Reader Tip: Admin-to-admin
Can’t bring yourself to weed through that pile of catalogs? Here’s a great reader tip on streamlining your catalog files …
Category: Productivity
Smarter holiday e-shopping
Before you fire up the Net and begin your holiday spending spree, follow these tips from financial web site “The Motley Fool” (www.fool.com) for saving money during the nation’s biggest shopping season …
Do your job like a master geek
What are the best online tools to help you get things done smarter and faster? Gina Trapani, lead blogger for Lifehacker.com and author of Upgrade Your Life, is an expert at helping people master modern technology. Here’s how everyday Joes and Janes can be like master geeks, she says …
Become an e-mail ninja to survive
Is it possible to clear out an e-mail inbox—and keep it clear—daily? Yes. But you must be willing to change your behavior, says Michael C. Hyatt, president of Thomas Nelson Publishers, who writes on his blog about taking control of his own inbox.
I’ll do it … tomorrow … sound familiar?
You’ve been meaning to make a doctor’s appointment/reorganize the shelves/have the oil changed, but you keep putting it off. Sound familiar? If you occasionally procrastinate, these simple measures will help you take a more proactive approach.
Fight clutter with an ‘action corner’
Create an “action corner” on your desk. What to put in it: paperwork related to immediate tasks, notes from a phone conversation, a business card to enter into your address file …
Shed your way to a better you
If you’ve had trouble following through on your New Year’s resolution to get organized, you may be better suited to “shedding.” In Julie Morgenstern’s new book, When Organizing Isn’t Enough, she differentiates between organizing and shedding:
Prepare for disaster before it hits
Business owners often learn that they weren’t adequately prepared for floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters. Admins can help disaster-proof the workplace with these tips
1-Minute Strategies: Sept. ’08
Turn feedback into behavioral change … Save paper by using “Shrink to Fit” and rid yourself of those few lines of text that spill over to the next page … Don’t give short shrift to complex e-mail messages.
A ‘Neat’ way to keep receipts neat
For the boss whose drawers and briefcase are whitened with business cards and receipts, it might be time for this tech solution: Neat Receipts (
www.neatreceipts.com
).