Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 14, 2008

Fill long registration and checkout forms with one click. Defeat Keyloggers by not using the keyboard to type passwords. Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! Yes, even I forget it at times. People are always bombarded with computers asking them to change their passwords every so often. When does it ever end?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Isn't that what you hear all of the time? Maybe you have not even started down that social media road because you don't see how being on those sites can help you grow your business. Nature takes it's course form there. I see some trends in their suggestions, don't you?  I have to tell you. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.    I don't care what tool you receive your e-mail in, you still have to manage it or it will run you. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

In its simplest form minutes are a record of discussion, decisions and actions to be taken and the date by when it needs to be completed. In-camera If the Chair says this part of the meeting is in-camera, take your fingers off the keyboard, or put your pen down. Lets enjoy our day together.© 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Productivityist

MAY 24, 2019

There are plenty of reasons why you wouldn’t want to use any old email app in that way. From timing your snoozes and scheduled “send later” times to assigning your top canned responses to mirroring the keyboard shortcuts available in Gmail, Front allows you to design the app to suit your communication needs on multiple levels.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

If there are forms that need to filled in and it has a due date in June, I put those forms in the June folder with a bf date on it for a week before it is due. I create a corresponding Task reminder and write something like this: WAITBIN need to prepare form for production by March 23rd. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

He can ignore e-mails, but it is hard to ignore me :) When you are copied on an e-mail, read the whole message, don’t just skim it. If you have been asked to do something and don’t fully understand what is expected of you, don’t be afraid to ask questions. There could be a message for you.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Take notes during the interview so you don’t forget what you wanted to ask. If you don’t get it, it wasn’t the right job for you or the right time. If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

If you have a few ideas or requests in your e-mail, it is best to set it out in point form so the person does not have to dig for it. Robbs drivers license; - A completed application form; and - a cheque or money order in the amount of $10 made out to the Ministry of Heath." Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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The Marq

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I enjoyed having a full QWERTY keyboard without all of the keys, in such compact form factor. I wasn’t as concerned about whether the device worked without issues. Given that I didn’t want to incur the expense of switching providers, I decided to stay with T-Mobile. These were all multi-touch devices.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

I only use this if I have a form or something that I always want the current date on it. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Taking stock We don't know what we don't know ► June (1) Playing nice in the sandbox ► May (2) Whose meeting is it anyway? Click Yes and then OK.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Where I used to work we had a Mailroom and I would plunk what I needed in a tray with a form to tell them how I wanted it to turn out and return to get it when it was finished. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I have never had my own office before and I cant say I like it, but I am getting used to it (sort of).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

For my readers from other countries, you will note there is a section for foreign dignitaries and if you click on that it will give you the proper form to address just about anyone in the world. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Keyboard Shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to increase productivity and quickly navigate and interact with any application. Slack has a great set of keyboard shortcuts for navigation, messages and more. Here are a list of shortcuts I use everyday: Cmd / – Display all of Slack’s keyboard shortcuts.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

All important information, but I knew I couldnt possibly retain much of what I was looking at in one sitting so I started to cheat and flip through a few tabs because I had to sign a form that I read the manual. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Lets enjoy our day together.© It was a wonderful tool.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Food, food and more food If your event requires food the venue will send you a banqet event form and you will need to estimate the amount of food you need. What are the dates you can cancel by? Contracts will have dates you can cancel by. At that time you can assess if the event is still going ahead or if you need to cancel. 23, 1 p.m.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 22, 2016

A major part of my processing speed is in keyboard shortcuts in my e-mail program. You should look into keyboard shortcuts too. Don’t become disparaged if you find it hard to remember or use them – remember, habits take 21 days to form, keep going! For work, I use Outlook. I review email twice a day now.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 20, 2015

The debate over what forms the best type of context rages long and hard still and I’m certainly not going to approach it here! However OmniFocus leverages contexts with surprising ease as well as giving you the option of being able to display actions in the form of different perspectives. No question.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The way I justify this approach is with the following quote: "When you check email first thing in the morning, what you''re saying is what you had in mind for the morning isn''t nearly as important as what others do.". In fact, it almost compels you to take some form of action with the messages in your inbox.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 26, 2012

He slumps over his keyboard day after day wondering why the writing gods are always punishing him. I critiqued my writing as I typed, stopping to perfect sentences before they were even fully formed. You know that stereotype of the tortured writer? It doesn’t have to be that way. Once I’m sitting at my computer, it’s time to write.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 8, 2012

It’s a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn’t considered. No ads, small form factor, inexpensive, easy-to-read in the sun…and I can borrow books from my local library on it as well. Also, I’ve not listed pricing as it can vary from country to country. Kobo Mini. I love the size of this thing.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

I have sought out learning in various forms to learn how to accomplish this goal. Start by learning a few Excel keyboard shortcuts to navigate in Excel faster. Don ’t be afraid to dig deeper in whatever it is you are learning. You can find Bruce on Twitter at @PMPhacks. To reach those goals faster, learning is the answer.

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workawesome.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Well, these people have probably found that doing some form of brisk exercise for at least 10 minutes will help them be more productive in the afternoon. The B-12 supplement is actually a combination of 8 different vitamins, all of which play a very important role in maintaining the high energy level that you require. Drink lots of water.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! This saves a bunch of time if you have to do a function several times and there isnt a keyboard short cut. There are quite a bit of AA forms there. If you have any suggestions on how to make things run more smoothly in Microsoft Office, please let the rest of us know.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

No delicate tippy-tapping on the keyboard for me. They often don’t realize that the same words said aloud in a meeting room would be incredibly insulting in text. Email is one of the most common forms of communication between freelancers and clients, and all too often, the clients have no idea how they come off.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. When I say ‘don’t write’, I mean you should stop writing and start listening to what you’ve written. Don’t roll your eyes that way. Or are you?

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2013 may be a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn''t considered. ioSafe doesn''t just make NAS devices, though. I love the way the keyboard works on the device and it really speeds everything up for me on an OS that I''m still getting acquainted with right now.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

It wasn’t very good. I tried writing the mid-sections first, thinking I’d work on the intro after, but that didn’t help. I couldn’t write easily, and it felt like a dirty little secret. That didn’t help. “No wonder I can’t write! I couldn’t write. I could write. Real hard.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Charles Johnson, author of the 1724 book, A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates , described Teach as “such a figure that imagination cannot form an idea of a fury from hell to look more frightful.” Blackbeard didn’t just want to be a pirate – he wanted to be THE pirate.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

You don’t want ideas to get lost in your attic. In one of the first Holmes stories ever written, Holmes described how he came to have such a clever brain: I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. Stephen King doesn’t write much crap anymore.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Your circle of friends or business partnerships are usually formed by direct interactions. People Are Asking You To Let Them Help You This has happened to me only recently, but I guess in some form it was always there. What’s the point of having 3,500 twitter followers or 1,000 facebook friends? Without further ado, let’s start.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

So I won’t say it. You can’t make me. You bashed monsters by hitting keys on your keyboard whilst wondering if you could hook up a nodding bird à la Homer Simpson. You’d lose a crucial part of your life (and your income, if your writing forms all or part of your paid work). Until then, read and enjoy.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

It shouldn’t have surprise me at all, really – I’ve been writing six to ten blog posts a week, every week, for at least eighteen months. The problem was that I couldn’t see how I’d improved. The problem was that I couldn’t see how I’d improved. We stare at blank screens. We chew pencils.

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Small Business CEO

JULY 26, 2011

Interacting with like-minded people are just a click and several keyboard strokes away. If you aren’t that familiar with the many shapes and forms of social media, chances are you haven’t been in the business long enough.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

After all, you don’t need it, right? I didn’t pay attention to what I’d learned. Henri ( @henrijunttila ) December 14, 2009 at 3:33 am I don’t even have a degree, but after reading this it feels like I do. You’ve probably forgotten half of what you learned, too. Is Your Degree Useless?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

We might uncover ways of doing things that we didn’t see before. We might reveal obstacles we didn’t think of, and then we can talk about how to overcome them. And the problem with that is that even though other people might be louder, that doesn’t make them right. Talk helps create solutions. All by ourselves.

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