Online Personal Assistant » Easier living

Encouraging Saving

Ed — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:23:56 +0000

The whole credit crunch thing is getting a bit boring, but it is unfortunately kicking in to effect real people in real ways. Which completely sucks and makes me reach for the ‘V for Vendetta’ DVD and wonder if we recently missed a 5th November opportunity to Fawkes up Canary Wharf, the City, and the FSA & Treasury buildings… but I digress…

If you’re needing to generate more business, ensure you’re looking after your existing customers, or wanting to find ways to allow your team to be more productive, we can help. Now is a good time to invest. We can call clients for you, we can provide a PA to be shared across your team so they can be more productive and focussed in their work,
and we can follow instructions to generate new client leads. Just let us know.

Another little saving tip: did you know that if you pay staff fortnightly they’ll save more than if you pay them monthly? Because a couple of times per year there’s an extra week in the month, so that ‘extra’ income tends to be saved not spent. And more money means happier people – and fewer requests for a payrise!

Chiconomise

Ed — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:26:55 +0000

On the credit crunch / ensuring we still keep having fun theme, you�might like to sign up to Chiconomise for ‘your free weekly dose of the best chic deals, sales and offers around.’ It’s only been going a few weeks but already I’ve saved money on food and drink, and bookmarked a few great websites for later use. One I particularly liked from yesterday’s edition is the book-swapping site www.readitswapit.co.uk.

Make everything an ‘actionable task’

Ed — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:16:44 +0000

If you have nagging tasks and worries, it’s best to get them off your mind, so you can get on with the tasks at hand.

Whether it’s remembering that you’re due to make a dental appointment, or remembering to book a train, or look into legislation around something, the only way to deal with all the stuff in your head is to get it off your mind.

To handle these ideas, thoughts, and tasks more effectively, turn each into an actionable task. So “Oh I must make a dental appointment” becomes “Call Dr.Pullen on 0207 123 4567 and book an appointment on the next available Friday”. This will help you get it done by making it real and tangible.

Now you have made it actionable, ask yourself “Could someone else do this for me?”

With your online personal assistant just an email, SMS, or form away, you can look forward to a life with less hassle and more time for concentrating on the important things.