Success

AUGUST 17, 2021

In this episode of SUCCESS Stories , Chief Storytelling Officer Kindra Hall talks to Juliet about what really counts as white space ( put the phone down ), why we’re so uncomfortable with appearing like we’re doing nothing, and how to make some white space in your day. . No phones, emails or interruptions allowed.

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Success

JANUARY 5, 2022

For example, many entrepreneurs enjoy being wanted and needed. Now when those questions come in, you don’t have to get on the phone or Zoom call—you can simply send them a link and go back to focusing on the tasks that will move you closer to your goals. They want to say yes to everyone, to be all things to all people.

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Success

JANUARY 28, 2022

For example, a common tip people cling to is, “Put your phone down most of the day, even while having dinner and right before bed.” It was a phone call from mom that derailed the day. If you feel distracted most days, check your calendar to see what’s written there. Eyal recommends a timebox calendar.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Check out this great tool » Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out There are many ways to manage your time and activities.  What is your favorite planning/calendar tool and why? What is your favorite planning/calendar tool and why? Of all the calendar tools I know, this one handles tasks the best.

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Tips From T. Marie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

If you’re someone who has done business the traditional way for years you may not be able to fathom the idea of an office that doesn’t rely on the phone to do business. The truth is, while a well-planned and scheduled phone call is still a relevant business tool, a lot of time is wasted on the phone that could be better spent.

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 31, 2012

For all of these scenarios there’s one very easy solution … create a marketing calendar. A marketing calendar is a very powerful business planning tool, and an essential one for your business if it’s to grow and flourish. With a marketing calendar, you can see at a glance: Upcoming promotions that you need to prepare for.

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Success

MAY 3, 2023

If you’re traveling to a different time zone, always double check your calendar to make sure any meeting times are correctly noted. A location that’s too remote may not work if Wi-Fi and phone service are not up to par. I think high performers tend to forget how much you’ve depleted your battery,” Neacsu says. “We

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Try This Instead | Main | Be Smart About Using the Telephone » The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In We are in the home stretch of 2009 -- bring on 2010!!    One item frequently purchased at this time of year is a calendar or planner for the upcoming year. 

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 14, 2023

Visualize your schedule using colorful charts or digital calendars, and be open to the art of flexibility, for life often throws unexpected adventures our way. For example, in my business, I may not know what particular tasks I will be called on to complete on any given day. For example, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.,

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Allwork

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Automated calendars replace monotonous back-and-forth email communications between community managers and prospective members. Workspace management systems free up receptionists’ time so that you can book a desk, meeting room, or phone booth in a workspace by yourself. The Alpha accelerator program facilitated by U.K.

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Success

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Ease into your day You open your eyes, silence your phone alarm, press your mail app and start thumbing through your emails. It could simply be taking the time the night before to select your outfit, pack lunches and check your calendar, ensuring the morning hours are much calmer. Protecting mental health at work for employees 1.

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Eat Your Career

APRIL 15, 2019

For example, you may have a morning routine at home. You may also want to add reminders on your calendar or phone at certain times of day to keep you on track. Workplace routines are like rituals—specific, pre-established ways of doing things that need to happen on a regular basis. Remember to use your checklists!

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Below are a few examples of general and job-specific goals: Set a professional development goal whether it’s attending a conference, completing an online course or program, reading a certain book or two, scheduling time each week or month for webinars, computer program training, time management courses, etc.

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Worxbee

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

For example, we know executive assistants who had to find popular tickets to a game or dinner reservations at the last minute for clients. Here are some examples: Todoist - Todoist is a practical task list app because of its simplicity and portability. For example, you might follow strategies to get to I nbox Zero.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 22, 2013

Whether you need to keep track of client appointments, executive meetings, or employee shifts, you can take advantage of online calendar apps to make scheduling easier. Cloud-based calendar software is available in a variety of formats and styles to make it easy to find a tool that meets the needs of your company.

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Office Organization Success

JUNE 2, 2011

Gmail – I’m a die-hard Outlook fan and really don’t like the Gmail setup; however for when I can’t be in my office but still need access to my emails and calendar, Gmail is a great way for me to access that information. This allows me to access my desktop PC from any other PC exactly as if I were sat at it.

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Make or Break Moments

DECEMBER 16, 2009

One person was behind the desk, I was no more than five feet away and talking to her when she picked up the phone and called a vendor, totally ignoring my presence. Yet, a phone call appeared to be more important than engaging me in even trivial conversation. Lesson Learned: One way to create sales is to get people into the store.

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

For example…. Don’t be a slave to your emails or your phone. Email and the phone are two of the biggest distractions for solo service professionals, so have a strategy for managing these distractions. Plan your calendar. Block out specific times in your calendar for certain activities.

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BMT Office Administration

AUGUST 17, 2022

For example, some tasks that are more repetitive and boring can be hard to stay focused on, so you may need to experiment with music like lo-fi that can sometimes boost productivity or find a podcast that will provide entertainment without becoming a major distraction. You may find that a certain task is taking up more hours than it should.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

For example, write all tasks related to recruitment on blue cards and items related to resident evaluations on red cards. For example, after receiving an e-mail request, don’t let it sit in your in-box until you remember or miss the deadline.     * Master calendars.     * Master calendars.

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Success

DECEMBER 26, 2022

For example: “Live as if your father were dead.” Work gets whatever space is left in our calendars. Great work is almost never urgent work, and so we get swept away by the ringing phone, the jerk in traffic, the phone bill that’s overdue. Some of his advice will make readers uneasy, but that makes it no less true.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 19, 2011

Despite iPads, 3D television, and the wonders of Skype , one of technology’s greatest wonders, in my own opinion, is the cell phone. It seems in a matter of 10 years (10 years ago I had my first Nokia bar phone), we have gone from owning ‘mobile telephones’ to ‘mobile do-everything devices’.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 19, 2012

Calendar – For quick reference I have a one sheet per day calendar block on my desk. In addition to that as part of our role we are always at one piece of equipment or the other and it is a massive time saver if for example the printer is near our desk. I use the small post-it index flags all the time as well. .

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 23, 2014

I have written a lot about diary management over the years, which is not surprising when you think assistants spend at the very least a third of their day organising their manager’s calendars. Prior to confirming a meeting in the calendar always look at what your boss has schedule either side of the meeting.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 10, 2014

Similarly I have a large A4 desk pad next to my keyboard for any quick notes I need to make, things to remember (like phone numbers for instance), and tasks people give me at my desk. Calendars are not just for appointments. Every time I get called into my managers office I grab a pen and my note pad before seeing them.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 17, 2011

And, at the same time, people were increasingly starting to rely on their mobile devices for much more than making phone calls.   To see an example of a "public" view of Springpad, here is Jeff's.      Can you really coordinate calendars using Springpad? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

  Back when I had to keep track of phone conversations, email and face-to-face it was simply much easier to do! Here is an example of an interaction that my client had prior to putting a CRM in place: Prospective client calls on the phone about a speaking project and a meeting gets scheduled. " I can relate! 

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

I’d like to show you why Google Calendar is the best to do list app around. Before we dive into Google Calendar, let’s look at the problem at hand. For example, let’s say the main task is to create sales for your business, and it consists of the following subtasks. Why Google Calendar Is The Boss.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

  Here is an example of why: I was just checking my emails before going to bed (I'm on vacation in Georgia, just south of Russia, 12 hours ahead of pacific time) when I saw an interview request from foxbusiness.com journalist. I like having a long battery life and having the full functionality of the Windows Platform on my phone.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 2, 2014

This was before we had apps or smart phones or the rise in technology that we have seen over the years. More recently I’ve heard from assistants that have tried a few different apps and bits of tech which have really helped with their minute taking so I thought I would give a few examples of what is out there.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

AUGUST 7, 2014

Bulk tasks, client work and phone calls. For example, you could schedule phone calls on a certain day of the week or a certain time each day. Calendar everything and stick to it. Laundry, dishes, personal phone calls, appointments, trips to the grocery store, web surfing, watching Ellen, etc., Guess what?

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JULY 18, 2013

Bulk tasks, client work and phone calls. For example, you could schedule phone calls on a certain day of the week or a certain time each day. Calendar everything and stick to it. Laundry, dishes, personal phone calls, appointments, trips to the grocery store, web surfing, watching Ellen, etc., Guess what?

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Step It Up VA Coaching

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Bulk tasks, client work and phone calls. For example, you could schedule phone calls on a certain day of the week or a certain time each day. Calendar everything and stick to it. Laundry, dishes, personal phone calls, appointments, trips to the grocery store, web surfing, watching Ellen, etc., Guess what?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Call, write, pay, scan, enter data, read, file and write are all examples of the verbs you might have.   You might consider adding "check action system" to your calendar for a number of days to help you remember to build the new habit. " Think VERB.   (Yes, your mess will get worse before it gets better. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 30, 2012

You can use a journal, a calendar, a graph or any other form that works for you. You could, for example, make a donation to a food bank every time your weight went up instead of down. If need be, turn off the phone, shut down the computer and throw the television in the garbage. Track your progress. Write it down.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Take inspiration from the two examples below, which are suggestions for a job seeker and for people who deal with others in crisis. If you are a job seeker, send a greeting to every person you talked with about your career search this year, whether that talk was in person, by phone, or by email. Remember them! Saying Happy New Year!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 20, 2010

  You may have categories like, phone calls, finances, networking, paper work, or creative activities.   Example 1: If you need to do creative activities in your work like writing, put like activities together.  Example 2:   Do you have a litany of sales and prospecting calls to do? 

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