by Hawkins | May 4, 2011 | Clutter, General, Home Organizing, Office Organizing, Problem Areas, Routines, Spring Organizing, Systems
When Spring rolls around, most people think and talk about “Spring cleaning” which for a lot of people means cleaning from top to bottom. You know how it is, you clean all of those things that you wouldn’t clean during your regular weekly cleaning routine....
by Hawkins | Apr 13, 2011 | Clutter, email, General, Habits, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Flags & Filters This helps you recognize particular types of email faster by flagging email. For example, you can flag emails that you have read and are your priority to reply with one color so that they are visually separated for your preference the next time...
by Hawkins | Apr 11, 2011 | Clutter, email, General, Habits, Productivity, Systems, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Tip # 3 is a suggestion that helps you organize email. Create email sub folders within your email account to sort your emails by category. Label the sub folders with categories that will make it easy for you to distinguish. For example, use different subjects,...
by Hawkins | Apr 7, 2011 | Clutter, email, General, Habits, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
To add to my first email tip of not checking email first thing in the morning, have a plan when it comes to checking email. For most of us checking email once a day isn’t productive. As I mentioned in my previous post, check email 1.5-2 hours into your day and...
by Hawkins | Apr 5, 2011 | Clutter, email, General, Habits, Productivity, Time Management, Workplace productivity
Today we’re all wearing multiple hats and there’s so much to do, including answering an overload of email. It may seem at times that your inbox is out of control and has a life of its own. Believe it or not, you can get a handle on it and manage it...
by Hawkins | Mar 14, 2011 | Business Management, Clutter, General, Office Organizing, planning, Productivity, Systems, Time Management, Workplace productivity
There are a few other things that you need to start a solid foundation to run your business. You can’t successfully run a business if you don’t have a good accounting system in place. For accurate and easily accessible records and having everything in one place,...
