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Focused Consistent Deliberate The 3 words to remember when working on improving your organizational and time management skills ....................
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Keeping Your Eye on the (Base)Ball I was in Washington DC for a week last fall to conduct a training and when I finished my work I took the train up to Philadelphia for a few days R&R. It happened to be during the World Series and I noticed a man across the aisle who had a wireless laptop and was streaming the game. You know I couldn't resist. I kept looking over. He finally asked...'Would you like to watch?' As you might guess, I scooted right over. The first time I ever rode Amtrak on the east coast, there was nothing known as wireless or streaming. Heck, laptops were barely around. And although that sounds like ancient history, it wasn't. In this case, technology was convenient, fun and helped pass the time. And although technology can be all those things, we've learned it can also be not-convenient, not-fun and the 'eater-upper' of time. Your time. It's like anything else. If you consistently respond to the urgent you'll reap what you sew. Consistent interruptions, low or no focus on priority issues, a stressful reminder of a day lost. To get to what you want and need, you need to: -Identify your focus for the day -Remain consistent in the habits that get you there -Be deliberate in the choices you make If any one of these areas are missing or compromised, it's easy to make email, texts and tweets more important than what's really important. Its become easy to succumb to technology with a result of having it control you rather than the other way around. And that's no way to begin or end a day. ......................................................... |
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Organizing Matters Cient stories of challenges, solutions and successes The Challenge...individual had not been successful in setting personal or professional goals and the new year was upon her. The Solution...One-on-one coaching that began with seeing the goal, owning it, setting it focusing on a set of tools and getting it by being consistent and deliberate around priorities.Result? For the first time in her life this person actually felt and realized what goal setting was really about. She is 2 months into the new year and new a viewpoint, habits and results are appearing everywhere. Rather than being 'tied down' by the goal, she was inspired. ......................................................... |
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Book Nook A review of what I've read lately and really liked... Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates you by Daniel Pink For those of you who are Daniel Pink fans (A Whole New Mind, Free Agent Nation), you know that he has a brilliant mind. He is a teacher's teacher. This book is all about what motivates us--and it may not be what you think. He shifts our paradigm to help us to work smarter and live better. ......................................................... |
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Webinar topics include... Organizing your workspace Time management Organizing electronic files Email management
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What's NEW at Productivity Partners? Presentations and Trainings. Olathe Public Libraray, ASTD-KC Chapter, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, The Professional Development Group and Latin American Youth Center. NEW Webinar Intensives. I'm offering a much deeper dive into each of the topics of Time Management. One hour webinars, homework and follow up group coaching sessions on topics such as: goal setting, prioritizing, planning and scheduling, procrastination, managing interruptions and over-commitments.
Garrett Planning Network. Sheryl Garrett invited me to expand my strategic partnership with her financial planning network by conducting 4 webinars in early January and then providing 6 additional months of intensive webinar sessions. Thanks, Sheryl...great group! SalezWorks. I've become a strategic partner with this group out of Kansas City and am looking forward to helping salespros become more productive. Contests. Had my first ever 'Messy Desk' contest in January and it was such a hit we continued it in February. The winners were Kim Gronniger of St. Francis Health Center and Lisa Kirkpatrick of Rain Nutrion. Remote Office Makeover. Conducted a session through phone and digital pictures with someone in Nebraska --cost effective and convenient with great results. Productive Hiring Program. My clients have experienced some great successes using my Productive Hiring Program and Candidate Assessment Service. Social networking. Most of you know I'm not necessarily an early adopter to this, yet lo and behold I have a LinkedIn profile, a Facebook page and a blog. As for Twitter I opened an account and now just need to figure out what to do next...LOL...:( KC-ISPI. Used Skype to conduct at least 2 of our board meetings...a great use of technology. I also concluded my 5 years on the board of the KC chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement, though I'll remain active as a member. I learned so much from this organization that helped me develop myself and my business to another level...and I've made some great friends along the way. ......................................................... |
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Say hello to spring...finally...
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Gadgets and Websites Convert PDF Files to Word. Saving docs as a PDF is a great idea, until you need to convert back to modify the original doc. But it can be done in 3 steps. Go to: www.pdftoword.com Meet me half-way. If you have a face-to-face meeting and want to figure out the geographic halfway point between, go to: www.meetways.com. I believe that makes it official...there is a website for everything! Need to set up a meeting? Lots of sites, the latest I read about were www.tungle.com and www.genbook.com Need to sit at your desk AND exercise? Check out the latest offering at www.trekdesk.com ......................................................... |
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That's It for Now Look for the next edition of ProductivityNEWS in the FALL. If you've got questions or ideas to share between now and then, send an email to cynthia@propartnersinc.com © 2010 Cynthia Kyriazis |
