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Added for You - Dealing With Office Distractions, Part Two - Unnecessary Work
Hiring portable toilets for a construction site, an event, a concert, party or large gathering can be confusing process given that you could hire a self contained chemical toilet, chemical disabled toilet, portable mains connect toilet, disabled toilet with baby changing facilities or urinal units.This article aims to explain some of the differences between the various types and what you should look for in terms of accreditations to ensure that you have peace of mind.Most are self contained chemical toilets with either cold water handwash, warm water handw
Next thing you know, you've got problems: You discover the system doesn’t work as well as you’d hoped. You call Customer Service, but can’t seem to get the help you need. So, you decide to switch services. But to your dismay, you discover you’re going to lose a lot of money if you switch now because you’re locked into a contract.Frighteningly, this scenario is not uncommon. A lot of unsuspecting folks get into bad deals with less-than-ideal products… and then have to pay a fortune to switch.For this reason, it is essential that you only use services that l
Unnecessary Work
Unnecessary work is a silent productivity killer in the office environment. By unnecessary I don't mean that the work should never be done, but rather more important work should take precedent. These tasks are the small things, the "zero" time activities that can consume your work day if left unchecked. Some examples that come to mind include dealing with email, attending meetings and battling with common office applications.
There are three simple things that you can do to combat time leaching activities.
1. Get Disciplined
Email encroaching on your day? Here's a simple solution.... Stop checking it. Yes, you heard me right, stop checking your email. You can't read or reply to something you have never opened. Now before you jump into the antisocial deep end, allow me to qualify my statement. Stop reading and responding to email as soon as it comes in. Set specific times to read and respond to email. Resist the temptation to respond immediately, be disciplined. If you are using Outlook you might as well go in and also turn off the feature to notify you when a new message arrives. You don't care when a message arrives, you'll be checking email at five till the hour now. Email is like the bathroom door after Uncle Frank visits, it is best left unopened as long as possible.
2. Get Organized
One of the best ways to tackle marathon meetings is to be organized. If you are the organizer, come with a clear agenda and stick to it. Assign someone to be the time keeper. When an agenda item's time slot expires, move on. Be sure to note what was decided and discussed, but if the agenda calls for 15 minutes for the budget, then it should take 15 minutes. Maybe less, but not more. If you are not the organizer of a time waste
One of the best ways to create visibility for yourself and your business is simply to start talking in front of a captive audience. That means seeking out every possible opportunity to speak in front of people who are interested in your subject.Why? Because:1. You establish yourself as an expert. No matter what your topic or how much experience you have in your field, once you stand in front of an audience you are perceived as an expert. The more often you speak, the more quickly you will notice that the perception becomes reality.2. Speaking introd
There are three simple things that you can do to combat time leaching activities.
1. Get Disciplined
Email encroaching on your day? Here's a simple solution.... Stop checking it. Yes, you heard me right, stop checking your email. You can't read or reply to something you have never opened. Now before you jump into the antisocial deep end, allow me to qualify my statement. Stop reading and responding to email as soon as it comes in. Set specific times to read and respond to email. Resist the temptation to respond immediately, be disciplined. If you are using Outlook you might as well go in and also turn off the feature to notify you when a new message arrives. You don't care when a message arrives, you'll be checking email at five till the hour now. Email is like the bathroom door after Uncle Frank visits, it is best left unopened as long as possible.
2. Get Organized
One of the best ways to tackle marathon meetings is to be organized. If you are the organizer, come with a clear agenda and stick to it. Assign someone to be the time keeper. When an agenda item's time slot expires, move on. Be sure to note what was decided and discussed, but if the agenda calls for 15 minutes for the budget, then it should take 15 minutes. Maybe less, but not more. If you are not the organizer of a time wast
A great and easy way to lend credibility to your company, your products and your services is by having your own registered office. Things have become convenient for businessmen, businesswomen and merchants in UK, who want registered offices. Now they can also get online services which would help them attain their registered office, and also they can benefit the ease of doing it online.A registered office is nothing but the company address that has been registered with the Companies Registry. The company records are usually maintained with reference to this addres
2. Get Organized
One of the best ways to tackle marathon meetings is to be organized. If you are the organizer, come with a clear agenda and stick to it. Assign someone to be the time keeper. When an agenda item's time slot expires, move on. Be sure to note what was decided and discussed, but if the agenda calls for 15 minutes for the budget, then it should take 15 minutes. Maybe less, but not more. If you are not the organizer of a time wast
You are excited, it's a new business day! You glance at your business plan on the pin board in front of you. A shiver of excitement races up your spine as you think of your business potential. Just 8 hours a day on this plan will mean a better life for you and your family, all within 2 years. Then the phone rings…It's a customer! They are enquiring about that widget they bought from you yesterday.Will it do x and y?So you explain that it will do x and y. And because you are focused on providing the ultimate customer service, you talk them through th
2. Get Organized
One of the best ways to tackle marathon meetings is to be organized. If you are the organizer, come with a clear agenda and stick to it. Assign someone to be the time keeper. When an agenda item's time slot expires, move on. Be sure to note what was decided and discussed, but if the agenda calls for 15 minutes for the budget, then it should take 15 minutes. Maybe less, but not more. If you are not the organizer of a time wast
Financial Advisors come from varied backgrounds, wear different hats and offer vastly different services. So, that begs the question, “What makes an advisor from Merrill Lynch, or UBS, or MetLife, or another firm, big or small, different from any other?”That's a great question – one I get asked all the time. But, the question I often sense lurking well below the surface is one far more rarely asked, if ever. That question is, ... “Who is the right advisor for me and my family?”Slick slogans and fancy websites aside, one thing is sure. It's way harder than
Even with a well structured meeting you still may feel as though your time is being wasted. The root problem here may be that your presence may not be needed in the meeting. Besides identifying what should happen in a meeting, the organizer should also identify who will do what. Have the organizer provide a list of roles for the meeting, along with a list of required and optional attendees. It could be as simple as "Jane will give a budget update and John will give us a dry run of the Cunningham presentation" From this statement it is clear that both Jane and John must attend the meeting. Everyone else will play the role of listening to the budget update and being the audience for John. So if you know all about the budget and you have already heard the presentation five times, you probably aren't needed at the meeting, so don't attend. Score one for productivity.
3. Get Trained
Stop fighting your tools; Stop wasting time fighting the auto-format "feature" in Word, just ask some one for help. There are plenty of resources online and at your local bookstore on every major software package. You can also take a course on that problematic software at a community college. Ask around your office for help with the application. If it is a Microsoft Office product ask a friendly pe
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