The chances are if you’re sat reading this your life at work is in something of a rut. Instead of focusing on your work, you’re scouring the web for ways to enliven your day. Peter Ames from Office Genie offers a few tips that may help you do just that, so have a read (and [...]
View Post fun, office genie, office productivity, stapler, swingline, TipsAn estimated 20 minutes of productivity is lost every time you become distracted. Even if you only take 5 minutes to find and lend your stapler to a coworker, an additional 15 minutes is lost as your brain recalibrates to switching tasks. Maintaining control of your time and attention is one of the biggest changes [...]
View Post office productivity, stapler, swingline, TipsToday is Administrative Professionals’ Day, a day to honor all the receptionists, secretaries and administrative assistants that help keep our offices running smoothly. There is still time to do something special for your favorite administrative professional today, and we have gathered a few quick and easy ideas. 1) Make a card from colored paper, write [...]
View Post administrative professional, communication, holiday, swingline, TipsSpending an equal amount of time between work and personal life comes easy to some but is a real challenge to others. Part of the problem is that there is no percentage of work/life balance that works for every person. Even a perfect 50/50 split might leave you feeling dissatisfied depending on your job and [...]
View Post productivity, swingline, Tips, work life balanceDoing less at once lets you do more overall. It seems counter-intuitive but it’s true. Some technology can make us more productive by automating tasks, such as the Swingline™ Stack-and-Shred™ Hands Free Shredder, but we still can only do one thing at a time. So, what does this mean to those of us who like [...]
View Post multitask, multitask test, office productivity, quiz, swingline, TipsThe days you get the most done at work are the days when you have no meetings. Unfortunately, these days are few and far between. So, if you must hold a meeting how can make sure it is the best use of everyone’s time? First, you must understand that meetings are not naturally productive. As [...]
View Post communication, meetings, office productivity, swingline, Tips“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ~ The Dalai Lama People naturally want to be happy, but unfortunately happiness seems to be a feeling that is difficult to achieve. Every person is different so there is no exact formula that is guaranteed to produce happiness, but studies are showing [...]
View Post fun, happiness, swingline, Tips, work/life balanceProductivity is the act of being productive. The dictionary tells us that this means having the power to produce something in abundance to yield results, benefits, and profits. However, this definition is more fitting of a machine than a person. Pressuring a person to continually work harder and faster will only lessen the quality of [...]
View Post focus, office efficiency, office productivity, swinglineA recent Wall Street Journal article reported on the findings of a study conducted by the American Psychological Association which stated that “chronic stress is a hidden productivity killer, costing the economy an estimated $300 billion.” If you are short on time and money one of the easiest things to promote a happy, healthy workplace [...]
View Post binding machine, fun, office humor, swinglineOne of the biggest challenges we face when trying to master personal productivity is learning to resist the temptation to multitask. The more we try to do, the harder it is to stay in control. If you are not in control then you, by default, are being controlled by everything around you. Three steps can [...]
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