Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Attracting Productivity: Work Environments By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Job Seeking , Networking , Productivity D o you think of yourself as a productive person? People that are content with their work will be more productive.

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Jen Lawrence

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Being productive isn’t something you just “are” Productivity stems from having numerous tools in your toolbox to tackle the hundreds of tasks that get thrown at us every week. Do you do bursts of housework while you have all the cleaning products out? I batch my work. We slide into a certain frame of mind.

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Productivity Boost: Do It Before Lunch! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 23, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity D o you find that you feel tired at the end of the day? Do you wish that you could be more productive and solve your problems through out the day?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Why Lock Your System at Work? By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 24, 2007 Filed Under: System Security D o you feel that your colleagues might do something through your computer? and then our computers automatically lock, which is a good back-up system.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Building a successful long-term profitable business isn't about "marketing" your business, it's about "managing" your business - the marketing comes once you have your management systems in place. CREATE your paper-based filing system.

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

On this form have space for your client to fill in all their details and a place for them to sign so that they can fax this back to you – and include all the details about your program/service that you’ve already discussed. Be sure to include this form on a separate page so that your client can fax back their credit card details to you.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 27, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you having trouble with your filing system? Dont know how to organize yourself and things are starting to pile up?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « You Can Steal Time Back From Email | Main | Increase Your Positive Energy and Productivity by Being Thankful » Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention "I just can't focus Stephanie.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! We May Not Have Heard From You » Personal Productivity & Organizing Link Lineup There is some fantastic content out on the web and I often have clients and readers ask me what I have found.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   Do you hae a favorite planning process? 

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity D o you know what a macro is? Do you wish that your life could be a little more productive and be able to use a few shortcuts to get through your tasks?

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009 Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In-person, “Snail&# Mail/Memos Have you ever received an email from someone who just started at the company asking you to do something and you haven’t been introduced? Or have you played the popular “phone tag&# game?

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

Home About Me Advertise "Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you multi-task too much? This should help your productivity not just at work but at home as well. Whats next? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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APRIL 1, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Productivity With Shared Files By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D o you share your files with others in your firm? Can you think of any other productive and efficient ways to make this happen? Leave a comment!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 19, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You | Main | Manage Your Time More Effectively by Using the Right Calendar for You (guest post @TimeMgmtWriter) » If You Want to be Productive, Dont Focus on the Rock!   Often it is both.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Want to be More Productive? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 29, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity A re you a Virtual/ Professional Assistant or want to become one? This lessens the time you have to spend on the phone. Home About Me Advertise Work From Home?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? » 12 Business Productivity Tools They Can Not Live Without! Best Productivity Tool For Me.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « There is an App for That -- Productivity Apps for iPhone and Android | Main | Listen to Productivity and Organization Tips - Steph Has Started Audio #Cinch Casting » You Can Make a Difference in YOUR Productivity in 7 Minutes!

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NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Home About Me Advertise A Better Cup of Coffee to be More Productive! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 29, 2007 Filed Under: Productivity D o you feel like you need a coffee fix every day? People that drink better coffee "feel" that they are becoming more productive and hence work better throughout the day.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 10, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! 5 Steps to Meal Planning Success » My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action Do you have a theme for 2011?   2011 = DECISIVE PRODUCTIVE ACTION     Your Thoughts Are The Catalist “Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Yet, we try to do it all of the time by putting systems in place that don’t match our personal or our organizations’ styles. There are some that think that one system should work for everyone.  "  That means you don't have good systems.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Your response is crucial to the success of the system, so set up a system that you will actually use!  Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World Do You Hate Your To-Do List?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   She and I were on the phone catching up and she asked me if I would do a Twitterview with her.  Today I'll share the experience and the interview on the topic of productivity. Stephanie, your bio says you’re a productivity consultant.   A what?!? .

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers | Main | 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life » Tips to Go Almost Paperless "Steph, do you have some ideas for how I can go paperless?  400 Gigs Gone!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 8, 2011

  Change Up Your Cleaning Products. Using less-toxic, biodegradable cleaning products not only improves the environment, but did you know that many natural cleaning products are usually sold in a concentrated form?    That means that your dollar goes much farther when you consume these products. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! » Are you Sabotaging Your Productivity? The Most Productive Lunch - Weigh in Your Thoughts In our focus for more productivity, you might think this post is about how to use your lunch hour to work more efficiently and get more done.  What do you think? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! 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. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « 5 Simple Steps to Eliminate Fear and Even Use it as an Asset | Main | 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World » Communication Productivity Tip: Dont Make People Search for You. Archive Network with Steph Is This You? To your success!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Your Priorities - Take the Quiz and See How You Do | Main | If You Want to be Productive, Dont Focus on the Rock! thanks @thinkglobally) » Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You We all have them.    The big TO DO list. 

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

Then you finally do reach a live person and you are so fed up with all of the time wasted, that you start fuming towards the person on the other end of the phone. Now put yourself in that persons shoes. Imagine that you were on the receiving end of the conversation. How would you feel?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Just because a task management system works for your co-worker or spouse does not mean it will work for you.   I've tried my phone and outlook, but I find that I don't even look at those lists.    ENHANCING THE CARD SYSTEM Use Color.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Home About Me Advertise How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that some of your co-workers can be extremely annoying, rude or just plain inconsiderate? This happens to the best of us all of the time.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Work From Home Mother - How to Organize Your Life and Home to Succeed | Main | Office Organization - 5 Steps to Setting Up Your Core Systems » Life Coaching Tips to Organize Yourself For Success (Guest Post: Natalie Dee) Nothing succeeds like success.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity Y our boss calls you over to their office and asks that you send her a list of something that you’ve created in Microsoft Excel. Home About Me Advertise Need to Change Excel Details from Vertical to Horizontal or Vice Versa?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I believe that working as a team will not only increase productivity, but will give each of the team members a feeling of accomplishment, working toward a common goal, but if you are “all over the place” then nobody wins. Sometimes your phone number or email address is the only contact that person has to your organization.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007s Formula Bar Size By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity D o you find that trying to either write or fix formulas in Microsoft Excel can be a pain?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   For examle, I send messages on organization and productivity, but I occasionally will send updates on gratitude or something that happened to me that day.   This allows me to not have to remember two different systems. Are You as Productive as You Could Be?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007? Home About Me Advertise Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook?

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