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Quote of the Day:

2009-07-22T20:41:00.001-04:00

"I do not want to see any of the people cringing supplicants for the favor of the Government, when they should all be independent masters of their own destiny." ~ Calvin Coolidge

Quote of the Day:

2009-07-08T09:57:00.001-04:00

"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." ~Benjamin Franklin

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2009-07-01T08:59:00.000-04:00

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Organizing your Accounts Receivables

2009-06-24T22:48:00.002-04:00

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A math problem

2009-05-20T20:18:00.002-04:00

Question: Three frogs sat on a log and one decided to jump off. How many frogs were left on the log?

Answer: Three

Explanation: Although almost everyone answers "two," the correct answer is "three." Just because that frog decided to jump off the log does not necessarily mean that it actually did it.

Is there a gap between what you decide to do and what you actually do?

testing email to blog post

2009-04-15T16:56:00.001-04:00

just testing the "email to blog posting: feature.

Thanks,

Jim

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Coupon Organizer

2009-04-12T17:41:00.003-04:00

Most everyone knows what a coupon organizer is. It is a wallet size organizer inwhich you keep your coupons in order to make shopping eaiser.

I discovered that a customer of mine saves her receipts (as most do and should) but had them in a pile in her purse.

After talking a few minutes, we discovered that she could use a coupon organizer, assigning a different store to each divider, and keep her receipts organized and making it eaiser to retrieve the ones she needs in the event of needing to prove a purchase. It also fits in her purse.

Happy organizing,

Jim

Best Tips for Spring-Cleaning.

2009-03-11T16:31:00.003-04:00

by Heloise

Several of the same spring-cleaning questions came up time and again while I was on the radio. So, here are few hints for those who tackle chores with a can-do attitude:

Assemble all of the cleaning supplies and tools you need.

Make a list -- either mental or written -- of what you want to accomplish. Are you going to clean all of the light plates, windows and hard surfaces, or tackle the drapes and floors?

If you are the type who likes to clean your home one room at a time, the rule is: Don't leave until you are done! That means you bring all of the cleaning supplies with you, plus several bags or boxes marked "trash," "store away," "goes to another room," and "give away."

Start at the top level of your home and work your way down.
Don't forget some upbeat music!

Read this article and more at:
Best Tips for Spring-Cleaning

Organize and recycle.

2009-01-05T22:38:00.002-05:00

I was talking to a friend the other day and she said that she took apart an old waterbed. When she did this, she cut down the drawers and frame to form individual drawer units. She then installed the drawer units in the closet thus allowing her to organize the closet and recycling material that would have been tossed out.

I did something similar using a water bed frame without drawers. I used the boards to make book shelves. They hold up real nice since they are heavy, thick pieces.

Happy organizing,

Jim

Happy New Year!

2008-12-31T15:59:00.000-05:00

Wishing everyone a happy new year!!

Have fun, be safe.

10 Rules of Life

2008-12-14T11:15:00.002-05:00

Thought this may be of interest to everyone since, your attitude towards life can help you in your organizing efforts.

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life".

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trials, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work".

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.

6. "There" is no better a place than "here". When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here".

7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. This choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

10. You will forget all this.

Ten Tips to Master Time Management by Kirsty Dunphey

2008-11-27T21:11:00.002-05:00

"Until you value yourself.....you will not value your time; until you value your time.....you will not do anything with it." - M. Scott Peck, Author

Time management, as anyone who works with me would know is one of my big complaints, issues, concerns. It's also one of the most frequent things that people rate themselves lowest on in things like performance reviews.

Today I want to provide you with some simple tips to improve your time management, efficiency and productivity that work for me. Fingers crossed and there may be a few here that work for you too!

1. Eliminate these words from your vocabulary: "I don't have time" This one's a tough one and although this is one of my aims I'll admit that sometimes they do slip out, but my aim is consistent - to eliminate them. The next time you go to say those dreaded words, just remember - you have exactly the same amount of time as everyone else, you have exactly the same time amount of time in your day as the Olympic Swimmer who gets up at 4am, you have the same time amount of time in your day as Presidents and World Leaders who run entire countries. Eliminate the words because what you're really trying to say is: "I don't want to make time to do that", and that's quite alright too! The next time you go to say I don't have time, imagine if that task you're saying you don't have time for was a family member at hospital - you'd have time to get there, so what you really need to decide is "Does this deserve my time".

2. It's an oldy but a goody - start each day by getting rid of your most despised task. Nothing ruins a day like dreading a task you have to do later in the day.

3. Set rewards for yourself if you can achieve all your tasks, find out what motivates you. For me - it might be that if I can get through these three hard tasks I can eat some of the doughnuts that one of my team brought into work today. Another great thing about that reward is that if I procrastinate - the doughnuts will be gone! Another great thing to do is to buddy up with someone and become accountability partners for getting your tasks done.

4. Unless you have the worlds best memory (I don't) Make Lists. When someone gives you a responsibility, write it down, whether you record it in your phone, your organiser, email yourself, write it on the back of a panadol packet - it doesn't matter how, write it down! Nothing's worse than the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night thinking - oh no, I forgot to do that.

5. I've never been a huge believer in labeling tasks A, B, C in order of their importance. I've tried this system and it doesn't work for me - of course that doesn't mean it won't work for you. What I try to do instead is what I call Little Things First. What this means is that when I get an email, if it's small or has a small task, I'll get rid of it quickly rather than continually come back to it over and over again. I have many recurring tasks in my diary and the small things on my list are gone by about 10.30am usually. Leaving me the bulk of my day to work on larger projects.

6. Set or get deadlines for your tasks. When setting yourself a task or getting one from someone else - always find out when it needs to be done by. Then diarise an appropriate amount of reminders before the due date.

7. Work / life balance seem to the be buzz words all over the world at present - but you really do need to put time and energy into this area. Schedule in time to relax, time with family, time reading, time with your partner - if it's in your diary and your commit to it, you're less likely to neglect it.

8. My desk at work is my haven. My trays work for me. Now I can't tell you what the best desk system is for you, all I know is that if yours doesn't make your day easier - change it, constantly change it until you get something that works. For me, I don't allow anyone to put anything on my desk. My assistant is allowed to put things in one tray and one tray only, everything else is put in my communal pigeon hole. I have a single out tray - this simple tray stops me from getting up 20 or 30 times a day as much of what comes in to me needs to go elsewhere in the office. I have a tray full of non urgent things to read, when I get time, I start going through it. I have a tray full of things I'm waiting on others for and I have an email folder full of these sorts of emails - my diary prompts me with a recurring reminder to check through these two areas. Whatever works for you, works for you, just take some time to find it!

9. Don't be afraid to ask for help. What's worse - asking for help once or doing the task incorrectly or incompletely 5 times, or even worse, hiding the work! It happens, don't be a victim of the "scared to ask" disease.

10. Your mind isn't a computer, use your computer to help your mind become like one. Each week on a Friday a little reminder comes up in Outlook telling me to send out my weekly email. Each week on a Wednesday I'm told I have two meetings first up. You're not a machine, use your technology to its best advantage.

"Nothing is a waste of time...if you use the experience wisely." - Rodin

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Kirsty Dunphey is an author, speaker and entrepreneur who started her first business at 15, opened her own real estate agency at 21 and retired a self made multi-millionaire at 27. To sign up to Kirsty Dunphey's weekly email, go to www.kirstydunphey.com

Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

2008-11-27T01:04:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving.

Have fun and be safe.

A closer look at lists

2008-11-23T18:35:00.000-05:00

Wanted to start a tip/organizing blog. So this is my welcome to my blog and first idea post.

I was looking through my Jott notes and ran across this article on lists. Just click on the link to check it out.

http://jott.com/jotters/index.php/things-you-can-do/a-closer-looks-at-lists/

also, since we are on the subject, checkout http://Jott.com

I use it to take notes while on the road via my cell phone. It then emails my notes to me and so much more.

If you find any of this useful, feel free to comment.

thanks

Jim