Success

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s a scene straight out of a holiday movie: A family travels to an idyllic farm to cut down their own Christmas tree and spends the day walking the rows, making wreaths and sipping hot cocoa. As [my kids] have grown up, so many [tree farms] have shut down. every year.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Last year, I made a video for my YouTube channel recommending 10 gift ideas for the (aspiring) productive person in your life. It’s 2020 and it’s time for a new holiday gift guide. This year, I’ve got 20 other ideas for you – some ideas that you may want to steal and buy for yourself this holiday season!

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Success

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Small business owners especially might skimp on office products and services to save money—but what if those purchases themselves end up saving you money ? Here’s what products and services to look into at your next budget meeting to give your space and processes a pick-me-up. Or, try a fiddle leaf fig.

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Success

DECEMBER 16, 2022

My suitcase was packed, my traveling clothes all laid out. There, we’d spend the holidays together, as a family, without the overgifting and overdecorating and overeating of a typical Christmas. This trip was part birthday gift, part Christmas escape, part Florida homecoming. My mom shook me awake in the dark. Back to the beach.

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Success

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And that doesn’t just mean bountiful gifts to friends and family. This hashtag-driven holiday generated $3.1 While some companies opt for one-time gifts, social enterprises build giving back into the fabric of their operations. State Bags Scot Tatelman grew up camping. The giving season is here. billion for U.S.-based

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Success

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Think of your favorite place to travel—near or far. What is a new hobby you want to pick up? How does your favorite holiday make you feel? Describe the most thoughtful gift you’ve ever received. Journal prompts to help you feel gratitude for experiences What is your happiest memory from the last year?

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

For the past two years, Productivityist has published an annual gift guide that features gifts that won’t just help the “productivityist” get more of the right things done, but they’ll have some tools that they can use that will make the process all the more enjoyable. FitDesk Yep. I ride a bike at work.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

For the past two years, Productivityist has published an annual gift guide that features gifts that won''t just help the "productivityist" get more of the right things done, but they''ll have some tools that they can use that will make the process all the more enjoyable. Timbuk2 Commute Laptop TSA-Friendly Messenger Bag.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

This year I decided to offer holiday shoppers a bit more time to explore possible gift ideas for the productivity enthusiast — aka the "productivityist" — in their lives. The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2013 may be a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn''t considered.

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Success

DECEMBER 4, 2023

So, the holidays and all the cheerful “requirements” that come with it, from gift-giving for dozens of people to taking time off work, can just add another layer of stress in a season meant for joy and relaxation. Exhausted Americans are saying enough to the holiday extras.

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Allwork

AUGUST 30, 2022

If you need to present the same content to teams globally, set up multiple meetings. Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays. In addition, consider having purely social gatherings where people join in and are given gift cards in advance to purchase special foods during the events to celebrate achievements. .

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The Office Professionals Place

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Take the “Jingle&# out of Holiday Stress Are you planning the holiday party in your office? Or are you stressed just thinking about the holidays? Here are a few ways to ‘deck the halls’ and have a worry free holiday. Use your days off during the holidays to relax.

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Eco-Office Gals

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I confess, our plates, cups and travel mugs… they are littered with plastic. There is a wonderful variety to choose from when deciding on your Green Gift Giving this season! How about giving (or receiving) something from The Green Glass Company this holiday season? Tweet this giveaway. Stumble this giveaway.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Any time I feel like I need to create a special notebook or folder for information, I ask myself if what I’m looking to organize would be better set up in Trello. Travel Planning. You can even use it to track your budget as you’re traveling by entering in actual numbers on the go. Holiday Checklists and Planning.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Any time I feel like I need to create a special notebook or folder for information, I ask myself if what I’m looking to organize would be better set up in Trello. Travel Planning. You can even use it to track your budget as you’re traveling by entering in actual numbers on the go. Holiday Checklists and Planning.

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Success

JANUARY 8, 2023

I’d spent most of the holiday scrubbing the cabinets of a rental home, fixing a crack in the ceiling and painting the living room. We finished the job and went to the hardware store to buy a weed-eater, then grilled up a few hamburgers to celebrate America. This is a problem for a writer. he said, shaking his head. Feather it out!”.

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

For couples who travel frequently between homes and businesses and have busy lifestyles, this could mean coordinating professional and private schedules across different time zones and in different regions around the world. An EA/PA manages the executive’s entire life. How Much Does a Hybrid Executive Assistant Earn?

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Productivityist

JULY 3, 2023

It’s a valuable tool to free up time for what truly matters. Slow travel, whether walking or biking, offers a unique perspective. Mix up your work environment if you work from home. Time is a gift; use it for what truly matters. Set up an email vacation message before you go on holiday.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 19, 2012

The holidays are here. Many of you will be welcoming kids home from school, rushing about doing last-minute gift shopping, preparing to receive guests or making travel plans to visit family. During the holidays, most freelancers let their business fall off the priority list. Use the holidays to fix up your website.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The Gift of Life; the Gift of Love. The holidays are supposed to be the happiest days of the year. Be happy you can get up and go to work! Friends, family, trusted colleagues, what could be better than that? Oh yes, and budget analysis for the whole year! Make the best of each day. Keep the faith! Miracles do happen!

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The Gift of Life; the Gift of Love. The holidays are supposed to be the happiest days of the year. Be happy you can get up and go to work! Friends, family, trusted colleagues, what could be better than that? Oh yes, and budget analysis for the whole year! Make the best of each day. Keep the faith! Miracles do happen!

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 21, 2014

Try to find a date that fits around the summer holiday. Summer parties should ideally be in June or early July so that you avoid the school holidays and vacation time. People are much more likely to turn up if they do not have to travel to far! Here are my top 15 tips for organising your office summer party.

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Virtual Moxie

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

. Welcome to the 2021 Gift Guide! It’s the time that I get to curl up on my sofa wrapped in my favorite blanket, with my favorite coffee and my laptop and write to you about the items that made this year’s list of awesomely-appropriate gifts for clients and colleagues. Gift Shops. Handmade Gifts.

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Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

On Monday, Consumer Reports published its first Naughty and Nice Holiday List. The input came from reporters and editors and covered shopping, travel, hospitality, and telecommunications, and identifies some good and some frowned upon shopping policies of 20 popular organizations. Anything can be returned anytime for any reason. -

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 28 December, 2009 Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her boss My assistant sent me a link to a story about an Executive Assistant in British Columbia, Canada, who gave the gift of life by donating a kidney to her boss. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Or I could share my heartfelt excitement over working into the wee hours, creating homespun (handknit) holiday gifts. Happy Holidays! Maybe we can catch up with one another in March, during which I make the drive back and forth from here (Prescott) to Tucson often! Yes, I can see that we’ll have to meet up in March.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 10, 2012

They have 12 bedrooms, each can house up to 6 people. I feel like I’m on pause right now as I wrap up the year whereas I am used to running all over the country traveling and speaking so I feel like I am in slow motion. Did you write a reasonable budget for your holiday shopping? Do you guilt shop?

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Energage

MAY 26, 2016

The winner was Belinda Enriquez, who earned a $15 Subway gift card. You need to speak up,” Dougherty said. It requires travel, long hours, missed holidays. To make up for the rigors of the job, employees get generous time off, flexibility, and good medical and dental coverage. It is demanding.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

No, its not e-cards (I am not a fan of e-cards as one more e-mail cluttering up my Inbox is not a welcome thing), but these are actual hard copy cards that you can customize and send out with your own special message. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca She loved it!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 15, 2012

It comes in handy when you are setting up catered lunch meetings, giving gifts, event planning, and being a well-informed assistant. You're setting up lunches, giving restaurant recommendations to visiting executives, and sending gift baskets of fruit, baked goods, and other edibles. 1) Know good food.

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Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Consumer Reports just came out with their holiday report card giving holiday shoppers some interesting facts Santa’s helpers will surely want to consider before buying gifts either at the mall or online. to extra fees if you have talked too long to grandmother. photo credit: kholkute.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

That inspirational pat on the back shows up from time to time in my work, and it’s posts like this one about losing everything and this one about finding faith in your dreams again that leave me feeling good just for reading them. In fact, a friend of mine wrote out that last post by hand in blue and gold pen as a gift to me.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Some managers may have concerns about giving up control over their workforce by implementing supportive policies and practices, however they actually gain more control over outputs and results by giving control of time management to employees. Management will lose control.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Try to set up the communication of the office so your boss checks their own emails and responds, but you are in charge of all the mtg coordination, phones, and anything that happens in the office. You answer the phone, book travel, offer beverages to guests, book meetings, prepare the conference room, order food, etc.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 2, 2010

Comment by Ian McKenzie on May 30, 2007 @ 1:13 pm I’ve had similar experiences after trips; I travel to customer sites and while I’m onsite, I can’t typically keep up with the things I usually do when I’m in the office, so I find myself going through a similar process.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Imagine, if we had assistants at home to pay the bills, do the budget, organize dinners, answer our calls and follow up with reminders -- it is starting to sound pretty good. or Gifts or Ideas for Administrative Professionals Week. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

For most people, it conjures up thoughts of eating disorders and obsessive behavior. I geared up my brain with some psychological wizardry and began. I woke up on Saturday morning and breakfasted on almond croissants (x2), french fries and beer. For me, that was a binge holiday. You are also giving yourself a gift.

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