Seizing the Opportunity
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.
I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in
the world are the people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.”
- George Bernard Shaw
Timing certainly plays a factor in our successes and failures, but action [...]
Posted on August 27, 2009 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Problems versus Opportunities
“Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.”
–Thomas Edison
We live in an interesting time with corporate downsizing, restructuring, and the increase in global competition. Some view these times as problematic; others see the incredible opportunities created by such change.
In the last decade there has been a huge growth in home-based and service-industry businesses. [...]
Posted on August 24, 2009 Filed Under Time and Life Management | 1 Comment
Perspective is Everything
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!”
- Anonymous
W. Clement Stone, founder of Combined Insurance Company, authored one of the best-selling motivational books of all time, Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude. The book is based on the concept that whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.
I first learned of W. [...]
Posted on August 21, 2009 Filed Under Time and Life Management | Leave a Comment
TOMORROW HAS COME AND IT’S TIME TO GET ORGANIZED! part 5
(Part 5 of 5)
Three More Ways to Improve Your Office Organizing Skills
4. Create a filing system that works easily and consistently.
If you and others can file and retrieve things quickly and easily from your current filing system, great! No need to change anything. However, if your current system is not working for you or others [...]
Posted on August 18, 2009 Filed Under Get Organized, Time and Life Management | 2 Comments
TOMORROW HAS COME AND IT’S TIME TO GET ORGANIZED!
(Part 4 of 5)
Three of Six Ways to Improve Your Office Organizing Skills
1. Create three labeled stacking trays on your desk to help manage paper flow:
INCOMING: This top tray is where the mail goes when it first arrives. It stays here until you have time to sort through it. Once you sort through the pile [...]
Posted on August 15, 2009 Filed Under Get Organized, Time and Life Management, Uncategorized | 2 Comments
TOMORROW HAS COME AND IT’S TIME TO GET ORGANIZED!
(part 3 of 5)
What is Disorganization Costing YOU?
Although your situation may not be as severe as Tom’s, there may be some very real professional and personal costs to doing business as usual. The greatest resistance I hear to doing the work is that it’s going to take a lot of time to get organized. For [...]
Posted on August 11, 2009 Filed Under Get Organized, Organize Your Life, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
TOMORROW HAS COME AND IT’S TIME TO GET ORGANIZED!
(Part 2 of 5)
Could This Happen To You?
I’ll share a story of what disorganization can cost an individual when one neglects it long enough.
Tom (not his real name) called me for professional advice after his wife and kids had left to go on an extended vacation without him. He was in an absolute panic. His [...]
Posted on August 6, 2009 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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