The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 15, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life! How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals.
On The Job
AUGUST 30, 2007
I remember when my older son was just learning to read and write and I found his name written boldly in pen on the white marble of our fireplace hearth. “Did you do this?” I asked him, pointing to his name. His big blue eyes looked boldly into mine. He shook his head “no.” “Then who did?” I asked him. His chubby little finger quickly pointed at his infant brother, who was happily sucking on his sock as his older brother tried to sell him down the river.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 28, 2007
I am a firm believer in finding time in your day for at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. It may even improve your health and your productivity. So join a gym, go for a walk, climb the stairs each day, but do something and keep healthy. Check it out. At most gyms they offer corporate discounts for employees, check with your HR Manager or the gym when you sign up.
Professional Assistant Blog
AUGUST 30, 2007
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The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 21, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business.
The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 30, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life! Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. You ask a question, I answer!
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The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 24, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes.
The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 23, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life! Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. You ask a question, I answer! Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP.
The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 24, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. What is Small Business Infrastructure?
On The Job
AUGUST 28, 2007
The report was just sitting there, almost under your nose. OK, so it was on the boss’s desk and you were sitting a few feet away, but you have really good eyesight – and the ability to read upside down – so it wasn’t really your fault you read a co-worker’s recent performance evaluation, was it? And it wasn’t really snooping when you were looking for a pencil in a colleague’s desk and came across her pay stub – your eyes just accidentally happened to focus on how much she makes a month.
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On The Job
AUGUST 27, 2007
I spend much of my time listening to people gripe about their jobs and their bosses. That’s why when I had two surveys land on my desk that show – gasp! – that not only are some people happy at work but – double gasp! – think their bosses have a good sense of humor – I knew that either I’d fallen down the rabbit hole or things weren’t really as bad as sometimes portrayed.
Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 25, 2007
How important is it to your career how you dress at the office? Here is what Marjorie Brody, Fabjob.com, says: "Most business professionals recognize that the expression,"You don't get a second chance to make a first impression" is true. The simple fact is that in and out of the business world, people are judged on their wardrobe. The clothing you wear can have an adverse affect on your career." 1 Our office thought it was important enough that they organized an event for the assistants and invi
The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 24, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life!
On The Job
AUGUST 23, 2007
They are often the unacknowledged heroes of the workplace – the assistants. Not many companies could get by without them. They know tons of critical stuff – from how to fix the office copier to how to set up conference calling with Switzerland to how to get a company party catered for 200 with less than 24 hours notice. They are smart, tough and critical to the success of their bosses, and yet they can be treated like doormats.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 21, 2007
I cannot stand clutter so to me it is very important to keep myself organized. If my desk has sticky notes all over the place, files here and there and papers, papers, papers, then I begin to feel buried and out of control. I need to be organized so I can think and function better. I have found what works for me is having a place on my desk for everything.
On The Job
AUGUST 21, 2007
I’m the first to admit I have never been a math whiz. In fact, when my kids have homework that starts off with something like “If a train leaves the station and is traveling at 80 m.p.h…” I sort of hear this buzzing sound in my ears and my vision starts to blur around the edges. But I know that math is critical in our world, and I still hold in high esteem anyone who managed to make it through Miss Boren’s algebra class.
On The Job
AUGUST 16, 2007
First, let me admit that I am not big on asking for help. I think part of the reason is that I’ve always been sort of an independent spirit – I like to do things my way without anyone else telling me how to do it (which is why I’ve threatened on numerous occasions to leave the males in my family along the road somewhere the next time they try to tell me how to drive).
On The Job
AUGUST 14, 2007
I spend a lot of time trying to be a good communicator. Sometimes I’m better at it than at other times (anyone related to me by blood never seems to understand my request to take out the garbage), but I keep at it. Despite technological advances, trying to communicate effectively can be frustrating. Trying to connect via e-mail or phone can be tricky when everyone is so busy.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 11, 2007
I was interested to find this article on blogging and work. For the complete article click here. 1 Wallack, Todd, "San Francisco Chronicle", Beware if your blog is related to work, [link] , (accessed August 11, 2007). Tags: blog work fired blogging.
On The Job
AUGUST 10, 2007
My oldest son, a teenager, has been a busboy/dishwasher for about two years now, and he recently told my husband and me that he had come to an important realization about his job. “You get yelled at for doing something wrong, but no one ever says anything to you if you do something right,” he said, in apparent disgust. “And it’s the same thing, every day.
On The Job
AUGUST 9, 2007
If you've never heard an honest-to-goodness Okie accent, you might want to check out my interview with Peter Clayton at Total Picture Radio. Peter and I have been trying to hook up for months, but he's been busy moving (I understand after moving five times in 13 years), but we finally got together. The interview was fun and interesting, and of course, the first subject we discussed was how I lost my perspective -- and got it back.
The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 9, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office.
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The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 7, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. You ask a question, I answer! Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life!
The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 7, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life! Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office.
On The Job
AUGUST 6, 2007
When you went to school, did anyone ever tell you to be sure and choose the “wrong” answer on a test? At work, does your boss regularly tell you to make the “wrong” decisions? Probably not. From the time we are children, we are counseled to make the “right” choices, and how to look “right” and how to do the “right” thing. That often continues in the workplace, that need to be ”right.
Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 4, 2007
I once worked in an office with a former grade-school grammar teacher, and she taught me an easy way to remember when to use I or me in a sentence. She said if you can change the sentence around and use we or us you can easily determine whether you need to use I or me. For example: In the sentence, " We went to the store", the correct use would be "Brenda and I went to the store.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 2, 2007
In all my years as a secretary I have found having a network of other assistants has been a tremendous help when I just can't figure out how to word a sentence in a letter or if I'm wondering where to look to find the information I urgently need, or even "Do you know of an opening, I have to get out of this job!". What a help knowing I have these people that I can email or phone and get an answer to my dilemma in minutes, including another job opportunity.
Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 3, 2007
Updated this article February 13, 2008 [link] Unfortunately, in one job I had I was involved on the downside of government downsizing, but I feel that even during a seemingly bad experience, you can always learn something positive. The employer I was working for sent me on career counselling as part of the "downsizing package". One of the many things I remember, and have put to good use, was a workshop on resume writing.
The Small Business Blog
AUGUST 16, 2007
E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money.
On The Job
AUGUST 2, 2007
Several months ago when I got caught up in the frenzy of thinking I needed to get involved in anything that came into my line of sight (see previous post), I was told about LinkedIn. Immediately I visited the Web site and realized that a) it wasn’t a porn site and b) it was in English – so I signed up. If you had asked me at the time what LinkedIn was exactly, I could not have told you.
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