The Efficient Office

With identity theft a reality for most people, a shredder is as essential a tool as a telephone or computer. Keep these tips in mind when you shop for one.

Get a leaner and cleaner inbox with this Tuesday Tip!

Beat the #1 complaint. Email overwhelm!

How to inject 60 productive minutes into your day.

Are you ever short on time and would rather leave a message on an answering machine instead of having conversation? Instead of leaving it to chance . . .

Therefore, it makes sense to group similar tasks in an effort to minimize the number of rough patches, and thus wasted time, between task orders.

We know what items are necessary in our office; desk, file cabinet, computer and telephone.

BUT..efficiency depends you have your office set up. Here are some questions to consider when setting up your office for maximum results:

Be polite but firm about what you can and cannot do. Saying “no” is not always a bad thing. We say “yes” to others because we want to please them. But when we can’t continue, we let them down and we feel guilty. Both parties suffer.

It’s easy to stop getting “junk mail.” Here are the resources you need to get off mailing lists.

When you are deciding what to let go of and what to keep in physical form, ask yourself “What is the worst possible thing that would happen if I no longer had this item?”