Booking Preferences for Business Travel

When I travel for work, I usually take care of all of my own bookings. However, when an event organizer asks me for my business travel preferences because they want to handle everything, I have my list of requests ready to go. I recently updated my travel booking preferences, so I thought I’d share it…

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Does Multi-Tasking Really Work?

  The term multi-tasking was all the rage when I was graduating from college in the early 90’s. In fact, it was a skill that was supposed to be listed on job applications and resumes. After all, if you could multi-task, then you could accomplish more. A few decades later, research emerged that multi-tasking wasn’t…

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Examples of Time Blocking or Time Boxing

Examples of Time Blocking or Time Boxing

One common time management strategy is time blocking. This can also be referred to as time boxing. It’s a tactic that involves making an appointment with yourself for a set amount of time to complete your tasks. The time block can be anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes (more common) to the entire day (rare…

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Tips for Outlook Email and Tasks

Tips for Outlook Email and Tasks

One of my clients recently attended a webinar on how to utilize Outlook Email and Tasks more efficiently. It wasn’t a deep dive, and it wasn’t recorded, so my client had a lot of questions. Here’s a round-up of tips related to his questions about Outlook email, tasks and calendar: *Outlook default: open first to…

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Current Options for Utilizing Google Gemini

If you’ve read my previous posts about Artificial Intelligence (AI), you know that I attempt to strike a balance between letting AI in as little as possible because of privacy and security concerns versus utilizing AI to save time. I am definitely not an early adopter, so when I test-drive AI tools, I’m doing this…

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How to Motivate Young People 10 to 25: Leading the Next Generation – And Making Your Own Life Easier

While flipping through radio stations as I drove to a client’s office, I happened upon an interview with David Yeager, who is a developmental psychologist. At first, I wasn’t terribly interested because I dropped in when they were discussing parenting a young child, but as I listened, I realized how important his knowledge and recommendations…

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How to Disconnect from Heavy News Cycles

A journalist posted the following request with the subject headline of “How to Disconnect from Heavy News Cycles”: “advice on how to disconnect healthily when social media and the news becomes too much” This request occurred in December of 2023, long before new or increased turmoil in various areas of the world as well as…

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Have You Submitted Your BOI Report?

If you own a business, have you heard about the new FinCEN / BOI registration requirement? FinCEN stands for Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and their mission is: “to safeguard the financial system from illicit use, combat money laundering and its related crimes including terrorism, and promote national security through the strategic use of financial authorities…

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