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The Social Media Time Suck and How to Avoid It

Joshua Zerkel • August 26, 2011

With all the options in social media, it can feel like your time is being sucked into a vortex. You can get your social media under control with these strategies.

Categories:
  • Networking,
  • Time Management
Tags:
  • Efficiency,
  • Social Media,
  • Time Management

Tips for Choosing the Right Desk

Joshua Zerkel • August 16, 2011

It’s important to chose a desk that fits your needs and keeps you organized!

Categories:
  • Home Office,
  • Office,
  • Paper Management,
  • Space Management & Storage
Tags:
  • Computer,
  • Desk,
  • Home Office,
  • Office,
  • office furniture

Create a Work Zone-and Stay There!

Joshua Zerkel • August 9, 2011

Creating a work zone and staying there is essential to increasing productivity.

Categories:
  • Home Office,
  • Productivity,
  • Time Management
Tags:
  • consistency,
  • Effectiveness,
  • Home Office,
  • Productivity,
  • self-employment,
  • small business,
  • Time Management,
  • work zone

Setting Boundaries for Your Small Business

Joshua Zerkel • August 2, 2011

Staying organized with your time, personal life, and business is about setting boundaries.

Categories:
  • Challenges,
  • Home Office,
  • Productivity,
  • Time Management
Tags:
  • Boundaries,
  • Home Office,
  • self-employment,
  • small business,
  • Time Management,
  • work hours,
  • work space

Working from Home: Pros and Cons

Joshua Zerkel • July 26, 2011

Does working for yourself mean working from home?

Categories:
  • Home Office,
  • Office,
  • Productivity,
  • Time Management
Tags:
  • commute,
  • Home Office,
  • office space,
  • pros and cons,
  • self-employment,
  • small business,
  • Time Management,
  • Work from home

Organizing Your Personal Finances: 4 Steps to Getting Control of Your Receipts, Statements, and Bills

Joshua Zerkel • July 19, 2011

Here are 4 steps to helping you get organized with your personal finances!

Categories:
  • Home Office,
  • Paper Management
Tags:
  • Efficiency,
  • Organizing,
  • Paper Management,
  • paperwork

The Lifecycle of Paper

Joshua Zerkel • June 14, 2011

Papers on your desk are piled up in their own lifecycle, here’s how to understand this cycle and create a system to organize them.

Categories:
  • Maintenance,
  • Paper Management,
  • Productivity
Tags:
  • Clutter,
  • documentation,
  • Effectiveness,
  • Organizing,
  • Paper,
  • Paper Management

There’s More to Business Cards Than Contact Info

Joshua Zerkel • June 7, 2011

Putting a rubber band around business cards you’ve collected is a start, but you’ll need to do more to build powerful relationships with the people you’ve met.

Categories:
  • Planning,
  • Productivity
Tags:
  • Efficiency,
  • networking,
  • Paper,
  • Paper Management,
  • produc

5 Tips for Organizing with Kids

Joshua Zerkel • May 24, 2011

Make organizing with kids fun: give them control, keep it simple, label storage and keep it accessible, and use color.

Categories:
  • Home,
  • Space Management & Storage
Tags:
  • Home Organizing,
  • Kids,
  • storage,
  • Toys

Make Your Space Functional AND Beautiful

Joshua Zerkel • May 17, 2011

Personalize your workspace: add color; look for storage ideas in non-office supply like kitchen, bedroom, and gardening; and search for boutique brands.

Categories:
  • Creativity,
  • Space Management & Storage
Tags:
  • Creativity,
  • Office supplies,
  • storage
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