Business: Ensuring Your Business is Strong – Five Important Things to Do Every Day

The world has so many distractions and it is very easy to become overwhelmed with them rather than the things that will keep your business strong.  Five specific things

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Home and Family: One of the Best Choices You Can Make

Over the past few weeks I have stayed at home far more than in the past.  The result of this has been a number of benefits that I might otherwise have missed.  Staying home allows

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Self-Improvement: Where Do You Invest Your Time?

Often I hear people complain about not having enough time to do certain things.  We all have 24 hours a day.  If you are willing to be honest about where you are investing your time, you will likely find creative ways to do the things you are now missing.
Think about places that might be eating [...]

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Business: Constructing Efficient Systems – Using Templates

When you find that you are doing things more than once, it is time to consider how you can develop a template or shortcut.  A template is a model or form that you can set up once and then use repeatedly.  There are several different types of template that you might implement in your business:
1.  [...]

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Business: Constructing Efficient Systems – Having a System To Manage Information Overload

My adult children are disgusted when they noticed that I have several hundred emails in my Inbox or can’t find a computer report with ease.  They are even more annoyed, however, when I print documents that they think could have been better left as digital records.  These children have grown up with computers and therefore [...]

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Shopping: Three Tips For Making Grocery Shopping Easier

My grandson is visiting and was surprised at how easy it was to purchase groceries the last couple of times that he was here.  Following are tips that will make the job fun and easy;
1.  Have a list – I always write

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Business – Constructing Efficient Systems – Contracting to Provide Services

There are several different types of contracts that can be negotiated in your private practise.  In order to incorporate them into your business you will need to ensure that you understand the options and details of each contract..
There are several advantages to providing contracted services as follows:
1.  You will have a steady stream

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Business – Constructing Efficient Systems – Task Checklist

Certain tasks need to be done on daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly schedules.  When you have customized your list and operationalize it, you will find that you reach the end of the year and everything is done!  Following is a listing of things that I do on a regular basis as part of my [...]

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Business – Constructing Efficient Systems – File Administration

One of the most important aspects of providing service is to ensure that proper and complete documentation is done.  Besides promoting efficiency in your business and being able to trace the work you have done with and for the client, you may need to produce information at a later date for government audit, to resolve [...]

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Business – Constructing Efficient Systems – New Client File

Once your prospect has asked for an appointment and you have gathered the necessary information, there are some administrative tasks you need to complete as follows:
1.  Enter the appointment

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