Managing Your Reading Materials

Managing Your Reading Materials

One of the most popular questions I get from clients and workshop attendees is how to handle the plethora of "things to read" we receive on a daily basis.  This could include magazines, articles, books, email newsletters, internet-based information, or educational...

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The Amazon Finding System

The Amazon Finding System

Last week, I found myself channel-surfing at my local gym to find the right motivational show to watch while I worked out on the elliptical machine.  You may be surprised to hear that I stopped on a news story describing the inner workings of Amazon.com's fulfillment...

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3 Tools to Control Your Email Before It Controls You

3 Tools to Control Your Email Before It Controls You

According to a survey by Osterman Research, the typical worker in a large organization sends or receives 108 emails per day.  If that worker spends about 2 minutes on each email, he is spending 3.6 hours per day on email!  In addition, spam accounts for 20% of all...

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Where Do I Begin?

Where Do I Begin?

You find yourself with an unexpected day (or even 1/2-day) - maybe an appointment was cancelled, a project was completed early, or you have a sick child causing you to be at home unexpectedly.  You've decided to take this time to do something you've been putting off...

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What You Need to Know About “The Cloud”

What You Need to Know About “The Cloud”

Whether or not you have heard of “cloud computing,” you more than likely work with cloud systems every day.  Every time you send or receive an email, you are sending information through the Internet and are therefore using the cloud.  If you take part in online...

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