 2011

I wrote The Deeper Meditation Training Course first, then the audio course came out later. Thanks to Rachel Minihan of Purple Phone PR & Marketing. Then transcribe the two together, so that you have a text version to use in FAQ or a blog post on your web site. You'll "write" your book much faster this way.

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MAY 19, 2010

Turn off the phone while working and don’t answer every call. Let the answering machine pick up the phone and focus on getting that work out of the way. should take the train to London one day and stand by his desk while he is trying to make editorial decisions and see how he likes it? Turn down invitations to go play.

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MARCH 23, 2010

What burnout can teach you about creativity (or what I did on my late winter vacation) Reply Giulietta Nardone ( @giuliettaspeaks ) March 24, 2010 at 9:37 am Hey Taylor, I too find that talking to folks on the phone or in person brings out the real person. When they see something interesting, I say, “tell me more.&# Just be you.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Octopus Obedience Training—Better Than Ricky Gervais Reply Deneen Wilson ( @typingbug ) November 20, 2009 at 8:41 am This is so true. Am I formally trained in food preparation? Octopus Obedience Training—Better Than Ricky Gervais Reply Mary E. Can’t argue with that! James, another fine guest post. A food website.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

About the Author: Josh Hanagarne is the twitchy giant behind World’s Strongest Librarian , a blog about living with Tourette’s Syndrome, kettlebells, book recommendations, buying pants when you’re 6’8”, old-time strongman training, and much more. As if getting them on the phone is too expensive, like it used to be. Perfect phrase.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

People like me often have extremely broad knowledge of a number of subjects in which we don’t have formal training. What does is past history, education, the books on my shelves, schooling, training, my work history and employment and life experience itself. But where is the line? What is “qualified to write on a subject?&#

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I am not a freelancer as such but I do work from home and I’ve training my boss and colleagues to stop arranging meetings after 4pm (still working on that one), I’ve been forcing myself to step away from the keyboard and to stop checking work emails after hours. A sign on the door stating the hours. A locked door after hours.

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JULY 17, 2010

I think that was also the day when I started to use my app as an excuse for not going out or as a standard answer at the phone. I also added a Help and FAQ section. Felt somehow special and fancy, mainly because of the name of the new framework: Quartz Core. No more arguing or negotiating, I just started to code it. Loads of bugs.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

HTC Droid Eris Phone Reply Eric C ( @onviolence ) January 11, 2010 at 6:38 pm I feel like this post had two points, so I’m going to discuss the main one about “Like&# Vs. “trust&# It goes to the old truism, it isn’t what you know, it is who you know. Isn’t that what most of us do when buying services, good, etc?

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