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

Success

Your external world is a reflection of your internal world,” Kwik explains, suggesting a spring cleaning of digital spaces such as your desktop and files. This article originally appeared in the March issue of SUCCESS+ digital magazine. O: Organized Keep your digital workspaces clean and organized to reduce mental clutter.

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

Internal & External Training. Magazine Subscriptions. Support for an Internal PA Network. Internal & External Training: The first external conference that I ever attended was Square Meal Venues and Events. This eventually enabled me to then request paid internal and external training. Salary Increase.

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Internal envelops – I go through dozens of these a week. Files – see my previous blog on my filing system. This is kept neatly in an upright plastic magazine rack and I cull out of date information every few months. – you might not need tape everyday but when you do you won’t be able to find any. Office Equipment.

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Overworked? Unload Your Workload to a Freelancer!

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Filed Under: Prioritize , Productivity D o you need extra help with your workload ? Do you feel overwhelmed by the number of tasks that keep getting piled on your desk like a never ending mountain of files? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Could You Write a Book in a Month?

Success

Like most working writers, a deadline with pay sets off an internal starting gun that allows the words to flow freely and willingly to the page. Because I am goal-oriented, I equate my daily writing to the length of a magazine feature, more or less the size of this article. That would be 30 articles in one month.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise The E-tiquette of E-mail By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Outlook E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing all the Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. File e-mails chronologically by date and time.

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Five Ways to Tell the Recession is Over

Small Business CEO

Banks were unwilling to make risky, short-term loans to uncertain enterprises, causing many companies to close or file bankruptcy. Sadly, Time magazine , points out that the rate of unemployment as of Jan. When recovery begins, there will be more entry level positions opening to new college grads as the demand for new talent increases.