Does spam drive you crazy? Even though I use Spam Arrest - http://www.spamarrest.com/ - as a first-stop filter, and my email programme is pretty good at filtering a lot of rubbish into Junk Email, I’m all too familiar with being deluged with bounce-backs from mail that falsely appears to be from our domain and been sent to false addresses. [...]
How many times do we hear people say ‘I haven’t got time to .. ‘? Many times that is true, but if you notice yourself repeatedly using this phrase, step back a bit and analyse what it is you’re referring to. What are you really saying? You haven’t got time to teach someone else? You haven’t [...]
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Do you find that interruptions are the constant companion of an open plan office? If you’ve been one of my ‘family’ of readers for a while, you’ll possibly already know my thoughts on unmoderated open plan environments, but in case you’re new, or missed my previous comments, here’s the snippet from‘Getting a Grip on the Paper [...]
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… and I was 9 years old, squashed in the back seat of a taxi with my younger brother and sister, driving through the unfamiliar and bewildering streets of a sprawling large city. No, we weren’t being abducted. But – something I heard on that winding journey impacted my life forever. Our aunt had flown [...]
What do lawyers, accountants, quantity surveyors, consultants to many industries, secretarial services, project managers, government bodies, researchers and computer programmers have in common? Most of them hate to do time-sheets. If you’ve ever worked in a time-driven industry you’ll know that tight recording is absolutely critical or how would you know what to charge [...]
Teachers have a hard job at the best of times! When I heard the following tip I just had to share it… Have your class lists on your trusty laptop and as the students work, mark the roll and email it straight to the office. If you’re lucky enough to have a wireless internet connection [...]
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If the overwhelm of Christmas is dragging you down, don’t let it… Christmas time can be utterly exhausting – work commitments, deadlines, family obligations and present buying can make even the most savy among us burn out by years end. So what do we do to overcome that? There is no better time to get [...]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Right when you want to start winding down you realise there is still so much to achieve before you can take that much anticipated Christmas leave. As we enter the madness of the silly season wouldn’t it be so nice to know that at least things in the office are organised and in control! If [...]
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Do you ever feel sluggish in the afternoon? Is there a particular time of day that you find it difficult to focus, or are more prone to making mistakes? We all know it’s not helpful to anyone if we sit at our desks for 10 hours a day. Yet so many people don’t take enough breaks – [...]
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