Any time of year is perfect for thinking about how to work more effectively, but as the New Year rolls around and today’s goals are at the forefront of your mind, it makes sense to pause and evaluate how you spend your time, if your time is being used most effectively, and to make changes where it is not so that you can achieve these new goals more rapidly.
As you start to consider what you want to accomplish in 2011, make sure that you’re using the SMART goal method.
Tight on storage space? Hanging shoe organizers are great for storing office supplies.
Never run out of supplies again. Keep ‘Item Specific’ index cards stored with the item.
Know who to call if you’re running late for an appointment.
Tip to simplify your calendar keeping when using Outlook 2007.
Now, there’s not need to jump back and forth between your documents and your email. This tip explains how to edit your Microsoft Word toolbar so that you can send a document with the click of a button from within Word itself.
Spend more time planning, in order to spend less time “working”.
To avoid re-creating the same document over and over again (ie newsletters, business letters, memos, faxes, needs assessments, etc.) you can easily create a template.
You have heard this a million times, but it’s worthy of repeating.
