Many problems result when we attempt to control that which is outside of our control. Stephen R Covey’s Circles of Influence help to recognize areas that you can control or influence, and things that you cannot. Emotional Competency-What You Can…
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Survival Needs
As I think about what I’ve been spending my time on lately, I’m reminded of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. We must take care of those important survival needs before moving on up to higher things. Do you think I’ve been:…
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Email Management
Managing email is a major task. Knowledge workers spend 28% of their time on email.-bakadesuyo.com. Luckily, there is lots of information available on how to handle it. Listed below are a few links to articles I have found helpful. The…
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Am I making this too difficult?
I was a bit surprised when I read Merlin Mann’s post at 43folders about his very simple folder system for email. I have ten folders and it still doesn’t seem like enough. Then I read his notes about the latest…
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Paper Management
Oh, the paper possibilities! You can pile, you can procrastinate, you can create problems for yourself, or you can prepare a system. The 4 D’s of Productivity apply to paper management. They are: Do It Delegate It Delete It Delay…
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Discoveries of the Day
Reading chris brogan led me to InstigatorBlog which led me to… Goal setting at emomsathome…no more negative goals, which led me to… motivation at Tales of a Corporate Hypnotist, which led me to… toach.net…how to increase proactivity.
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Files
Files here, files there, files everywhere! There is so much paper to manage, and all kinds of files. Action files, financial files, tickler files, household records files, reference files, computer files. The tricky part about files is you have to…
Remind Yourself
We all could use a little help to remember things to do. We don’t want to forget important appointments or meetings, deadlines for projects, or repeating tasks. Electronic Reminders can be set in an electronic calender or apps like Google…
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Weekly Plan
Planning is Thinking, and the ability to plan is a skill that employers want. Learn more about Daily Planning and create a Weekly Plan during the Weekly Review to see how your week will look in a week view. For…
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