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Home Office Organizing Link Love: Light Switches, Email, Note Taking & Managing Your Time

Home Office Organization

I’ve been exploring some articles through my Google Reader, and thought I would share them with you:
Unclutterer shows a “light switch rack” – a great idea if you are a visual type!
SimpleMom is talking about finding more time in the day.
Des Walsh at ThinkingHomeBusiness.com gives his thoughts on the etiquette of cancelling an appointment.
Whakate has [...]

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The Home Office Podcast #2: Rich Sloan, StartupNation.com (Interview)

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You work from home, you know about the distractions, challenges and how sometimes it’s just tough to get things done. How about hearing how a seasoned pro does it? Meet Rich Sloan of StartupNation.com. He’s been there, done that… a few times. I had an opportunity to talk with [...]

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The Home Office Podcast #1: Email, Outlook & Google Apps

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We’ve all got it: Email.  How do you manage it?  Are you an Outlook user?  Google Apps user?  Did you know they have some differences?  The differences are worth considering – and you just might switch when you know what they are.   Sometimes you just want stuff to work!
Show Notes:
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Keep Email In Check

Home Office Organization

Tip #26: Keep Email In Check
(Part of the 31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)

Are you running your email inbox, or is it running you?  With so much information to keep on top of these days, it’s easy to get bogged down in your inbox.  Many people become a slave to the inbox, which isn’t [...]

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Your Inbox is NOT a Task List: 5 Tips

Home Office Organization

I’ve made the switch to using Google Apps as my email client.  I’ve been pretty happy, I must admit.  It’s nice to have access anywhere and not have to deal with nursing my other application.  However, I was making one mistake that dawned on me the other day.
The inbox is NOT a task list.
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Quote of the Week: Get control of the email

Quotes

On Thursdays I share a quote that I hope will inspire, make you think or just make you smile. Here is this week’s quote.  Merlin Mann of 43 Folders gives a talk at Google about managing email (and suggests some great options they could explore).  Enjoy!

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Home Office & Productivity Link Roundup

Home Office Design

Here’s the latest version of my favorite links. Enjoy!
Web Worker Daily gives some great tips on using a whiteboard. One of them is for brainstorming, and I admit I do this and then put it the finished project into a Powerpoint slide.
Levenger has a great article about organizing a home office. They [...]

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Time Management: The O-Myth with Ronnie Noize

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The O-Myth Contest: Share a tip or an “O-Myth” and you can win a whoMi wall family calendar. Leave your comment below, along with your email to be entered in the contest.
Winners will be announced on our next show, June 20th!
Today on The O-Myth:
Today Krista Colvin and I had our first O-Myth BlogTalkRadio [...]

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Organize Your Email

Home Office Organization

Jessica Duquette just posted a wonderful article about a myriad of different tips on organizing to “keep the ball rolling”.  And I thought I would chime in on the folders for email.  In her post, she mentions several folders for storing email to make it easier to keep under control.  Here’s some that I find [...]

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Hassle Yourself (or Someone Else) Via Email

Office Technology

A friend pointed out this website, and I felt compelled to share.  The premise behind  HassleMe is to remind yourself or someone else about, well, whatever.  It’s an email reminder that comes at regular (although semi-random) intervals. You can use it for things like:
Gently reminding a friend to return a borrowed book.
Reminding yourself to pay [...]

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