Here’s more support for admins! Introducing Trish Johnson of Vancouver who’s just started a helpful blog for administrative pros. Enjoy her handy advice on networking within your company, dressing for success, taking advantage of “down time” and much, much more.
Here’s the link. Thanks Trish for the great info!
Trish Johnson: an administrative pro who gives back
If you’d like to take control of the paperwork on your desk, I recommend a new habit: at the end of the day: stop working ten minutes before you leave. Watch the video for the reason why! (Compliments of yours truly at Jean Franzblau Consulting.)
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Activities to do with your final ten minutes at work: File stuff away, Look at your calendar and strategize for tomorrow, back up your files, prepare for your commute home, make your desk look like a nice place to return to.
In my July “One Minute Note,” I welcomed readers to offer their best techniques to create time freedom.
Health Coach, Christine Gonzalez, learned a great technique from a phone conference lead by Marie Forleo. In Christine’s words:
“Whenever I feel overwhelmed with my mile-long to-do-lists, I try to make one daily goal for myself the night before I go to bed. I make it something substantial that will make me feel like I am getting through the important things on the list and make it my priority to get it done before 10am (my scheduled work-time at the pharmacy). I always start my work day like a champ! Then I feel free the rest of the day.”
Solid idea, Christine!
Family Coach, Robin Gurse recommends re-phrasing the items on your to-do list. These aren’t the things you have to do. These are the things you get to do. In Robin’s words:
“I get to do the laundry today, I get to balance my checkbook, I get to do the dishes. This makes such a difference in my approach to these ‘mundane’ (holy?) acts of everyday life.”
Great tip, Robin!
Okay, readers, cares to share the love? Give us your best tip below.
Do you wish you had more free time? One way to create more spaciousness in your life is by paying attention to how you speak about time.
Do you talk about your schedule as jam packed? Do you often try to squeeze one more thing in? These words of limitation and tightness may very well create an experience of such in your daily life.
Try this trick – replace stressful sounding words with more calming words when you talk about your schedule. See what affect that has. Like this:
I’m late……..”The timing is different than what I thought.”
There’s no time for that……..”Let’s find a better time for that.”
There’s never enough time……….”I always have plenty of time.”
Do you have tips that build time freedom into your life? I’d love to receive them. (And I’ve got the time to read them.)
Happy 4th of July!
Jean “Plenty-o-Time” Franzblau Consulting
As the Principal and Resident Human Being at Jean Franzblau Consulting, I want to talk to you about a very personal branding question I am grappling with. On the one hand, I’m the professional speaker that you already know and love. The one who gets rave testimonials and has been asked back to many big, fancy companies.
On the other hand, if you were to Google me, you would find that I’m also a comedy actor and writer. I am brought to this question: As a corporate professional, must I only show to you – my potential client – a stuffy, corporate façade so that you will like and hire me? Does it burst my credibility if you see more?
As of this post, I am outing myself as a professional speaker and seminar leader who happens to also like to write, act, dance, sing and bed jump.
What was that last thing? Well, dear reader, client, potential client and friend, you’re about to find out in this 56 second clip. It’s a Valentine to the silliness and humanity in us all.
