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My first sizable rewriting job was one I now call, 'my blunder from down under.? By down under, I certainly don't mean Australia ? you have to dig a lot deeper to go to where it is hotter. Get it? A real 'devil? of a job!
The job involved ?editing? five articles by including new information and cleaning up verbiage and syntax. Or so I thought. As it turned out, each of the five articles lacked clear and concise purpose and failed to produce a tight and sensible conclusion. I saw the ?writing on the wall? and decided that the editing job would need to turn into a complete rewrite in order to make any sense of them.
Two full days later my work was done after submitting the drafts to the client, having the client send back additional changes and comments, and resubmitting the final copies back to the client.
After this experience I was mentally exhausted and frustrated Authentic Jameis Winston Jersey , but I learned a valuable lesson: work diligently to uncover what a job entails before agreeing to take on a project andor leave open the possibility that your price may change [read: will increase] should extra work be involved.
It was a tough lesson learned, but I found out that the 'devil? is really in the details when it comes to accepting a rewriting project. Either way it is ?work? for you!
3 Kick-Butt Tools to Unclutter Your Business Life (Part 1 of 3) ECommerce Articles | June 3, 2008 As your entrepreneurial life takes off, you'll find your business slowly getting cluttered with repetitive, frustrating (and often time-wasting) tasks. It's all too easy to lose hours a week focusing on things that aren't productive. In this series, Chris Zavadowski reveals 3 killer tools to free your days up so you can have more fun (and time) in your life focusing your energy on profit-producing activities.
Copyright (c) 2008 Chris Zavadowski
As your entrepreneurial life takes off Authentic Mike Alstott Jersey , you'll find your business slowly getting cluttered with repetitive, frustrating (and often time-wasting) tasks. It's all too easy to lose hours a week or hours a DAY focusing on things that aren't productive, instead of pouring your energy into profit-producing activities.
Which means, it's critical you recognize the "time vampires", as Dan Kennedy calls them, and put an end to them once and for all. Kill them as soon as they start cluttering your day.
That's why I'm a *huge* fan of outsourcing these tasks so you can have more fun (and time) in your life. But outsourcing doesn't always have to be to another person - it can mean handing something off to software or 3rd-party systems that handle the heavy lifting.
So with "Organize Your Home Office Day" recently being celebrated Matt Gay Jersey , I thought it would be the perfect time to share three of my favorite kick-butt, time-saving tools with you in this three-part series...
CLUTTER REDUCER #1: Google Calendar (http:calendar.google)
This totally free tool rocks! I got tired of having different calendars for different projects - personal one in Outlook, joint venture projects in Microsoft Groove, family events on paper, etc. I've been dying for a calendar system that allows the ultimate flexibility when collaborating with others, but that also isolates my personal events. (I doubt my business partners care about when I'm getting my teeth cleaned at the dentist.)
Enter: Google Calendar! This brilliantly designed Anthony Nelson Jersey , completely web-based free tool allows you to do all that and more!
Simply create as many calendars as you need (for example, I have ones for my joint venture projects, my company, my family, my personal events, birthdays and more). Each calendar gets color-coded and then appears (or disappears) from your master calendar view simply by checking the boxes on the left.
Now here's the cool part: You can set up "sharing" for individual calendars and events. Which means my team members ONLY get access to my JV calendar and company calendar Mike Edwards Jersey , while my family has access to the "Zavadowski Family Events" calendar. And brilliant Google even lets you control permissions, so your calendar can be "read-only" or others can addchange events as needed.
Along with TONS of other features (including text messaging reminders, public shared calendars, multiple views and more, the possibilities are endless.
If you host weekly team trainings for your downline, why not create a team calendar that shows all the upcoming events Jamel Dean Jersey , along with dial-in information, motivational tips and more.
Or if you're traveling around hosting live events, you can even publish your calendar on your website for others to see.
Or combine both ideas and put your team calendar on your team training mini-site. The system is virtually limitless!
And one more thing...
If you currently use Outlook (or PDAs requiring Outlook), but fall in love with Google for its massive collaboration potential, I recommend a piece of software called "Oggsync" (much more powerful than Google's free tool currently is). I use it to sync all of my different events and calendars between Outlook and Google. With the push of a button, everything is always up-to-date Sean Bunting Jersey , whether on my computer, or on the web.