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Our New and Improved Focus |
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This month starts a new series of tips. In addition
to the valuable reading tips I have shared over the
past four years, I am now branching out into other
soft-skills areas to help you become more
professionally productive and personally satisfied.
I will provide short tips that I hope will help
every one of you feel more in control of your life –
both at work and at home. (If you are still looking
for my reading tips, I will still share a few per
year or you can
visit my website for a selection posted there.)
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Where DOES Your Time Go? |
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Know that time doesn’t GO anywhere – you decide how
to spend it. The most satisfied people I know spend
most of their time wisely doing productive
activities while the most unsatisfied people waste
it doing unproductive activities.
The wise time spenders have goals; they know what
they want to have, do or be, both in the short- and
long-term. And when it comes time to figuring out
what the best use of their time is, they choose
activities that are important to them based on what
they want out of their lives. So if you haven't
written your goals down or thought about them in
awhile, consider making an appointment with yourself
to create or revise them (or if you work for a
company, consider our
Paper Room Career Coaching.)
In our Classic Time Management
training program, in addition to helping you set
goals, we share other smart strategies to help you
spend your time more wisely. Here are 5 useful ones:
- Prepare for the morning the night before.
Before you leave work or end your day, spend a
few minutes writing down what is most important
to get done the next day.
- Schedule a realistic day. Leave room
between meetings and appointments and some extra
time for the unexpected.
- Check your email 3 times per day (or
at least not every 5 seconds!). The beauty of
technology is that your messages will be there
when you are ready to receive them. Turn off
your email notification ding and get back to
other work.
- Learn to say “No!” No, I will not
check my email now. No, I will not pick up the
phone until I‘m done with this project. No, I
will not go . . . Saying “No” sometimes allows
you to get done what you want and to spend time
in the ways you choose.
- Get enough sleep. Do you know how
much sleep you need? Are you getting it? When
you are well-rested, you are more capable of
handling anything that comes your way.
Here's hoping you spend your time on things that are
truly important . . . TO YOU!
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Rev It Up Reading Is Coming to Boston! |
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We are extremely excited about our ability to
offer our fun and interactive reading skills
training to the general public. Starting in
April, we will hold half-day LIVE training
classes in the following Boston area locations:
- April 7 - Norwood, MA
- April 8 - Boston, MA
Other upcoming programs are scheduled in:
- April 26 - Hartford, CT
- May 25 - Atlanta, GA
- June 15 - New York City, NY
Register early for our Early Bird
Discounts or always get 10% off if you bring a
friend (both receive the discount).
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Upcoming No-Fee Classes
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Beyond Overload Teleclass on May 18 OR 19 and
Barnes and Noble Online University 6 week session
"Speed Reading: Read More In Less Time" starting
March 6.
Find out more.... |
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