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Want to Reduce Digital Distractions? Brain Coach Jim Kwik Shares Strategies for Better Focus

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When the first thing you do is grab for your phone, you’re rewiring your brain for two things that are hurting your productivity or performance.” The second thing Kwik says happens when you grab your phone is a flex of your distraction muscles. O: Organized Keep your digital workspaces clean and organized to reduce mental clutter.

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The Secret Tool That Helps My Business Grow & Keeps Me Connected to Important FollowUps

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Back when I had to keep track of phone conversations, email and face-to-face it was simply much easier to do! Here is an example of an interaction that my client had prior to putting a CRM in place: Prospective client calls on the phone about a speaking project and a meeting gets scheduled. Proposal is created and sent.

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Should City Governments and other Businesses look to Virtual Services to Save Money?

Tips From T. Marie

The article discussed how the City of Hickory, NC proposed offering early retirement to 84 of their employees. And don’t use filing as an excuse to ‘need’ an in-office worker, if you haven’t moved to an electronic files system it’s high time you did. especially in the current economy.

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Three Easy Steps For Adding Productivity to Your Work Day

Step It Up VA Coaching

Perhaps you spend too much time recreating every proposal or contract, every form, every letter or email each time you need it. ” There are several things that could cause you to come up short when it comes to checking things off your to-do list at the end of the day. Also, make sure your equipment is in good working order at all times.

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In Case Of Emergency…Trust Your Procedure

Stephanie LH Calahan

I keep it with my digital profile stored on my phone so when I give out my contact information, my client’s have the number handy. This means putting away old files too. Create a spreadsheet and copy the files into this spreadsheet.     If you live in the U.S., have your Tax ID number handy.

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Three Easy Steps For Adding Productivity to Your Work Day

Step It Up VA Coaching

Perhaps you spend too much time recreating every proposal or contract, every form, every letter or email each time you need it. ” There are several things that could cause you to come up short when it comes to checking things off your to-do list at the end of the day. Also, make sure your equipment is in good working order at all times.

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

Listing the reason why you left an employer is really important, especially if you want to make it to at least to a phone screening. So treat it like a sales proposal on yourself. And like any sales proposal, the cost is always left til last, or left to be discussed in person, which would also apply here with your application process.