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Create Systems to Stay on Track

We all create systems, sometimes in subtle ways, to make our life easier and to meet our needs. Do you put your car keys in the same place each day so as not to misplace them? It may seem like a simple act, but it’s a system — an organized, coordinated procedure that creates a desirable effect.

Systems help us in our home and work life by:

1. Helping us remember.

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2. Keeping us organized.
3. Communicating to others.
4. Triggering subsequent events.
5. Simplifying tasks.
6. Saving us time.

We use systems in our home and work life. Here are examples of systems in the workplace:

• Leaving important papers on a colleague’s chair so he’ll be sure to see them.
• Marking an opened email as unread продажа напольной акустики so it will get your attention later.
• Attaching a sticky note with frequently лучшая акустика needed information to your computer monitor.

How do you know that you need a System?

Chances are that you’ll know
when your current method of accomplishing a task is failing you. If you are forgetting items you meant to remember, losing or misplacing things, these are минимойка керхер red flags. Another signal that a system is needed is if a repetitive task takes longer than it should. For example, if you repeatedly look up the same information, цветной струйный принтер instead, you might make the information more accessible.

Now that you know that systems can improve your life, and you know some of the symptoms that a system is necessary, let’s look at the steps of a real life hi-fi акустика example.

Step 1: Identify a Challenge As a small business owner, or just a busy person, you have trouble paying your bills on time.

Step 2: Devise купить компьютер Possible Solutions You could pay each bill as it arrives, or designate certain days each month to pay bills. You цифровой диктофон could set up automatic bill paying through your bank, or you could prepay your expenses. What other possible solution makes sense to you?

Step 3: Evaluate Each Option’s Suitability A system is jvc cd плееры only going to work if it is something that you want to do, and it fits your lifestyle. Examine these factors:

• Life Circumstance. Ask yourself if you can pay your bills as they arrive if you only get paid once a month, for example.
• Consistency. If you decide to pay your bills on the 1st and 15th of the month, will that work if you travel frequently in your job?
• Trigger. Ask yourself if a reliable reminder exists (such as a recurring electronic appointment in your calendar program) so that your system will work consistently.

After evaluating possible solutions to your challenge against your particular lifestyle, and identifying a trigger to ensure consistency, give your new system a try. Don’t expect your first solution to work necessarily — keep at it. автомобильная акустика Your effort at arriving at a workable solution will be rewarded with the system’s success.

© 2006 Kristy K. Schnabel, It’s Virtually Done!

Kristy Schnabel, virtual assistant with It’s Virtually Done, helps her clients develop systems for making their lives easier. She relieves home-based professionals of their administrative work. Learn more: http://www.itsvirtuallydone.com

The Cackle Factor

What would we do if we couldn’t laugh at people and the mp3 плееры things they do? I’m usually not the type of guy who sits around just talking about people. Ask my wife. I don’t believe in that. But this is a special occasion and there are those things that people do that just make me cackle like a big fat hen. If you didn’t find humor in these things before, you will now.

Here a list of 10 of the funniest things I ever did see rated by my Cackle Rating System. The Cackle Factor is calculated this way: Volume of initial roar (in decibels) ч Height of vertical jump (in inches) x Distance stumbled across the room (in feet) + number of knee slaps. It usually computes to a number less than 100. After that, it helps to sprinkle in a pinch of ridicule, for it brings out the essence of the cackle акустика pioneer киев for its utmost potential. On we go.

Number 10: When a person has a cold or allergies, watch when they blow their nose and then examine what comes out. What are they looking at? Is it the color or the texture? I don’t know. But that merely makes me smile. What makes me cackle is when they sniff the stuff back into their brain after they blow. Cackle Factor: 60.3

Number 9: Only sports fans will appreciate this one. Have you ever seen professional athletes play in “competitive” exhibitions, such as in football or basketball? I saw part of a celebrity basketball game during the NBA All-Star break about a year or two ago that put NBA players on teams with actors, rappers and other superstars. These games aren’t staged as any kind of tryout nor is anyone going to receive any endorsement deal as a result of their performance in this stupid game. So it was cackle-able when Richard Jefferson of the New Jersey Nets began taking the ball to the hole with force, rebounding like Rodman and dunking on people with fierceness. The same concept applies during Pro Bowl weekend in the NFL except they are a bit

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