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Life
is an Adventure July
29, 2011
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- What's
New at Mise En Place?
Boston bound in September--watch for details!
- Feature
Article -
Life
is an Adventure
- Ann
Michael Recommends - Enjoying
your summer vacation and don't feel guilty about
totally disconnecting!
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This
past Sunday was girls day; three moms and three
daughters (ages 14 and 15), went whitewater rafting.
It was a beautiful day, sunny, warm but not to hot,
a mild breeze and low humidity. Just perfect weather.
The six of us were given the only pink boat and
laughingly we called ourselves "Pink Power"!
We navigated the class 1, 2, and 3 rapids without a guide for the three hour trip. We got hung up on rocks a couple of times and had to work our way out. Once we got the hang of it, we could "spin out", all shift to one side of the raft, or get out and push - depending on the situation and location. During one of the breaks a couple of the girls went body surfing through a set of rapids. By the time we reached the class 3 rapids, we navigated them with ease. (Boy is there a big difference between class 2 and class 3 rapids!)
The look on our daughters' faces as we floated out of the rapids was pure joy. They had smiles from ear to ear, looks of amazement in their eyes, and an expression of "can we do this again?" The Moms? We felt extremely proud of them and ourselves! |
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I
will be in Boston the week of September 26th and
have times available for our two most popular
workshops - The GO System and Escape the E-mail
Vortex. The details of each are noted below. If
you have a group of 15 or more for either of these,
please e-mail
me so that we can coordinate schedules.
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The
GO System®
The GO System®, a proven course that helps you become more focused, organized, and productive, addresses seven major issues that help significantly improve workplace results:
- Establishing
strong foundational habits
- Processing
incoming items
- Prioritizing
- Using
time rationally
- Effectively
managing projects
- Understanding
personality issues
- Understanding
psychological issues
The bottom line - you get more done! |
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Escape
the E-mail Vortex:
Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Tame Your In-box |
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Are you are tired of drowning in e-mails. Tired
of e-mailing all day and not getting anything done.
Wishing your e-mail tool was doing what it claims
to -- to be a productivity tool -- versus hindering
your productivity? If so, than this is the webinar
for you!
During the Escape the E-mail Vortex workshop, you will learn:
- The
proven secrets of managing e-mail
- Who
contributes to the e-mail overload
- The
5 misuses of an in-box
- The
golden rule of managing e-mail
- Disadvantages
of a full in-box
- 5
steps for clearing out an overloaded in-box
- Strategies
for incoming e-mail management
- 3
tips for significantly reducing spam
- Strategies
for managing outgoing e-mails including 4 options
for directing e-mail traffic
- 5
tips to improve overall performance, processing,
and maintenance
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so much more!
All registrants will receive course notes, Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Managing E-mail packet (a 21-page how-to tip sheet), and a Next Step Guide which contains a step-by-step strategy for getting your e-mail under control.
By attending the Escape the E-mail Vortex workshop, you will learn how to create and maintain a proven strategy for cleaning out your in-box--and keeping it clean and manageable. You will have the ability to control your “e-mail ecosystem” instead of allowing it to control you! To
schedule an in-house GO
System and/or an Escape the
E-mail Vortex workshop for your
team of 15 or more please call us at 585.924.8479
or e-mail
us. |
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Ask
a handful of friends, family, and colleagues the
following question, "How
do you think I would spend my time if I had more
time?" Or, you might want to ask,
"Do
you know what I like to do in my spare time?"
It will be interesting to hear the responses
- to learn how well all of these people really know
you.
Sadly, many people rarely, if ever, have a chance
to spend time doing what they enjoy doing. As a
result, those around you don't know what would bring
you pleasure or how they can support your interests.
Not spending time doing what you enjoy doing is
like not plugging in your cell phone to recharge.
Without recharging your cell phone it won't work
and the same holds true for you.
So, what recharges you -- traveling, gardening,
hiking, kayaking, skiing, cooking, backpacking,
scrapbooking, woodworking, or whitewater rafting?
Take some time this week and recharge. Not only
have you earned it, you need it. Go ahead, recharge...
and stop feeling guilty about it! |
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Our
kitchens are pretty easy to keep organized. Thanks
to tools like silverware trays, we know where to
put thing. By now, the silverware tray of your office
- the tickler system - is now set up, right? You’ve
got those tickler folders working, and you are getting
used to having them capture all of your "to-dos",
ideas, and thoughts. Have you noticed how much clearer
you are thinking now? Getting all of that stuff
off of your desk and out of your head lightens your
load.
Now, just a few quick tips on prioritizing all of that info in your tickler:
- Prioritize
tomorrow’s work at the end of every work day.
As they say, "you’ll sleep on it". If
however, this strategy keeps you up at night –
ditch it! Prioritizing first thing in the morning
is just fine.
- Once
you've prioritized, take an honest look at your
workload. If it's more than you have time to get
done today, take the lowest priority, select a
day that you will work on it, and drop it in the
respective tickler folder. Keep doing this until
you have a workload that you are comfortable with.
Remember, if you finish everything in today's
folder, you can always work on tomorrows folder!
- On
the other hand, if you are feeling too overwhelmed
with everything you need to get done, just put
three items (yes three!) in today's folder. Keep
doing that until you stop feeling so overwhelmed.
It may take a week, a month, or even longer –
yet remember, every day you will be working on
your top three priorities – and best of all you
will be getting them done. I bet most of your
colleagues can’t say that!
- You
can re-prioritize your workload during the day
based on new incoming information. Times that
you’ll want to do this? After a meeting, when
the boss gives you an urgent deliverable, when
you've had a few minutes to catch up with e-mails.
You get the idea.
- Don't
forget to check out the tools and articles on
prioritization in the GO System Resource Library
which you can find at: www.gosystemresources.com.
Have a productive day! |
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Productivity Pointer: View Word Documents Side by Side
Do you ever need to look at Word documents side by side to make comparisons? Check out this east way to do it: |
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Open
both
of the Word documents that you want
to view together.
- In one of the files you want, click on the View tab.
- In the Window section, choose View Side by Side.
- If you have more than 2 opened Word documents, a box will appear listing the Word documents that are open (excluding the one you are in).
- Choose the file you want to be seen along-side of the one you have.
Both documents will appear together. Now you can work in either one of them, scrolling down to the areas that you want. If you select the Synchronous Scrolling in the View menu, both documents will scroll simultaneously when you are scrolling in one of the documents. |
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Ann
Michael Henry is the Founder and Chief
Productivity Officer for Mise
En Place -- an organization and
productivity consulting firm devoted to working
with clients to discover the right ingredients for
managing e-mail, digital data, paper, and workload
so that they can "get cooking" at work
and still have time to satisfy their appetite for
life. |
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"If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens." ~ Fay Weldon |
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