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The 3-Sentence Email Guaranteed to Get a Response

Success

If your real goal is a phone call, don’t ask, “Could we have a phone call some time?” a good time for me to call your office for a quick 8-minute chat?”. This sentence tells Clargley you respect her time, are willing to do the time-zone math, and all she needs to do is pick up the phone.

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The Ultimate Executive Assistant Toolbox

Worxbee

Conveniently, if you have the app on your phone, you could do it anywhere. The automated scheduling tool syncs automatically with calendar apps, including accounting for time zones - and that’s just one of the key features. You need to rally people and help motivate them toward the company’s goals.

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To-Do or Not To-Do? Taking Your To-Do List to the Next Level!

Professional Assistant Blog

Having a to-do list can be very helpful in accomplishing your tasks, but also setting goals. In order to set goals, you have to write them down and then prioritize them. Then, you need to assign tasks to each goal, where you break the goal down into manageable chunks. Next, add a time frame to each task.

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How to Avoid Burnouts While Working at Home

The Marq

My goal for the routine is to get 20% of all activities done that are the most valuable, assuming that 20% gives me 80% of the benefits for achieving what I want (the Pareto Principle - Wikipedia link). These are the tasks that are meant to get me closer to my goals. This is partly to help me focus on my goals, and partly to rant.

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

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 Sometimes I wish I had something to warn me when I am with someone with a cell phone so I can know that we are going to be interrupted. Apparently not, when its by phone. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

Laughing all the Way to Work

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 Manage: Monitor your energy levels throughout the day and pinpoint the times when you accomplish the most. Schedule challenging or time-consuming tasks for those hours. Check: Are phone calls planned?

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

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 If the meeting is internal, I send a meeting request, but for external meetings I tend to just confirm with them the meeting details by phone or e-mail. Lets enjoy our day together.© 411 Look Up 411.ca