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productivity tips: Organized Email Management - 07/24/08 10:03 AM
My goodness, I sometimes forget that most of the world has their send/receive automatically dumping emails into their inboxes... YIKES my friends- this is not good!! Every time we hear that little chime, or see that message box fade into our screen, it's like a big, dangerous invitation for distraction! I'm writing today to say-just make it easy on yourself, quit with the temptation, and turn off your send/receive! Even peeking at your new email message to see who it’s from, takes your focus off course. It is much more efficient to choose a couple of times a day, and … (1 comments)
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productivity tips: Managing Time when Business is Slow - 07/18/08 11:01 AM
Managing time can be just as tricky when we feel completely busy and overwhelmed, as it is when business may be a little slower. The time management tip I'm about to share can be applied to either situation, to ensure total productivity in your day. It can be especially helpful if we have a full day and only a few seriously important to dos. The tip may sound a little crazy, but try it and let me know how it works for you! I've had clients who swear by this!
Leave the Office Early!
Shorten your day by an hour … (0 comments)
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productivity tips: Being Organized Leaves More Time for Fun! - 06/30/08 02:09 PM
Are you having FUN in your life?
Do you laugh a good, deep laugh at least once a day? Are you making time for friends and relatives? Is there a favorite leisure activity that you wish you had more time to do? Are you constantly feeling stressed or overwhelmed with work? Research shows that we waste an average of ONE HOUR each day looking for things, which equals ONE MONTH at the end of each year. imagine over ten years, it equals nearly an ENTIRE YEAR of lost time! I can confidently point out that being better organized and efficient … (0 comments)
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productivity tips: What to keep? How to toss papers and keep an organized office! - 06/19/08 12:15 PM
Did you know that EIGHTY percent of the papers we keep, we NEVER look at again? Isn't that just crazy! Yet so many of us have a huge fear of throwing something out. We swear the moment we toss it will be the moment we need it... Ok, a logical argument, but the truth is, it just doesn't happen. We're too busy, and there's SO much information coming at us all the time- we don't need to hang on to all the "cool" and "interesting" pieces of paper and emails... Seriously! If we all got a little tougher on what … (0 comments)
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productivity tips: Passionate Work Equals Productive Work! - 06/17/08 10:54 AM
It's nearly impossible to be truly productive without being passionate about what you're doing. Now I don't mean that every meanial little task has you jumping for joy, but I do mean that you are connected to the overall purpose of what your work means. I have been with some clients who say no matter what, they can't seem to "get to work," and they may blame it on feeling overwhelmed, disorganized or feel they are horrible procrasinators...BUT, after asking a few questions, it becomes very clear, they are completly disengaged with what they are doing. Yikes!
David Allen, author … (1 comments)
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productivity tips: Making time for Reading - 06/05/08 11:35 AM
For most of us, we wouldn't be caught dead sitting down in the middle of a day and reading a book... but I bet we would all agree that reading is of great value to us, and our businesses. So often I see a huge stack of reading material that will someday, be read. Why not start integrating reading into our days, or at least, into our weeks? If you have some incredible books, or even industry specific publications that you believe would greatly enhance your abilities and/or knowledge within your business, why not SCHEDULE, two to three … (0 comments)
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productivity tips: Prioritizing a Million Tasks... - 06/02/08 05:21 PM
I just finishing working with someone who struggles with being completely overwhelmed by the amount of tasks on his to-do list. He shared that sometimes, he just doesn't know where to start with all the various to dos he has. Oh what a feeling that so many of us can relate to!
When faced with an overwhelming to do list, here are a few helpful hints for determining what needs to be done first:
What tasks most closely impact your bottom line? (work on these first) What tasks have the closest due date? What tasks can you complete in one … (2 comments)
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productivity tips: What does your desktop look like? - 05/20/08 11:54 PM
Do you have an organized desk?
Over and over again, I hear the same thing when it comes to the paper people keep on their desktops. "Oh I have to keep this here to remind me to do xyz, and if I file it away, I'll forget about it." Fair enough, I understand the whole out of sight, out of mind concern, but having all kinds of random pieces of paper laying on top of your desk is a complete distraction. And not only that, but as the piles start building, the bottom layer of paper becomes out of sight... … (0 comments)
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productivity tips: 6 Tips to Overcome Procrastination...seriously! - 05/08/08 11:44 PM
Ok, honestly, who isn't a procrastinator? Why do we always wait until the LAST minute to complete something? Notice I said complete, because many of us start something, but we have a tough time finishing it. Another common thing we do is put off our toughest task, until the end of the day. We fill the beginning of our day with plenty of smaller, less important things, as if we have to get all these small things out of the way before we can begin our bigger project. It's the whole getting ready, to get ready concept, where we focus on … (6 comments)
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Jennifer Furrier
Scottsdale,
AZ
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