T.G.I.F.

Are you familiar with the phrase “TGIF”? It typically represents “Thank God, it’s Friday!”.

On this Friday, I’d like to shake it up and use TGIF as T.G.I.F, an acronym to encourage you and equip you for next week.

This is a super fast 2 minute audio clip (repurposed for another group of business owners, but it applies to all of us). Simply click to listen to T.G.I.F.

Appreciate your feedback, as always

7 Productivity Boosters For The Office Or On The Go (NMS004)

In today’s issue, tips to create a low-stress workspace. How to declutter and gain control of your home. Easily organize the paper in your life. Time your tasks and run reports with a simple web tool. Read your Google Reader in an email-like app. 9 ways to stay organized with GCal. And 14 productivity apps with push on the iPhone.

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7 Productivity Boosters For The Office Or On The Go

Let’s begin with productivity boosters for your office, then we’ll move on to resources for on the go.

1. 10 Ways to Relaxify Your Workspace

If you want to create a low-stress and relaxing work environment to boost your productivity, here are 10 suggestions for creating a more relaxing workspace:

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2. Declutter & Gain Control Of Your Home

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Personally, my wife & I are happy to be part of her audience and working through her systems to be clutter-free.

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3. Easily Organize Receipts, Biz Cards & Paper Stacks

Do you have piles of receipts, stacks of business cards and reams of paper all over your office?

In my world, I’m trying to get rid of as much paper as possible, and all I want is the info on it.

Enter NeatCo with their NeatReceipts & NeatDesk scanners and software using patented OCR and parsing technology to read and extract key information from your papers, and even PDF docs.

It then organizes, exports and securely stores the data in an easy-to-use database system.

They have desktop and mobile scanners, and software that accommodate Windows and Mac users.

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4. Time Your Work Tasks and Run Reports Easily

As a freelancer or consultant, you may have the need to track your time on client campaigns.

As an entrepreneur focused on productivity, you may want to track how long tasks are taking to
complete.

Or you may request your outsource staff to track their time on your work.

SlimTimer is an easy and no-cost, web-based solution to make easy work of this activity.

You can create named tasks, share them with co-workers and those you report to, or need
reporting from.

Open SlimTimer, click a task to start the clock, and click again to finish. Close the browser when you’re done. And you can run and export reports to CSV, subscribe to its RSS feed, and even email it to a colleague.

Check out this slim but effective timer app:

http://shermanlive.com/go/slimtimer

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5. ReadAir Makes Reading RSS Feeds In Email-Like App

If you’re reading your RSS feeds in Google Reader, this Adobe AIR app – ReadAir – allows you to read your news in an email-like interface.

If you already have a long series of tabs open in your Firefox or Safari browser, and would like your reader open in a separate window, check out ReadAir:

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6. 9 Ways To Stay Organized With Google Calendar

A smart calendar program is essential to improved efficiency, organization and time-savings.

Consistently adding your appointments and events relieves the stress on you to remember everything you need to get done in a day.

Using Google Calendar (GCal) and its many features for reminders, tasks and shareability make it a unique and effective app for business owners.

Here’s 9 ways to organize life/biz using GCal:

http://shermanlive.com/go/9gcal

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7. 14 iPhone Productivity Apps With Push Notification

With PUSH notifications on iPhone apps, you instantly get notified when breaking news happens or your IM app pings you when your VIP peeps are looking for you.

From this list, I have and use Beejive and Toodle-do to connect with my team and clients, along with organizing my business & personal tasks.

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That’s it for this issue, my friends. Thank you for reading, and you can share your feedback and comments below or via Twitter.

If you liked this first issue, why not forward it to your friends, colleagues, family and anyone else that you think might enjoy it. Thank you for your continued support.

Until the next issue, here’s wishing you much health, happiness, prosperity – and productivity,

Sherman Hu

7 Productivity Pearls Presented (NMS #001)

Instead of random emails, I’m starting from scratch to present to you my favorite discoveries on the web. That’s why this is Issue #001. I’ll open my favorites to you on the topics of blogging, podcasting, video, social media, productivity and mindset.

This week, we’ll start with ‘Productivity’. Many of the clients I coach wrestle with focus, battle with distractions, and struggle with productivity.

In today’s issue, you’ll discover the 5 worst productivity ideas, learn 6 simple ways to increase productivity, 5 tips to keep distracting people out of your office, 5 steps to breaking recurring patterns in your life, 30 userful ways to boost creativity, how to live a better life with less, and how to manage your energy, not your time.

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7 Productivity Pearls Presented

1. Top 5 Worst Productivity Ideas

Here are some of the top five traps people fall into when they try to increase their productivity. Most of them aren’t bad in and of themselves.  However, if they become your focus, you can be sure you aren’t going to be getting the benefits you are striving for.

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2. 6 Simple Ways To Increase Productivity

Though this article focuses on productivity boosts for freelancers, it’s also helpful to employees and entrepreneurs. You’ll discover scheduling, planning, focus, organization and outsourcing tips and strategies to boost your productivity.

http://shermanlive.com/go/6waysimproveproductivity

3. 5 Tips 4 Keeping Distracting Peeps Out Of Your Office

If you work in a traditional office (or even in a home office), it is likely that you deal with a lot of traffic in and out your door that can be very distracting to your focus. Here are a 5 tips for keeping distracting people out of your office.

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4. 5 Easy Steps To Break Recurring Patterns in Your Life

Do you find yourself caught in situations that keep happening which you can’t help but wonder “Not again!” or “Why me”? If any of the 10 incidents on this article have happened to you at least 5 times, then it’s likely to be a pattern for you. Learn the 5 easy steps to break these patterns in your life.

http://shermanlive.com/go/5breakoutpatterns

5. 30 Useful Ways To Boost Creativity

With all the resources available to us, its easier than ever to be creative. However, its also tougher than ever, with distractions surrounding us in ways never before imagined. If you are always looking for inspirations and processes to free your creative genius, here’s 30 tried and tested ways to get creative.

http://shermanlive.com/go/30creativityboosts

6. How To Live Without The Clock: Manage Energy, Not Time

It’s amazing how much we obsess over time. We think we can control time, how long things take, and what kind of results we get. The more I try to manage time, the more anxiety I have. Here’s 6 ways to kill the anxiety of the clock.

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7. How To Live A Better Life, With Less

This article will shift your paradigm. A game changer, if you soak it in and live it. “Why would I want LESS?” you may ask yourself. “Less is less fun, harder, monk-like, boring.” The simple answer: because life can be so much better with less. Learn the 7 ways you can live a better life, with less.

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That’s it for this issue, my friends. Thank you for reading, and you can share your feedback and comments below or via Twitter.

If you liked this first issue, why not forward it to your friends, colleagues, family and anyone else that you think might enjoy it. Thank you for your continued support.

Until the next issue, here’s wishing you much health, wealth, prosperity – and productivity,

Sherman Hu