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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What to do when your alarm clock doesn?t wake you up
- Tring ? Tring the alarm rings?but did you fail to wake up? You have a crucial meeting tomorrow. The last thing you do while sleeping is to set the timing s of your alarm clock, retaining full confidence in yourself of not making the blunder of getting late this time. But what happens? The alarm bell rings and falls on deaf ears. The time you realize that the dawn has broken, it's too late. Here ar...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is ?life balance? and how can you attain it?
- We all face decisions that involve doing things that affect competing priorities. We all have three different lives or worlds that compete for our attention, energy and activity. These are our personal lives, our work related lives and our family lives. Our personal lives consist of our health, our inner private likes and dislikes, our inner beliefs, and our spiritual feelings. Our work related li...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Effective email and verses voicemail
- Time management consultant Stephen Young claims that the average time consumed by an unplanned telephone call is 12 minutes, verses 7 minutes for a planned call. This represents five-minute savings every time you jot down some notes before dialing a number.My average client receives about 45 emails and 15 voicemails a day. But the effectiveness of our usage determines the efficiency with ou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 3 biggest priority busters
- As a professional organizer, consultant and trainer, I have come to recognize that unless there is a focused effort to keep vigilance over priority busters, our best time management efforts will go unrealized. Our day-to-day lives demand more to resolving this than just practicing better time management principles.The cost of a minute Jim Miller of U.S. West tells us we experience eight...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management for sales pros
- According to a Miller Heiman 2003 Sales Effectiveness Study, over 60% of sales organizations are being pushed to increase results with reduced budgets and fewer salespeople compared to last yearWhether you are a sales rep or a sales manager this information is probably not a surprise to you. Simply put, the current business climate demands you work smarter and not harder. It's about being o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management lessons from a 3 year old
- Zak is my three-year old godson. He is the apple of my eye along with his sisters Carley and Brenna. I was watching him the other day as he was preparing to assume a self-proclaimed role of 'Master of the Universe' while playing a game with some of his friends. I marveled at how prepared he was and how his plan included alternatives if there were any 'problems' in the scheme of things. He was, in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hows your productivity?
- Microsoft wanted to know how individuals around the world were faring with their productivity. Microsoft seems the logical group to be asking this question since productivity generally follows technology. So from September, 2004 through January, 2005 they ran a survey called the 'Personal Productivity Challenge' or PPC.The response was phenomenal. 38,000 people in over 200 countries rated t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - New adventures - in four hours a day
- "Can you find four extra hours in your day?" a voice came over the speaker on my office phone, first telemarketer call of the day. I chuckled and answered, "Not this week.""But Mom, you aren't VERY busy." My daughter adlibs as I turn back to the project at hand. A business plan due the next day, and I'm just at that moment formating the design and working on the font choices for the final p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A fatal mistake that can cost you your business ? and more
- Whether you're a new business owner or if you have been running your business for several years, one of the biggest challenges you face at one point in time or another is overwhelm and imbalance.How many nights have you dragged your weary body to bed only to lie awake for hours with nagging thoughts of what you haven't done or don't have answers to?How many of your children's' ball g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 tips for being your best time master
- It is not enough if you are busy. The question is, "What are you busy about?" - Henry David ThoreauWith our to-do lists ever-growing, assigning tasks to our calendars can be a simple way to manage time and reduce stress. The simple act of writing down the things we need to do releases us from having to remember it all "upstairs." Below are some tips to help you successfu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Quick tips on time management
- Want to improve your time management?Edward W. Smith, motivational speaker, author and TV show host, who specializes in quick tips on how to move your life ahead even faster, offers the following advice.First, write out your top three priority goals.Next commit to only working on these three until they have been completed. Then layout a plan that includes how each goal is to b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to manage your time
- I would like to touch upon a subject that it is not too often included as part of a home business course, tutorial, ebook or web site and I feel it is vital to the success of your home-based business.What am I talking about?I am talking about Time Management.In over 25 years of being self-employed, the managing of time has been the single most difficult hurdle to conquer and o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management: 11 tips
- Work more efficiently and be more productive using these time-management tips:Use a timer.Pick one item on your to-do list, set your timer for 15 minutes and get to work. Don't worry about finishing, just get started. It's easy to feel overwhelmed and get nothing done at all. Tackling tasks in small chunks helps you stay focused. Delegate.Don't be afraid to enlist the h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Save yourself hours of time in one easy step
- If you have spent any time at all working at marketing on the web, you will have a long list of affiliate programs and membership sites that you have joined. You may also have a long list if websites that you run. Believe me, if you don't yet, you soon will. Other lists that you may have are search engines or article repositories that you work with.How many times have you had to search thro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to make more time for your life
- Do you wish you could work less and play more? Are you so stuck in the rut you can't see a way out? Have you ever said I wish I had more time for me?Well there is hope. First of all you have to be aware of your situation, have a strong desire to change and then take action.Jackie's StoryJackie is 31 yrs of age and the Business Development Manager for an insurance company....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Just remind yourself
- This is one more article on "Organizing and Enjoying Your Life". Much has already been written about this in magazines, books and on Internet. In this article, I am summing up the important points; some of which are from my practical experiences and remaining I have read.Have GoalsTo enjoy life and be successful, you must have both personal goals as well professional ones. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Managing worry: productivity tips for high achievers who worry
- Are you a worrier? Do you frequently spend time and energy worrying about your finances, your children, your career, world politics? Worry can be a highly useful, brilliantly engineered cue to action or a useless and destructive energy drain. The challenge is to decide which it is, on a case-by-case basis, and manage yourself accordingly.Here is a quick and dirty, but highly effective way t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management - the ultimate oxymoron
- Get a grip. Is it possible to manage time? Can you make the clock run faster? Can you make it run slower. You have no control over time. Each of us begins the day with 86,400 seconds. It's your personal inventory. You use the time or you lose the time. There are simply no alternatives. Each week has 168 hours, no more no less. While managing time is out, managing yourself is in. Remember, as Henry...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Effective time management - delegating techniques
- Do you manage your time or does your time manage you? Do you start your day knowing what you want to achieve today and how you are going to achieve it?Time management is a skill. You should learn the basics and learn how to implement it.Following a thorough research on the topic of time management , I strongly suggest you use the most important time management tip - delegate "Do...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hey, free agent, did you eat your breakfast today?
- And when you finally sat down to eat breakfast, was it morning or ... 3 pm?When the phone is jangling, the pace hectic and deadlines looming, do you stop ? to eat?All self-employed people share the title Chief-Cook-and-Bottle-Washer. Which is just another way to say that it is easy to get stretched thin when you are responsible for everything.In a perfect world, our work would...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making the most of your time
- "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." - Michael AltshulerTime is life's most valuable asset and everyone is allotted the same 24-hour day. How is it that some people can accomplish two or three times more in a single day than others? The answer is simple; they've mastered time management skills.Have you ever noticed how much you can get done in a few...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management
- Does it ever feel like there is never enough time in the day? Are you always rushing? Do you feel stressed at the end of the day? Do you believe that you are not accomplishing what you hoped? Better time management may be the answer.Dr. Respect at http://marcusgentry.blogspot.com says we must "protect, organize and prioritize...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time management tips for busy moms
- If you are like most moms I know you think to yourself, at least once a day, "I wish I had more time!" Most of my clients come to me at some point asking how they can get more hours in the day. Unfortunately, the truth is you can't. There are only 24 hours in a day and it is impossible to make more. That being said, there ARE ways you can cheat and create more time for the things you want to do....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 tips on the right time of day for your personal best
- Does choosing which time we do an activity really make a difference?Have you ever wondered what would be the best time of day (or week) to do different kinds of work? Every person's internal clock runs on the Human Circadian Timeline. Except those who have been on graveyard shift for years!This is the schedule by which our body systems (including our brain) 'take care of business'. E...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 time-saving calendar & scheduling tips
- Nowhere is the line drawn more clearly between 'Industrial brains' and 'Electronic brains' than when it comes to the way people prefer to keep and use their calendars. These scheduling tips will really make your calendar talk to you, whether you use a packaged set, print out a computer calendar because you like the paper 'view' for better planning, or you synchronize your Personal Digital Assistan...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Nurturing your soul
- Number Yourself: Count yourself as an important individual. You are important. You need to be counted and acknowledged especially when you are helping others. One way that you can do this is by taking proper care of your self (having enough sleep, food, exercise and relaxation). Then you will have enough energy to help others and live the rest of your busy life. Sounds too basic? It's supposed to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - House cleaning - three ways to finding the time
- It's always a challenge finding time to clean my house. Seems the hours, days and weeks just fly by, so much to do, so little time. Here are three ways to fit in your house cleaning.1. Schedule it in. We all make appointments, whether it is for ourselves or someone else. Before we set up an appointment we check our schedules, making sure we find the best time. Why not schedule a house clean...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Painful cost of working yourself to death
- We all know the harmful effects of overwork. People get tired and irritable. Without enough hours in the day to do everything that needs to be done -- much less the things we want to do -- life is stressful and unpleasant. Exhaustion and stress can and do lead to illness and lowered resistance to disease. People feel cheated and abused, and they get angry. All too often, the anger is expressed in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Too many unfinished projects?
- Q. I have several projects going at once -- but I never seem to finish them! I'm pulled in so many different directions -- and I end up with nothing to show for my efforts!A. While you're in a creative mode, you're most likely to be swamped with ideas! Feeling swamped can be a source of stress. Here's how to deal with the "too many to finish" challenge.(1) Stop berating yourself for ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Peace of mind at the workplace
- Work brings together people of different characters and behavior, and this often causes friction, resentment and stress. Sometimes the boss is too demanding, colleagues may be unpleasant, there might be too much work or the working conditions may not be comfortable. The job may be boring, there might be competition or envy between the workers or the customers may be uncongenial or unfriendly. No w...