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Why Fun Makes You More Productive
We often think of work and fun as separate things, but what if they weren't? What if fun could help us be more productive? A growing body of research suggests [...]
The Work-Life Balancing Act: A Fool’s Errand?
While work-life balance is ideal, achieving it can be challenging in today's fast-paced and demanding work environments. The reality is work-life balance is a myth, and here's why: Blurred boundaries: [...]
The Time Management Madness: How to Stop Trying to Control Time and Start Living Your Life
Time management is madness. We all try to control time, but it's an impossible task. Time is fluid, it's constantly changing, and it's always slipping away. So why do we [...]
Getting Organized Isn’t About Becoming a Martha Stewart
When organizing, many people conjure images of perfectly arranged shelves, color-coded files, and clean desks worthy of a Martha Stewart magazine spread. However, the truth is, achieving organization is not [...]
Meetings: The Death of Productivity
In business, meetings have become a necessary evil. While they aim to facilitate collaboration and decision-making, they often become time-consuming endeavors that drain productivity. According to new research from Microsoft, [...]
5 Ways a Professional Organizer Can Boost Your Small Business’s Productivity
Introduction: Professional organizers go by many names – Organization Guru, Efficiency Expert, Workplace Productivity Strategist, and more - and know that running a small business can be challenging, often requiring [...]
Desk Disasters Unveiled: The Three Culprits Behind the Chaos
A messy desk can be a source of stress and frustration, leading to decreased productivity. There are many reasons why people have messy desks, but some of the most common [...]
Boundaries: It’s Not Just for Fences
Boundaries are like fences. They keep out the unwanted and let in the desired. But unlike fences, boundaries are not always visible. That's why knowing how to establish and communicate [...]
Productivity Pointer Outlook Calendar Recreating a Meeting
Do you ever need to re-create a meeting? Sometimes you run out of time in a meeting and need to schedule additional time. And that means in Outlook you need [...]
Productivity Pointer Outlook Calendar Views
Did you know there are more ways to view your Outlook Calendar than the standard Day, Work Week, Week, Month views? When you're viewing your calendar, on the left-hand [...]
Productivity Pointer Showing Multiple Time Zones on Outlook Calendar
Working with people in multiple time zones? This is a great way to see up to 3 time zones on your calendar so that scheduling is tons easier. Go to [...]
Productivity Pointer Using Natural Language to Set Meeting Dates
At the risk of sounding like a Mom, I'm going to tell you to "use your words" when you set a meeting or appointment on your Outlook calendar. You can [...]
Productivity Pointer Scheduling a Break Between Meetings
Are you tired of having back-to-back-to-back meetings without a break in between? Well, there's a cool setting that you can change in your Outlook calendar to schedule some downtime -- [...]
Productivity Pointer – Reduce Spam in Outlook
Let's walk through three quick and easy tips to reduce spam when using the Outlook desktop app. 1. Block Sender When a spam email lands in your Inbox, you can [...]
Productivity Pointer – Outlook Search Folders
Constantly running searches in Outlook to find emails from your boss, a client, or a project? Using Search Folders is a great time-saving tip. Search Folders gives you the ability [...]
Productivity Pointer – Setting Up Multiple Excel Spreadsheets at Once
Did you know that you can set up multiple Excel spreadsheets in one Workbook all at once? In this example, in one Workbook we want four exact Spreadsheets, one for [...]