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What 30 Days of Productivity Taught Me About Finding Time

Success

When she asked me to play the assigned pieces, it was clear I hadn’t touched any part of my keyboard or even glanced at the sheet music outside of her practice room. I didn’t have a ton of time to go exploring, so I settled for quick-hit tasks like making phone calls that were long overdue. I actually prefer hooking up my keyboard.

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First Impressions Online: How PAs Virtually Greet Business 

Practically Perfect PA

I am a keyboard warrior. In recent years I’ve found myself in the online space where first impressions with clients happen over live chat, email or phone. Not necessarily by choice, but rather by circumstance. I’ve worked as a PA and Office Manager across the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and now Foodservice industry since 2011.

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5 Time Saving Tips for Home Businesses

Tips From T. Marie

Set a time to make/take phone calls. Instead of answering the phone whenever it rings consider setting aside an hour or so each day specifically for taking and making phone calls. I’ve written before about how much time can be consumed in your day by a phone call. Create and use an info packet. Do you hate invoicing?

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7 Ways to Make a Good Impression on the Phone

On The Job

But so does the phone conversation with the women was yelling at her kids every few minutes without turning away from the phone ("I TOLD YOU I'M ON THE PHONE! People are answering the phone with a 'Hey, how ya doin'?' Not the right one, says Bailo, founder and chief executive of Phone Interview Pro.

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10 Great Gift Ideas for Coworkers

On The Job

Anyone who has ever left a phone charger on their desk knows the frustration of having a phone die in the middle of a conversation while on the go. Keyboard stickers. If you know someone who is tired of a boring keyboard, try these Van Gogh Starry Night or comic book decals. Travel charger. Happy shopping!

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To Produce, Consume, or Just Leave My Phone in My Pocket

Productivityist

Then Kelly and Ferriss agreed on something I hadn’t thought of, their phones are poor input devices. It isn’t easy to produce something on our phones, so why focus on it when you can do better work someplace else? Okay, so using my phone as an input device didn’t work – but that was only one side to the coin.

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Why Multitasking Makes You Less Productive

On The Job

I recently had to get rid of my computer keyboard because the Super Glue I spilled on it made it difficult to use. I destroyed the keyboard because I was multitasking. The keyboard before this one was also a mess. So did the red fingernail polish that covered the letters “L” “I” and “9.” (OK, That’s always the way, isn’t it?)

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