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Waste Less Time With These Tips

All home – based professionals have one thing in common, no matter what type of home – based business they have. All of us could use more time. There always seems to be a shortage of time, and we often feel like there are not enough hours in a day. While we can not create additional time, there are things that we can do here and there throughout the day to help us reclaim some of the time that we waste. Some of the things that we think are our greatest time savers can actually be big time wasters. For … Continue reading →

Yes, Multitasking can be a Good Thing (in the Right Situation)

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After I finished writing my last blog about multitasking, I headed off to the shower to get cleaned up for the day. As I showered, I realized that I made the fatal mistake of lumping all multitasking into one big pile, which isn’t right. First off, multitasking lends itself quite well to mundane tasks that do not require any brainpower to complete. As some of you know, I am LDS, which means twice a year I get to stay home for the weekend (woot!) and listen to talks given by the head people in the Church via the radio, Internet, … Continue reading →

Multitasking – A Time Saver?

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I was just reading an article at the New York Times about multitasking, and it made me think about how many tasks I am typically trying to accomplish at the same time. Right now on my computer I have my RSS feed on, so if one of my favorite websites gets updated, I will know right away. I have iTunes playing soft rock music. I have my e-mail on, which I tend to get quite a few e-mails throughout the day. I have a weather bar at the bottom of my browser, updating my weather conditions every 30 minutes for … Continue reading →

The Focus 2

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Last time I talked about the blessing and curse of multitasking. The core takeaway is that multitasking is often a very valuable skill that many of us have put considerable time cultivating in our daily lives. But (and this is a big but) multitasking is not always valuable for every task. And (and this is a big and) it is often very difficult to turn multitasking off to effectively get something done without being distracted by the “joy” (scourge?) of multitasking. So, the question we were left with was: how do I turn it off? How do you take the … Continue reading →

Subcontracting Out Work: The Basics

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I know that I am supposed to be doing legal transcription blogs right now, and I promise they are coming, but I’ve still got more research that needs to be done on the topic. I am interviewing a gal who works in the industry so we can get an inside scoop on the legal field like we did the medical field, so it is in the making, but the series isn’t quite ready to hit the spotlight yet. “Coming Soon To A Blog Near You!” (actually, very near to you – the very blog you’re on right now. Amazing how … Continue reading →

Week in Review for March 31 – April 6

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Hello, and welcome to the Week in Review for March 31 – April 6. This is our way of catching you up on any blogs you may have missed in the past week! I know I for one am glad to be blogging and posting–back in the swing of things. I missed blogging while Families was in transition. It feels good to be back. 🙂 Here’s a review of the happenings on the Jobs blog–if you have any feedback or comments, feel free to either leave a comment below or get in touch with me at Hava L {at} Families … Continue reading →

Unhealthy Obsessions: Me and My Computer

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I have come to the conclusion that I am really obsessed with my computer, and the Internet. As I already covered earlier, I have found that I always seem to have multiple programs going at the same time: iTunes, Bloglines, Gmail, and lots of documents everywhere–finished blogs I need to post, halfway finished ones I need to polish, and then ones that only have the idea typed across the top (“Need to talk about how to deal with an insane boss”–something I’ve had to deal with way too often lately.) On a particularly crazy day, I had twelve documents open … Continue reading →