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 Efficiency Matters       Nov 2012
The Passionate Pursuit of Efficiency
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 It can be very distracting seeing email notifications arrive.  Here's how to turn them off in Outlook 2010:  

Click the "File" tab in Outlook.

Click "Options"

Click "Mail."

Un-check the box next to "Display a Desktop Alert" and then click "OK" to save your changes.

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Are you having nightmares about your inbox taking over?  Try checking your email in batches.  Turn off all devices that receive email and set a schedule of when you will check them.  Don't let a 'ding' interrupt your focus again. Few messages are truly that urgent (and if they are, they'll know how to reach you by phone). Check out the tip on the left, to learn how to disable Outlook notifications. 

 

Try it for just one day, you'll be amazed at how much more you'll get done. 

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Adriana in the News
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Adriana Girdler spoke about productivity at a conference in Windsor on October 17.  The Windsor Star picked up Adriana's well received talk to the WEtech Alliance delegates.  Click here to read the article.

 

 

Defyeneurs 

Keep your eyes peeled in January 2013 because Adriana has co-contributed her first book, Defyeneurs, Season 1 An Inspired Bread of Entrepreneurs. The book features 11 contributing authors with a unique and impactful message to share. Click here to read the Press Release.

 

 

 

Mortgage Journal - Oct 2012 Has technology improved our ability to work? Does it make us more, or less efficient at work?   See what Adriana has to say about it in her article featured in the October 2012 issue of Mortgage Journal.  


 

 

To see what else Adriana is up to in the media, click here. 

Who Knew! Stats to chew on...

 

The average worker checks email 36 times in an hour, sending and receiving 105 emails per day.

 

Source: www.centraldesktop.com

Holiday Shopping Time Tips!

With a blink of the eye, the holiday season will be here.  It's time to start planning the holiday shopping:

 

  • make a list (include every gift you need to buy, including the tiny ones)
  • determine a budget (decide the total amount you have to spend, then divide your budget appropriately amongst your lucky gift receivers)
  • check it twice (we've talked about this before, but error proofing is an important step in every process, including shopping!)