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Drowning in Technology
Do constant email alerts, Facebook updates, and cell phone alarms make you more productive, or just all too anxious of everything that must be accomplished, but can’t be done all at once? The thought of one more email to respond to, text message to re-tweet, yet another blog to update, and one more social media account to keep organized, is enough to make the average, already over-stretched, over-worked person ready to jump out of their skin! Not to fear! Reclaim your sanity! While social media is important for a relevant marketing strategy, and timely email replies help build customer relationships, you don’t have to turn into a computer yourself,...
Read MoreChange Your Mindset, Change Your Life
“With the magical, perfect job, my life will be fulfilled.” While this is certainly a beautiful ideal, when it comes to achieving work/life balance, such a philosophy rarely leads to peace and satisfaction. In fact, such a mindset can actually make feelings of career dissatisfaction and anxiety even worse. In Cal Newport’s article, “Zen and the Art of Investment Banking: When Working Right is More Important than Finding the Right Work,” Cal explores the benefit’s of redefining one’s passion. Rather than becoming a victim of circumstance in one’s job, feeling as though there is nowhere else to run, one must change their...
Read MoreStress-Less By Setting Expectations With Customers
When you and your customers don’t see eye-to-eye on the timing of communications, deadlines and billing—stress happens! To help you prevent frustration and feel more in control, here’s expert advice from Elizabeth Grace Saunders, CEO of Real Life E®, a company that provides time coaching and training services that help business owners feel peaceful and accomplished, about how to set expectations with customers. So, why is setting time expectations so important? The challenge for business owners is that if you don’t set expectations, your customers will. That means you may go for months–or even years–feeling like you’re constantly being thrown for...
Read MoreTime Management for Teachers
Life as an educator has the potential to be a little hectic when you aren’t equipped with the right tools to organize and balance all of your obligations. You not only have to be responsible for your students but you also have to manage your life outside of the classroom. So it is easy to get lost in your to-do list and lose control of one part of your life when you become focused on another. Andrea Bennett posted, “Teachers, Organize Your Life” at The Responsibility Project that focuses on helping teachers establish and maintain organization. Bennett provides answers to frequently asked questions and starts the conversation about what it takes to...
Read MoreWorking Wonders from Home
Are you watching television instead of writing your paper? Organizing your closet instead of finishing that report that needs to be submitted in an hour? Maybe your even taking that third nap because you know there is plenty of time to get work done? Well the truth is you are not alone. For many of us our number one challenge is staying tuned into business while working from home. Let’s face it, the luxury of being able to work from home has created yet another obstacle in our already cluttered lives. So the question is how do we beat procrastination and distractions? Amanda Sykora has shared 15 Tips to Increase Productivity When Working From Home with Suite101...
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