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Be a Creative Writer -- Quickly and Easily

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Be a Creative Writer - Quickly and Easily

Chimp ReWriter is a product that I have come across that helps me to open my vocabulary while writing.

I often write and it gets a little dull sometimes.  With this software program, I get ideas of better uses of language as well as have more advanced tools to rewrite, or spin my content.

If you want to be a better writer, check it out here.  Have fun!

Become a Imaginative blogger -- Fast and Easy

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Chimp ReWriter is a solution which I came across that is helpful to be able to widen my vocabulary while article writing.

I frequently blog which becomes a little monotonous.  With this particular software application, I will get recommendations of improved uses of vocabulary in addition to much more innovative approaches to spin and rewrite, or spin my articles.


If you really want to become a much better blogger, check this program out here.  Have fun!

Ok, so again.. how cool is that!  Let me know your thoughts.. Do you prefer version 1 or version 2?

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What does it take to fill your calendar with clients?

Yvonne , Anne  and Shannon
 Enlighten Studio, Scottsdale, AZ

It was New Year's Eve day, 2013, and I had an appointment at a Scottsdale hair salon.  Mind you it was actually the last day of the year, I imagined it might be significantly busier for the big last night of the year. As I got to the salon and no one else was there, I was wondering  aren't most people having their hair done with a super up do or a blow out.  Perhaps not.   I personally, just needed to get my hair cut and colored, a long overdue visit.  Thank goodness to Instant Barter, I found the option for an alternative beauty and hair salon to check out without needing to dip into my personal cash.

Seeing that the salon was kind of quiet, being an analytical business person, I was strategizing with my new friend and shop owner, Yvonne, about her business.  She's been working on hair a long time and this girl is absolutely talented.  I had to wonder though why she was there by herself on what i would have believed would be a highly lucrative day.  The answer was she was undertaking all the tasks, clients, and maintenance of the shop completely on her own.  Have you ever been there, doing everything by yourself, thinking you can manage it all?

All that I could suppose in reaction was simply, Yvonne will need to hire another person.  Do what you do best and delegate the rest!    Hire someone to come in and clean the shop, organize the shop, and beautifully merchandise products.  I encouraged Yvonne to  create the space to focus on what she loved -- hair!

Being the  bright business woman, Yvonne jumped on it and started looking for help. Our conversation, had not been news to her, she knew what to do, she just had not made the effort at this stage to get it done.

Today, I was going to be back in her shop for a long overdue appointment.  It actually took a couple of weeks to get it worked on both of our now busy calendars.   She looked great!  Yvonne looked refreshed and happier.  She boasted about how she had been up since 5:30 am and had taken a workout at the gym!

The most interesting component is the fact that I arrived early for my scheduled appointment, no surprise there, I'm often early.  But the interesting thing was that Yvonne now needed to juggle me with another client. What was different is she now had "Shannon" to wash my hair and get me started with a blow dry.  How cool is that, Yvonne hired someone and was effortlessly delegating part of the task with my appointment to a helper.  I was so delighted for Yvonne simply because not only did she take action to be more efficient, but she managed it like a pro.  Virtually anyone observing might have thought she'd been operating the shop for a very long time by doing this.  By the way, it happened to be a packed shop when I left.  Imagine that change, a  Wednesday morning in April, no special occasion.


I made certain that I reserved my next appointment before I walked out the door.   An entrepreneur with that sort of natural talent (you can see how great my hair looks in the picture), as well as business savvy is sure to be sought-after and filling up her calendar for weeks in advance.

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How to File and be Guaranteed to Find It!

Did you know that the average executive spends six weeks per year retrieving or replacing lost documents?  Naturally, it makes sense to create a system that is quick and easy so you can save that lost time.  Here are some ideas to get it done now once you have The Paper Tiger.  If you don’t have The Paper Tiger now, download this link to get started.  Here are the top ten tips I recommend:

           1    Look at the “hot spot of files”.  You know the pile that seems the most urgent and makes your stomach churn every time you look at it.  Take the paperwork and make a decision on each piece and separate into four piles:

            a         Reference, those items you need, just not right now

            b         Action, current projects, ongoing projects

            c         Toss, you know where those are going

            d         Timed, you need these on a specific date.

            2    When deciding on whether to file something or throw it away, ask yourself if how difficult would it be to find this information again?  Does it have any legal or financial ramifications if you were to throw it away?  If you can live with the answer of throwing it away after those thoughts, let it go.

3    Set up the Paper Tiger Filing System Software and Document Management, an indexing system that works like a search engine for paper files to help you get organized and stay organized.  It’s essentially creating an inventory for all of your files.

4    Use names that you will be able to recall easily.  The obvious file names that you’ve used in the past.  Then the interesting thing is with The Paper Tiger is that will also be able to add keywords into the database so that any name you think of when you need to find a file, the software will be able to tell you where it is in seconds. So in the case of “Auto” the Item Name would be “Ford Explorer”, and in the keywords section, you would input the name of the company, i.e., “Vehicle, Car”, possible the name of the dealer, the service person’s name, etc., and you might use “Personal” in the Category section.

5    Oftentimes, people receive notices of an event and they never know what to do with the postcard. Set up a monthly filing system (a Tickler File) to keep track of when to throw them away.  Create 12 hanging file folders, one for each month.  As you rsvp or pull the information for “dress code” or directions. When the day rolls around, you can retrieve it for a reminder. This will ensure that you never miss an event or an expiration date on an rsvp or offer.

6    When sorting through paperwork make a decision. If you’re not in a decision-making mood, have a place set up for “unprocessed paperwork”.  Then when you’re ready, if you need to take action, do it now or place it in the appropriate action file.  If someone else needs to attend to it, give it to them.  If it is something to reference later on, add it to a reference file and place it there. Putting it back in the pile to address later is no longer an option for you as an organized person.

7    When you have a lot of tasks to do for the day, quickly sort the tasks in order of importance.  Do what is most profitable or important to you first, then move on from there.  Therefore, if you only have a little bit of time you will be addressing the most critical issues first.  All other tasks need to be scheduled for the when it makes sense.  This final step is critical otherwise you’ll be starting a new pile.

8    Print out reports of what you have inventoried in your filing system, place a folder in the front of each door labeled “File Index”.  Having a quick and easy reference when you don’t want to open your computer makes it easier to find quickly.

9     Get into a maintenance habit of printing out a report of all of your files, quarterly or no less often than annually, and identify what you no longer need and purge or create steps to archive via off site store or scanning. 

10 .Finally, create a time management habit.  Take 10-15 minutes every morning looking at your priorities, including your Actions within your Paper Tiger system and pulling files from your Tickler File.  Do the same thing each evening by placing all documents collected through the day back into your systems. 

Congratulations on your progress, if you haven’t done it yet.  Set up your Paper Tiger system now and get started.  As you go throughout your day, keep in mind the task at hand and focus on completing that one task.  Remember that “things don’t clutter, people clutter”.  When we make simple decisions and take action, we can improve the quality of our life at work and at home.