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3 Tips on How to Organize Your Paperwork

Here’s how you can keep your paper flow under control by developing an easy retrieval system. Sorting Paper

  1. Don’t put the stack of mail down until you have sorted through all of it. Use the F.A.S.T. method (File it, Act on It, Schedule it on your calendar, and Toss it (or delegate it to someone) for each piece of paper you touch. You’ll be amazed …

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5 Tips for Keeping Peace in a Stress-filled Office

Are little battles constantly erupting in your workplace? The phones are blaring, the computers are temporarily in a state of frozen animation, the fax machine is humming, the boss is asking for status on that hot project, and …

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5 Tips on How to Find Your Paperwork in 30 Seconds or Less

Volumes of information are thrown at us each day, turning us into “information overload zombies.” We’re constantly gathering information because we have a project …

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5 Tips for Organizing Your Wallet

We’ll start by organizing your wallet by emptying everything out onto a cleared off surface area–do this weekly if not, monthly. You’ll be surprised what you find. …

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5 Ways for Speeding Up Your Paperwork

In our so-called “paperless society,” you can choose to trip over piles of paper on the floor or set up a simple filing system making the names of the labels “creative.” …

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6 Clean Desk Secrets

1. 90% of clutter comes from indecisions and putting off action creating “piles instead of files,” as well as not having the right organizing tools and equipment to make life easier in getting and “staying organized.” …

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6 Tips for an Organized Thanksgiving

The holiday time can be a joyous time, and at the same time, it can be tressful and chaotic. So here’s some helpful hints to make Thanksgiving the time of remembrance, family and …

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7 Tips for Doing What YOU Want to Do

1. Pause briefly analyze what is really being asked of you. Make sure you fully understand the magnitude of the job before you blurt out “yes.” Realize you always …

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7 Ways to Finally Organize Your Errands

Get gas for the car. Cash your paycheck at the bank. Pick up milk, bread and fruit. Drop off the dry cleaning. Get stamps and mail a package at the post office. Stop by your friend’s place to drop off …

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10 Solutions to Your Paper Pollution

Newspapers, statements, sticky notes, letters, junk mail, cards, receipts–STOP! It’s any wonder people feel overwhelmed and can’t get out from down under the avalanche of paper? Here are 10 simple tips to maintaining your sanity: …

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10 Focusing Strategies for the ADD Community

What is ADD? ADD stands for “Attention Deficit Disorder,” but I don’t think these individuals have a “deficit,” but they do have a “difference” in the way they think and …

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11 Tips for Traveling Smart

1. Plan and organize early

Reserve your car rental and hotel room well in advance. Preplanning reduces the stress if unexpected …

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15 Stress-less Holiday Season Tips

Finding time for gift shopping is difficult. Putting together a strategy that works with your schedule can make all the difference, rather than feeling like you’re being …

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Are You a Paper Junkie?

Are you disorganized (just don’t make the time to get organized), chronically disorganized (where all self-help methods have failed in getting organized yourself), a packrat (collector of miscellaneous items), or even a hoarder (similar to a packrat, but keeps everything)? Or are you a person who is a …

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Bill Paying Checklist

1. Select a date to pay your bills: weekly, bimonthly or monthly

2. Block this time off on your calendar …

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Can Organizing Really Make You Smarter?

According to Lawrence C. Katz, co-author of “Keep Your Brain Alive,” and Pierce J. Howard, author of “The Owner’s Manual for the Brain,” both state that by doing something every day, will keep your brain cells active and alive. So I guess, exercising our brain …

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Getting It All Done – How to find your paperwork in 30 seconds or less

Tired of never having enough time to get everything done? This is a 12-page document that was created as a PowerPoint presentation will give you simple strategies that will make it seem like hours have been added to your day …

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How to Be More Effective, Efficient and Organized

Achieving goals in an effective and efficient way is possible when you are well-organized. Here are some ideas that will …

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How to Improve on Your Goal Setting Skills

Life is the most fantastic journey in the universe, where you are or where you want to be. You can choose your own destination. And only then can choose how you are …

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Is Multitasking Good or Bad?

We have so many hours in the day, and we tend to think we can get everything done that we planned to do, right? Not always, so we multitask some things in order to catch up. But can it be a costly mistake to multitask most of the time? So let’s discuss, whether it’s good or bad, …

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The Christmas Countdown

Set timeframes for all your actions and schedule everything into your planner. This is vital, otherwise you’ll end up keeping yourself busy and before you know it, all your good intentions will have fallen by the wayside and Christmas will be only …

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The Secrets of Organizing Your Life – Simple Strategies and Techniques

These simple strategies will put you on the F.A.S.T. track to less stress, less mess and more success. Just click through the slides in this PowerPoint presentation …

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