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How many items do you have on your desk? On your floor? Being cluttered and feeling overwhelmed is generally not about paper or organization but rather about how well you establish boundaries in your life. The more boundaries you create … Continued
Is your desk blanketed with paper? Imagine a video camera recording your head movement as you scan your paper covered desk. You’d probably see your head twisting and turning faster than Linda Blair’s did in The Exorcist. Many people who … Continued
Why do you think your desk and office are so cluttered? Hint: It’s not because the cleaning lady didn’t come. Every time you put a piece of paper down, in effect you are choosing not to make a decision about … Continued
Be honest. How many items do you have on your desk? The following should be the only five things on your desk other than the task on which you are working. Everything else should be in a drawer, on a … Continued
How many tasks are you doing that one of your employees could be working on instead? Rule of Delegation: It is better to give…to someone…than to do it yourself. In fact, delegate everything you can and then follow up. Better … Continued
You have the choice of saving one attachment or as many of the attachments as you want from an e-mail. Here’s how in Microsoft Outlook 2013. 1. Select or click on the e-mail. 2. Click on the File tab on … Continued
How can you remind yourself which part of a document you need to change or work on in the future? The answer: Highlight the words with a bright color. Here’s how in Microsoft Word: 1. Open a Microsoft Word document. … Continued
Have you ever been burglarized and lost everything? No computer, phone, fax, or TV? Talk about feeling disconnected… If you have, how do you get yourself back up and going? A secret decoder ring? Maybe back in the fifties but … Continued
When revising a document, do you ever get confused as to which is the most recent of the zillion versions that you now seem to have? Are you finding countless clones with slight file name variations? There is a simple … Continued
How often do you go through your computer files and completely clean them out? I know, next question. Years ago, while working at a company, a non-training participant whisked me over to his desk to brag about its cleanliness. Curious … Continued