New Assistant Started Today

September 26, 2005

My new assistant, Elizabeth, started today for 3 hours. I am always both anxious and excited on a new hire’s first day. Excited that I can get help and some tasks can be lifted from me or others. Anxious about will they fit in? Will they pick up on things quickly? Bottom line…did I hire […]

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Emergency Information When You Leave Your Children With Others

September 22, 2005

This tip from Professional Organizer, Sandra Pollet, couldn’t have come at a better time: “An FYI – public service tip. This may seem kind of random, but it can come under the category of vacation check lists/planning. If your child is going to go away on a trip with someone other than you or is […]

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Communicating with different generations

September 22, 2005

Today I received an email from “Jenna” who is in middle school and is doing a research project on disorganization. Here is her email with the subject line: this iz really important i need this back before tomorrow!! hi im a grade 8 student and im health we are doing this project and im doing […]

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Instituting a New Habit

September 19, 2005

I have to apologize to you. I started this blog with the intent to keep you updated on a regular basis about my thoughts and ideas for making you more productive. As you can see, I have not been doing a good job of keeping this blog updated. If I don’t write two things happen. […]

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Advisors can be right under your nose

August 28, 2005

I spoke with my friend Karen today, who has put her house on the market here in California and plans to move to Hawaii. She has a successful computer consulting and repair business which she now must relocate. She is not married, nor currently has a boyfriend. She called to tell me she couldn’t play […]

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Add another blog on my hosting account

August 28, 2005

OK, this sounds ominous. All I want to happen is for the blog to be listed under another domain name I own, which is on the same hosting account as my main domain (C4GP.com). I have plenty of server space and did not want to get another hosting account just for the blog. At first […]

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My blog is live!

August 27, 2005

Yeah! We made it! This is (was) an experience. I’m sure the fun is just beginning. Installing WordPress onto my host account was a breeze. If I can do it, so can you. It was created under my main website though at Center for Growth & Productivity. I thought that might be hard to find […]

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