We are faced with jobs, errands, and projects that require our immediate attention every day. Tasks from personal chores (picking up the dry cleaning) to professional obligations (finishing the report by 5 p.m.) weigh on our minds regularly. Trying to decide which to do when can be a challenge.To help determine priorities, let’s first consider [...]

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Do you multitask?
Of course you do…we all do! There have been several times that I’ve had to email someone, shush the dog, check on dinner, and look up the number for the doctor all at the same time. Fortunately for me, none of those things were life threatening or would have ended my job.
How do [...]

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There has been a recent influx in shows that demonstrate how you should sell your home. Arranging your home to be more appealing to buyers is known as staging. The first step of staging your home is always to declutter. In order to make your home look appealing, you have to get rid of your [...]

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Picture this: you get to work on time (because you’ve followed a well-thought-out morning routine!), you have fresh coffee just the way you like it, your computer is completely booted up and ready to get some work done, and you look over to see your neatly stacked pile of projects for the day…already prioritized because [...]

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Are your time management skills put to the test every morning? Does your early routine cause you and your family stress? Just a few simple steps can help you begin your day in an organized and efficient way! Every good morning begins the night before. Doing some prep work can really cut down on the [...]

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As we’ve seen in the news lately, air travel is taking more and more of our time. Not only do we need to get to the airport early enough to park and go through the extensive security measures, now we have to count on delays in our flights. According to the Chicago Tribune, in the [...]

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In my recent post on the Absent Presence, Stephanie commented that she would like to have some techniques for coping with the interruption of having someone in your office or trying to terminate a telephone call so that you would not have to constantly diffuse your focus and cope with more than one thing at [...]

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The Blackberry outage that occurred last month reminded many people of how much their lives depend on a smoothly functioning electronic world. When 61 million subscribers, used to instant communications, suffered a blackout, two things resulted:

Initial panic or, at a minimum, frustration
A backlog of mail, slowing productivity the next day

While that shutdown was not something [...]

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We have all been guilty of it at some point: talking to one person on the phone while allowing ourselves to be distracted by email or web surfing at the same time. We think no one will notice as we respond with, “Uh huh…sure…right…OK..um…” Multitasking studies have shown us that doing two things at one [...]

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The concept of outsourcing overseas certainly is not a new idea, but it normally refers to the business world where jobs are sent overseas. Businesses now outsource more than $20 billion. As we struggle to find that elusive work life balance amid all of the daily tasks we face, outsourcing is becoming an increasingly popular [...]

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