On The Job

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Yesterday, I received an email that I want to share: My Girl Scouts and I just wanted to take the time write you a little thank you note about your wonderful page, [link] because it's been such a major help. My Girl Scout Troop is having a program to help empower young women and build confidence within themselves.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

DECEMBER 15, 2014

I recently announced the launch of a brand new 6-month private coaching program. It’s called, 6 Month Life & Business Development Coaching Program , and it runs January through June 2015. In my 11 years as an entrepreneur and in creating two successful businesses – - I learned a few things! Email me today!

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Office Dynamics

JULY 18, 2016

I have been preparing to teach the last 2 modules of my 12 part Star Achievement Series to a long-time client in Charlotte in early August. In so doing, I came across a piece I love, but can’t take credit for and want to share it with you. I bet like me, you never thought about creating a Don’t Do list. The Law of “Don’t Do”.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 15, 2013

As I talk with my private clients and colleagues, many tell me that they'd like to get on more stages and get their message out, but they don't know where to start. Before you contact hosts/producers, make sure to do your homework.  There are thousands of experts that host teleseminar and webinar programs. 

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 25, 2015

I just got back from a great meeting today with my local ATD Chapter. For 25 years I have been teaching live workshops, seminars and training programs for executive and administrative assistants. Practice and Doing (experiential!) – 75% ! Highlight great ideas, new tips, and actions you need to take or do more often.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In this article, we’re diving into the big question: How do you effectively capture—and more importantly, retain —learning in a professional development training program? And meanwhile, participants are constantly worried about their growing to-do lists and often distracted by interruptions. Part 2: Retaining Information.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MAY 22, 2014

As Virtual Assistants and business owners, it is so easy to get lost in the day-to-day details of running the business that we do not invest enough time in growing it. Even if we set aside several hours a week, where do we begin? I place a huge value on my weekly coaching calls. What areas of our business need improvement?

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On The Job

MARCH 23, 2012

The wheel falls off my office chair? First, you might not have done your homework or might have chosen a career coach with little experience or past success. Or, perhaps you saw the coach as a personal assistant who would find a job for you and all you would be required to do is show up and sign the employment papers.

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On The Job

JULY 20, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, July 20, 2009 Do Online Classes Make Sense for Your Career? I had a very busy career, and I wanted a program that was rigorous and had top-notch professors.”

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MAY 26, 2011

As Virtual Assistants and business owners, it is so easy to get lost in the day-to-day details of running the business that we do not invest enough time in growing it. Even if we set aside several hours a week, where do we begin? I place a huge value on my weekly coaching calls. What areas of our business need improvement?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Reading, Reading and more Reading Expect to do a lot of reading the first week you are on the job. This may require you to do the reading on your own time or during break or your lunch hour. Meeting new people You will also be introduced to a lot of new people and told what they do. Read and learn as much as possible.

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Success

MARCH 6, 2023

What steps should I consider to expand my business and add revenue streams? One woman who successfully grew her revenue stream says that doing more doesn’t have to be complicated—as long as you do your homework. Hoff’s homework also gave her a handle on the anticipated costs and timeline of expanding her business.

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 College May Not be for Everyone, but Education is So you’re thinking, “I don’t have time to go back to school&# or “I won’t feel right being in a room filled with people who could be my kids or at least a very young sister or brother&#. Do your homework. Get certified.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

percent, my reaction on Twitter was automatic: "Double ugh," I wrote. Heres what I wrote for my Gannett column: You may not think you have a superpower, but if the only way you’re looking for a job is by applying to companies or job boards on the Web, you’ve just become invisible. Do take a sales approach to the job search.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

My Recent Tweets Add value to become successfully self employed or a freelancer. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Do you think. My personal favourite is #4. Also success stories.

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On The Job

MAY 4, 2009

I spoke with many of them recently when I visited my alma mater, Oklahoma State University, as the Paul Miller journalism lecturer. They asked lots of questions about what they can do to improve their chances of landing a job, and I passed along the information I have been receiving from employers. Do the homework.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

And in the last 10 years I had my own online publishing company, where I wrote more than 70% of the source code for the underlying software platform. Not to show you that my career life was a roller-coaster, if you read my blog for some time you already know that. Now, a programming language is almost the same.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Here is my list: Telemarketing It is annoying to get telemarketing calls at home, but I have even had them call me at work. So why do companies continue to do it? Lets enjoy our day together.©

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

OCTOBER 1, 2013

This is an “inner-workings-of-my-business” announcement. I love doing one-on-one consulting, even though it won’t turn into an empire… ever. So long as I maintained my mojo, my audio reports would convert strangers into clients at a rate of about 1 to 5. Regular content coming soon.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

What surprised me after looking at the list was that many of the requests had to do with the typical administrative skills or tasks such as: managing multiple managers, dealing with difficult people, managing stress, calendar management, and troubleshooting. Here is my advice in step order. Do you prefer live classes or online?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

Now, I know what you’re thinking: “What do you mean, take a class? And that’s all well and good, but so far I have done absolutely diddly with this knowledge laying about at my fingertips, which is why I decided to create my own class on marketing. I decided on my textbooks. The easy way to do that? That’s okay.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 4, 2009

For example, we can that business customers in Argentina either don’t care about customer service and do not let it influence their business choices and/or we can say that business in Argentina provide great customer service and the business customers don’t find it necessary to switch vendors because the service is so good.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 28, 2010

To that end, your consultant should have done their homework when it comes to you. Generalists tend not to be as skilled as specialists who do one thing, and one thing only. And yes there are still and will always be plenty of opportunities but with out the knowledge of what you are doing. Your consultant should already know.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 18, 2010

We spent two weeks volunteering by doing conservation work with wildlife and vegetation in Tasmania, which is an Australian island and state off the Southeast tip of the mainland. These two words changed my life forever. My friends and family quickly realized I had no care in the world and I was just going to live life to the fullest.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 6, 2010

Basically, all I had to do was to read the news out loud. Yeah, back in my twenties working as a radio anchorman seemed a very interesting thing to do – not to mention it was incredibly easy: I was basically living by talking out loud. That was, apparently, what a quality assurance engineer had to do.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

And it’s sweet because now I get to discuss my ultimate, favorite topic: T, for Time-based, which has a great deal to do with project management. And project management is what I do best. The beauty of it all brings tears to my eyes. All you need to do is write everything down. And that’s it!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

People – quite a lot of them – had begun to read my blog and decided that I could help them build their blogs in the same way. Nobody wanted to hear that my results were a product of dumb luck and fun. I was having a hard time explaining that my blog lives or dies based on who I am, not on the information I provide.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

When you do this, it’s not that you’re stupid. How do you avoid this? Always do your homework. But if the copy doesn’t do the job, you have to let go. Do I want readers to tell their friends? Based upon that, I’ll slant my copywriting towards gaining that particular goal.

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Virtual Moxie

JUNE 15, 2010

And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Jess on It hurts when I do that! (on It hurts when I do that! (on But there's more, so let me share my opinion. Susan Tulini on On Justin Bieber.

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Brilliantly Better

MAY 27, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact The Secret from My 3rd Grade by dragos on May 28, 2010 · 18 comments in Success & Wellness , motivation Tweet When I was a kid I was very relaxed. I really enjoyed during my homework.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Ahh, science fiction, how do I love thee? Self-help manuals and do-it-yourself user guides. Like a Kid with a Gun Don’t you see the danger, John, inherent in what you’re doing here? And if you’re about to buy information that claims to provide you with the self-help you feel you need, do yourself a favor.

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Success

JULY 17, 2021

In 2018, my Uncle Bill bought me the book Vladimir Putin: Life Coach. Uncle Bill didn’t know that I’d started coaching my first clients the year earlier. My 2014 was chaos. My mother died; I bought my first rental property; and I started dating my now-wife. Who can benefit from coaching? After session No.

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Here’s a list of what to do – and much more importantly, what NOT to do when applying for freelance work: DO read the job ad. If you can’t do as we ask, why should we do as you ask? DO follow instructions. DO be sane. DO make sure you can do the job. DO take a chance.

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

We started using a basic questionnaire quite awhile ago here at Men with Pens, and doing so has accomplished two things for us: Saved us, the guys who put the words on the page, a lot of time Made our clients very, very happy indeed What’s not to love about that? How do you want it to feel?” The questionnaire’s job is to save you time.

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