The fear of delegating

October 17, 2005

I woke up very early this morning in the middle of a bad dream. In the dream, my new assistant called at the last minute to say she had left town for a missions trip to help those stranded in New Orleans. I panicked! We have a big report due out this week for a […]

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How long does it take you to find information? How do you compare to this survey?

October 13, 2005

A recent survey by Zylab, a supplier of document management software, found that 80% of survey respondents said it took a day or more to find specific information. 20% can find their information within an hour. What a waste of time! When asked how they retrieve the information, about 40% use software and another 40% […]

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Annoying behavior in the office – what can you do?

October 12, 2005

In the September issue of my newsletter I wrote an article about the cost of not being nice (see it here). The main gist was to get us all to think about what we may be doing to others and the impact to the overall business. An article came out today in the Fort Wayne […]

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Keep your computer in working order – tips & tools

October 8, 2005

For many months I’ve been living with an irritating message that displays every time my computer starts up. The computer runs fine so I just ignore it. It happened after I installed Norton Anti-Virus 2005. I am computer knowledgeable enough to know it needed to be fixed someday, but wasn’t hurting anything. Almost a year […]

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Are you getting in your own way?

October 7, 2005

Are you working “in” your business or “on” your business as Michael Gerber says? (Author of E-Myth Revisted). My colleague, Marsha Sims, didn’t know how much she was in her own way until she took a traveling training position and hired others to run her professional organizing business. The organizing business is making more than […]

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Going after money – David vs. Goliath

October 5, 2005

I just heard a story from a client of mine, an auto parts and marine products retailer, that left me shaking my head. They received a bill from UPS (the shipping company) for $268 trying to recover funds from the year 2000. That was five years ago! UPS says that back then they applied to […]

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Help with Windows annoyances

September 30, 2005

To get help with your Windows questions, check out www.annoyances.org. This site can help with any version of Windows.

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We all want some recognition

September 28, 2005

Today is my birthday. I’m pretty low key about the event and don’t expect a lot. I do know people though who think their birthday is the most important day of the year. download Under Fire I observed that as I received calls, cards and emails from family and friends, how much I appreciated the […]

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