Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 27, 2010

By breaking Christmas preparations down into small, easy-to-take steps, the Countdown gives you a holiday head-start for a stress-free Christmas season. List, gifts, decor and food—you’ll be ready for Christmas with time to spare. If the idea of spending December enjoying the holiday appeals to you.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If your desk harbours mounds of papers, books, files and personal accessories, you may be adding unnecessary stress to your day. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! An organized desk — at school, home, or in your private office — will help you relax and become more productive.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

2) Be a stress-buster Your stress level is directly correlated to the boss’s stress level. But you can put a plan in place that will reduce your boss’ stress and, therefore, your own. Your boss will see you are saving her time and see you as a stress-reducer. Your calm demeanor will lower everyone’s stress level.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Back-to-school adds a whole new layer of commitments and stresses on top of the things that regularly need to be done. Comment by Donald McKenzie on July 6, 2007 @ 10:21 am I am not looking forward to another school term but I’ve found planning and organising early always works best and reduces the stress for the whole family.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 14, 2010

Be careful what you say in stressful situations. I work in a call center and sometimes the stress of the job alone is enough to keep you on the edge. Speak up : Greet you co-workers as you meet them through the day. Take an interest in others. Demonstrate a caring attitude. Make others feel they important to you.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

For those of you have been in a shopping mall recently, I'm sure you've noticed the holiday decorations that hit the stores sometime after Flag Day in July. E-mail doesn't have to dominate your life, and you can put an end to e-mail being nothing but a huge time suck and stress-inducing activity, they claim. Intrigued?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 28, 2010

In their book, Listen Up : How To Improve Relationships, Reduce Stress , Barker and Watson say that trying to top the other person’s story is one of those irritating habits that interferes with our ability to listen well. The fellow with the peg leg says to the other, “That’s nothing, let me tell you how I got this.”

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

Emotional blocks – boredom, daydreaming, stress, guilt, anger and frustration reduce concentration. When you enjoy what you are doing, it reduces stress. When stress is reduced, you work more efficiently. Switching and floundering – lack of concentration and focus on one job. Use priority lists to focus attention.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

The people leader role can also be stressful. Burnout is a state of physical, mental or emotional exhaustion caused by long-term exposure to stress. As well, it’s always a good idea to budget more time and resources to a project than you think is necessary to lessen the stress of unexpected setbacks. Set boundaries.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

However, many people run around stressed because they’re saying yes to everybody but themselves. Even if we can use this word with our spouse and children, we still have a hard time saying it to other people. It’s important to learn how and when to say no. I’m not saying that you should be selfish and never help anybody out.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Develop strategies for coping with stress and hardships. The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software christmas gifts ideas - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc shipping furniture Chicago Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Through employee attitude surveys, focus groups and pilot tests, senior management know that employees with lower work-family conflict have less stress and anxiety about “doing it all&# and are better able to focus on their jobs and their customers. It won’t work for jobs with direct customer contact. The employee will give more.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 21, 2010

There are six areas in your life that can be improved through effective time management: The physical – being healthy with less stress and fatigue. Time management is about getting results, not about being busy. The intellectual – learning and knowledge growth and management. The career – your calling and work.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 2, 2010

The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software unique christmas gifts - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc furniture shipping Miami Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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On The Job

JANUARY 4, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, January 4, 2010 Eat your salad first, and other career strategies Every year I get loads of candy over the holidays, and every year I feel compelled to eat it as fast as possible.

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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? These same solutions can apply to the problem of a too-full mind. Do yourself a favour – delete them.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

The cards are all made with recycled paper and you can even include a gift if you like and this company will send it off for you. I recently sent an admin assistant friend a card to acknowledge all the hard work she does every day and included a gift of brownies. I sent another assistant a comical card about being stressed out at work.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Personally I prefer askSam and (either way) it takes time and effort to implement but for every hour I put into it, it probably saves me four (and reduces stress). Just a suggestion. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

" The playing field of the world is leveling off which means that the competition, pace and stress levels are at maximum. But ironically, all that unfinished "little stuff" can stress us out more than the big projects we haven't gotten around to yet. It beats keeping it bottled up causing more stress.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

It’s like stage stress, before walking up on a TV show or a big opening act. Chatty – As I mentioned to you on Twitter, there’s nothing that makes a person open up and shine more than talking about interests, passions, what we love. And they don’t have to be on Twitter or Facebook every day.

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