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From the category archives:

Time Management

Change Your Schedule to Increase Productivity

Change Your Schedule to Increase Productivity

May 26, 2009

Accidents happen. The accidental things in life are sometimes the moments you should be paying the most attention to.
I can tell you without hesitation that I am a night person. I love the late-night clickity clack on the keyboard as my mind races towards the next project. I love sleeping in until [...]

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5 Ways to Stop Wasting Time with Email

5 Ways to Stop Wasting Time with Email

December 13, 2008

Being part of the world as we know it sometimes forces one into certain habits.  Our grandfathers would be ashamed, our great-grandfathers would wonder, “wtf is email?”  And yet, many of us – including myself – allow ourselves to be sucked into the trap of email UNproductivity.
I’d like to cover 5 methods I’m using successfully [...]

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Starting a Gratitude Journal

Starting a Gratitude Journal

May 13, 2008

hat exactly is a gratitude journal? A gratitude journal is a journal that you are only allowed to write positive thoughts into. If you can, everyday, write in your gratitude journal at least five things that you are grateful for that day, and usually before bedtime, so you can go to sleep thinking positive [...]

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5 Minutes Daily for Stress Management

5 Minutes Daily for Stress Management

May 7, 2008

I have a million favorite expressions when it comes to being stressed out, but I wouldn’t bother naming all of them. When it comes down to it, I think it comes down to how we work – or even relax for, that matter – that triggers stress. Ever been stressed even when you’re well relaxed [...]

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Ten Steps to a More Managed Life

Ten Steps to a More Managed Life

August 22, 2007

Learning to successfully plan your time and follow the plan is the most important key to structuring our life. But many people resist the idea of tracking their time. Maybe it seems like just “another thing to do” in an already harried schedule. I urge people who feel this way to try this system for [...]

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What Is Your Time Worth?

What Is Your Time Worth?

August 21, 2007

Growing businesses are finding outsourcing is becoming a regular necessity to keep up with increasing demands. Over the past few years, a new resource has emerged and is gaining momentum as the word spreads; that is, the services of a Virtual Assistant (VA)
With the advances of technology, it is becoming easier for businesses to outsource [...]

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