What makes you focus? What makes you want to get up and move? What helps you with creativity? For me, it is frequently music! You see, I grew up in a very music filled family. My dad was a band director for about 18 years. I grew up listening to students practice a variety of different types of music. We also had all kinds of 8-tracks, records and tapes that we played all of the time. … [Read more...]
Do You Social Bookmark?
Social Bookmarking Sites are a great way to find fabulous content and get more exposure for your content. If you are not familiar with social bookmarking then take a few minutes to watch the video that Lee and Sachi from Commoncraft have created. It is a short video that is a great summary of social bookmarking and why you might want to try it out to manage all of the web sites that you want to … [Read more...]
Office Clutter – Is Yours Multiplying?
Office clutter tends to multiply like bunnies or grow like weeds. It is not all about the way things look. Excessive clutter makes your business less productive and less profitable. Now, you may not be an expert at organizing, but making sure that your business is better organized still needs to be a strong consideration, especially if things are starting to get out of control. … [Read more...]
Are You More Productive at Home or the Office?
So, which is better - working from home or working in an office? Are you more productive in one spot vs the other? Does it matter? Well, of course I have an opinion, but first I thought I would share some research from the Basex company. Basex has recently been conducting a survey asking these very questions. Keep reading for some of the results! … [Read more...]
How Control-Freak-It is Can Derail Your Success
Do you want to be successful with your business? Do you delegate? No? Why not? I frequently have people ask me how I can get it all done and that I must never sleep. Now, admittedly, my sleeping patterns are a bit odd because I am a stay-up-late kind of gal, but that is not how I manage to grow my business and get a lot done in the community I live in. Keep reading for ideas on how you … [Read more...]
The Paperless Society – A MYTH!
We have heard it since the early 1970s - the Internet will make us paperless! Well, I don't know about you, but my office is not close to being paper-free. One of the reasons for the plethora of paper is that it is just too darn easy to share information today. Let me give you an example. When I first started working in an office environment, the Internet and email was not really used to … [Read more...]
The Fine Art of Delegation
About a week or so ago I went and gave a presentation to some staff at Illinois State University. One of the coordinators of the meeting shared a great set of resources. I checked them all out and thought that they were fabulous resources for you! … [Read more...]
Reporter at Your Door? How Would You Respond? Stephanie on WEEK TV
A few weeks ago I was contacted by Jenny Li of NBC's WEEK News 25. She told me that they wanted to do a local story tagging off of the new NBC show "Lipstick Jungle." Would I be interested in being featured? Could she come to the house to do the interview? What was my response? … [Read more...]
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