15th February 2007
The following techniques work incredibly well for me. You should read and adapt them for your own personality and work style. Techniques 1 and 2 were in last week's article and can be found at Proven Productivity and Time Management Techniques for Entre...
10th February 2007
My friends are always amazed at how much I accomplish and frequently ask "How do you get so much done?". I normally just shrug it off, but the question has been coming so much lately that I decided to share my top productivity techniques.
1. Use lists...
05th February 2007
In this day of technology and the dreaded recordings, insuring that you maintain a professional image is crucial to business success.
How you come across on the phone, through your website, on a plane or at a networking event directly impacts how other...
24th January 2007
You ordered a glass of wine and two bottles of water. The bill came to US $40. Are you shocked? Horrified?
I recently came across a receipt from my trip to Italy last year and, rather than cringe in pain when seeing that receipt again, I smiled at t...
20th January 2007
You create your list, you write your plan, you dream your dreams and, before you know it, another year has passed and you're no closer to achieving them. Are you thinking "been there, done that"?
If so, I'd like you to repeat after me:
"I resolve t...
28th December 2006
Do you spend so much time working in your business that you never work on your business?
The corporate world knows the value of taking time out for a step back, taking time to assess what is going right, what is going wrong and what just plain isn't go...
20th December 2006
According to Wikipedia,
"A podcast is a multimedia file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. Like 'radio', it can mean both the content an...
13th December 2006
According to Wikipedia:
"A blog is a website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.
Blogs often provide commentary on news or a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function...
17th November 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandra P. Martini
Remember the commercial of the woman in a business suit top, pajama bottoms and bunny slippers while on a conference call? Way back when, I used to think that symbolized home office life. Ahhh, the joy of it.
Once ...
17th November 2006
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I'm guessing that right now there are several tasks you've been putting off and that when you look at your ?to do? list, you see some items day after day ? perhaps even week after week. Maybe it's redoing your website,...
16th November 2006
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The book "Who Moved My Cheese" by Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard is a 98-page look at the various ways that we react to change. In the book, there are two mice and two mice-size humans and we see how each reacts...
27th September 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandra P. Martini
It's one of those days – windy and rainy, the start of a good storm. In an effort to avoid long lines, you go to the store midday.
All is well. As soon as you get back to the office (a.k.a. "home"), you'll put the ...
23rd August 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandra P. Martini
While I'm a strong advocate of hiring virtual assistants, there are two things that no entrepreneur should ever fully delegate: marketing and bookkeeping. The marketing and the bookkeeping of your business can easily m...
21st August 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandra P. Martini
I recently needed to contact a vendor regarding a delivery question. Without naming names, I can tell you that the vendor is a small business and I do a not-insignificant amount of business with them.
The person who...
08th August 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandra P. Martini
So, you want to be rich?
We all hear it. We all say it. Everyone wants to be rich but, short of picking the lucky numbers or winning the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, most people go don't know how to amass...
