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by Jack Canfield

Do you live in a state of mental and physical clutter? Do you have a bunch of unfinished business lurking around every corner?

Incomplete projects, unfinished business, and piles of cluttered messes can weigh you down and take away from the energy you have to move forward toward your goals.

When you don’t complete tasks, you can’t be fully prepared to move into the present, let alone your new future. When your brain is keeping track of all the unfinished business you still have at hand, you simply can’t be effective in embracing new tasks that are in line with your vision.

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by Patty Gale

There is nothing more comforting than the smell of Christmas cookies fresh out of the oven. As a little girl, I remember eagerly watching my mom, as she would carefully remove the hot cookie sheets from the oven. I couldn’t wait to help decorate with the homemade frosting, the cinnamon candies and the multi-colored sprinkles that would make each cookie design come to life.

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by Norma LaForme M.Div

With all of us working at more then one job, Networking in order to connect with new clients, Connecting with current clients, finding time for ourselves can be a real challenge. This article is to first of all discuss the problems with not having a work/life balance and then to discuss how to achieve work life balance.

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by Bernadette Doyle

I just got this email from Hector:

‘Hi Bernadette, I work with clients to help them use Information Technology to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste. I manage their IT projects for implementation of information systems, software development, and business process improvement.

The problem has been that while I’m working with a client I’m not able to market my services, and while I’m marketing my services, I’m not working with a client.

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by Miami Phillips

There are two ways to start your day.

The first is to dive in; tackling whatever is in front of you. You might check your emails. This is an interesting beginning as it is always possible something fun and new came in since you last looked.

Email is fun! And of course - it is important! But then you come up for air after working in answering some emails, following through on some links (weren’t those sites fascinating?) and figuring out how you can use the information you just overloaded yourself with. You look at the time - and its noon. Where did the time go?

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by Janet Barclay

If you’ve ever lost data due to equipment malfunction, human error, or some other cause, you may have experienced dizziness, a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, and other panic symptoms.

In business, data loss means at the very least a reduction in productivity, as valuable time must be spent recreating lost files. In some cases, it may create more serious problems, such as a failure to meet client deadlines, leading to a loss of income or potential lawsuit.

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by Marcia Francois

There are less than 3 months to Christmas.

When you think about that, what do you feel? Do you feel overwhelmed and just a little bit stressed at everything you have to do? Or do you feel excited at the idea of spending time with friends and family?

My best Christmasses have always been when I’ve been organised, prepared and more importantly, when I didn’t leave everything right up until December.

Here are a couple of things to consider so that you have an organised Christmas this year:

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by Miami Phillips

How good are you at taking action on a thought you have? It is so easy to talk about action, but a completely different thing altogether to put it to practice.

There is a part in each of us that will let us know an action is needed, but once we allow our conscious thoughts time to weigh in, we talk ourselves right out of a great idea.

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by Kent Jacobson

Oh no, not another meeting request! We all dread the meeting invitation, not because of the content, but because a majority of meetings we have to attend are so poorly run. You know a good productive meeting vs. the unstructured, why am I here, one. Do not let the next meeting you hold or attend be poorly executed. You have the ability to hold a productive meeting and influence a poorly run meeting headed in the right direction by implementing a basic strategy.

Establishing your basic meeting strategy allows you to hold and attend effective meetings, yes even if someone else is leading the effort. The only difference is, as an attendee you may have to tactfully ask appropriate questions when the situation warrants, of the team leader, sponsor or facilitator on a key point during the meeting. Be aware of your audience and also who is running the meeting, too much of a push can focus the attention on you and detract from the meeting purpose. Just mentor the meeting along it my point.

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by Marcia Francois

You won’t believe all the excuses I get from people about their untidy desks!

“It’s because I’m creative” or “I know where everything is”.

SOUND FAMILIAR?

This may very well be true. However, for most people, an untidy desk makes you feel overwhelmed and out of control.

And how can you be productive when you’re overwhelmed? Right?!

The good news is you can have a tidy desk in just 5 steps:

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