How to Create a Perfectly Organized Office

Another superb article from Michael Masterson from EarlyToRise.com.

If you want to be more productive and organized in a working office environment, then read on…

By Michael Masterson

What does your office say about you? That you are orderly and businesslike? Messy but creative? Hopelessly overwhelmed?

Whatever your current habits are – sloppy or neat – you’ll get more done and have less stress while you work if your office is intelligently organized. All kinds of studies have proven this to be so.

I’ve added at least an hour of productivity to my day by planning and organizing my work. A big part of that has to do with the physical organization of my office.

Here are 12 things you can do to make your office work harder for you.

1. Provide yourself with a range of lighting, from subtle to very bright.

Ramp Up Your Productivity – And Achieve More – In Lesser Time!

Have you always feel you are working damn hard…feeling damn tired and all…totally drained…but strangely you feel you have NOT done much work at all?

Or that you find you are always getting distracted, jumping from one thing to another, and end up achieving very little?

If you are – you are not alone.

Many of us loves to multi-task and we think we can achieve more by doing many things at the same time.

But in truth, you end up being more tired AND less productive.

It’s a fact.

Eben Pagan, has a superb personal productivity program  at WakeUpProductive.com, and he teaches all the techniques on how to super-charged your personal productivity to do the stuff that matters the most.

You can go to WakeUpProductiveBlog.com to watch some of his videos. And just by reading his visitors’ comments will give you some insights on what NOT to do if you want to be more productive.

That said, here are some tips to get you off and running…and being more productive – TODAY!

35 Tips To A Wiser, Healthier, More Productive And Successful YOU In 2009

First off, I want to wish you a very happy…successful…smooth-sailing…albeit a belated, 2009 ahead!

2008 was a year that was full of ups and downs. More downs actually.

There were the terrorist attack in Mumbai, earthquake in Shenzhen and devastating cyclone in Myanmar.

Financially wise, there was unprecedented bloodletting. The fall out from the sub prime crisis has seen titans like Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Citibank taken a real body blow.

Damn! Even my favorite club, Newcastle United, has descended into a real farce. Just when I thought it cannot go worst…it just did!

Personally, 2008 has been a real learning experience for  me. Made some mistakes, but have also gained a lot. And learnt a lot.

At the present moment, everything seems gloomy. But as we embarked on a new journey in a new year, I urge everyone to keep your chin up and forge ahead with renewed determination and vigor.

Always remember one thing:

It’s Always Darkest Before Dawn!

When things get soooooo bad, the only way left now is…you guess it….UP!

Landing That Deal – With 10 Persuasion Techniques You Can Use TODAY!

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Marketing is not just about selling on your website or churning out advertisements.

It is also about going out to meet REAL people to clinch REAL deals.

When it comes to negotiating a deal, your persuasive powers will determine whether you will be successful or tank big time.

Persuasion and salesmanship is really about copywriting – acted out in real life.

Admittingly, I don’t consider myself an expert on persuasion. But I’m learning all the time. Practicing all the time. And I know I’m getting there. It’s a matter of time…

Okay, lets cut to the chase.

Here are some useful persuasion techniques YOU can use right NOW to your advantage:

1. Compliment him

Talk about his achievements. Ask him how he did it. Tell him how much you value him. And basically stroke his ego.

2. Structure the sales pitch according to his values

He prefers talking about how to save cost. Then talk to him about that. Engage him in his own language. Explain to him how you can help him save cost – even though you are really going to persuade him on something else.

Giving up?

Ever been in situation when you thought that all hope is gone? That there is nothing meaningful and worthwhile left fighting for? That everything is futile and just not going your way?

Before you throw in the towel, clear that mind of yours.

Sit back and reflect.

Reflect hard!

Have you given your absolute all? Have you exhausted all avenues? Have you even taken action?

Sometimes we are just too affected by the negative things other people say. I say take the constructive ones and learn from them. For the just plain nasty comments, screw them!

Most importantly, you cannot give up on yourself even when the whole world has given up on you. Maintain the faith and keep going!

Just take a leaf out of King Leonidas and his small band of Spartan warriors who battled to the death against the overwhelming Persian army in the film ’300′. Now that is what I call COURAGE and PERSEVERANCE. That’s the never-say-die attitude worth emulating.

Take consistent action daily – it adds up!

I was just reading a newsletter by Allan Gardyne, the founder of Associate Programs (top top affiliate marketing resource in my view), who is one of the best known affiliate marketers out there together with Ewen Chia.

So, there was this particular tip in his newsletter that really struck a chord with me.

It’s a very simple tip but one of the most important one for me. As you can infer already from the title of my post, it is to take consistent action daily.

Far too often, we are all pre-occupied of getting trying to get the latest information on how to keep ahead of the competition and maintaining the edge, and somehow, we forget the basics.

It really is the basics that get us going. The all important fundamentals.

It is not the constant planning and planning and planning that brings in the money.

It is the action to carry out the monetization plan that does.

I must admit I’m one that do get distracted easily at times. And also one that pays a lot of attention to planning. Sometimes too much, that leaves me little time for actually carrying it out.