WAITING FOR SALES
If you're kept waiting to see a client or prospect use the time for priority work, not flipping through magazines. Always be prepared.
TIME TO SMILE
Those who get ahead have not wasted time getting even.
SIMPLE WRITING SAVES TIME
Over 90 percent of all meaning can be conveyed with a vocabulary of around 600 words. When communicating, keep in mind that one out of four Americans in the workforce are functionally illiterate.
A STAND-UP DESK MIGHT HELP
A Yale University revealed that people who sit for more than half a day at work have a 60 to 70 percent greater risk of slipping a disk than their mobile co-workers. (Source: Every Manager's Desk Reference, Alpha Books, 2002)
PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER
Viruses waste time. Invest in an anti virus program and regularly download upgrades.
PLAN YOUR MEETINGS
Make sure you arrive at least a half-hour before the participants in order to check the room set-up, visual aids, refreshments etc.
TIMELY QUOTE
"Plan in advance how a job is to be done, and it is half done."
- Henry Kaiser
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