Streamline Your Printing Cartridge Costs

Any way you slice it – - – a busy home office; just a simple computer and printer; or a small business bustling with printer stations – - – printing can get expensive! Printer cartridges add up to a small fortune and they always run out just when you need to print one thing. If you are organized enough, you can be better prepared. And if you are a thrifty consumer, then you better know about Cartridge World.

In graduate school our text books were online. Being a visual leaner, I had to print out all my books and materials. I credit Cartridge World with helping me through graduate school. And when I met Nancy Mehta, our Little Miss Efficiency printers have been in love with Cartridge World ever since.

Cartridge World is the world’s fastest growing ink and toner refilling retailer. They refill and re-manufacture inkjet and toner printer cartridges, using state-of-the-art processes and high quality inks and toners. In the Valley, Nancy and Sham Mehta own two Cartridge World’s and they offer the best cartridges around. With their 100% satisfaction-money-back guarantee, the Mehtas will not only delivery qualifying cartridge orders to your door, but their stores help the environment by keeping cartridges out of landfills. Cartridge World was voted #1 in the category of toner replacement services by Entrepreneur Magazine for 2010

With two stores conveniently located in the Valley, Cartridge World is the ONLY cartridge provider for our business and our clients. I guarantee their prices cannot be beat and their customer service is stupendous.

Like myself, Mehta is an ambassador with the Henderson Chamber of Commerce; as well as a member of the Billionaire Business Club and many other networking groups. So many that Mehta is the author of the popular weekly, Nancy’s Networking Newsletter, which highlights networking events. The Mehtas are originally from Connecticut and have two sons who are both planning on becoming doctors. Their daughter and her husband gave them their first grandchild who just turned one. You can visit Nancy’s Cartridge World store at http://www.cartridgeworld.com/usa/usa781/ or phone them direct with your printer model and cartridge numbers to compare your savings at 702.586.0634.

Contact Wendy on how to organize and streamline your printing zone, or for other printing productivity tips at www.littlemissefficiency.com. You can also email info@littlemissefficiency.com or call us locally 702.673.0624.

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David Allen’s Getting Things Done – The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

One of my newest, favorite books is David Allen’s Getting Things Done – The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. GTD, the popular shorthand for Getting Things Done, is really the gold standard in personal management and is used by the world’s best and brightest executives and companies. Learn how to get meaningful things done with the least amount of invested attention and energy!

Allen simplifies the concept of every day work and all the “stuff” that goes with those responsibilities. At one time or another we are all guilty of inappropriately managing commitments. But GTD helps you inventory them and review them in a more systematic way. Allen’s GTD helps you get “on your game” with “six horizons” of commitments to follow: purpose, vision, goals, areas of focus, projects, and actions.

The human brain has limited capabilities when it comes to holding information. This especially rings true for me, with my own short-term memory issues. Allen eloquently describes how to capture your “incompletes” and “open loops” while establishing a “collection bucket” to get it all done in the most productive fashion.

Use this book’s common sense to inventory and organize all your commitments. If you would like to learn more about David Allen and his GTD phenomenon, visit his website at http://www.davidco.com/what_is_gtd.php.  If you would like to learn more about being more productive or working with your own personal organizing coach, please contact Little Miss Efficiency’s at 702.673.0624 or info@littlemissefficiency.com

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Organize Your Critical Life Information Electronically

 

You’ve got multiple passwords, log on ids, their particular website portals, telephone numbers, bank account information, spouse’s information, kids’ information…all floating around in your head. Hopefully you remember it all, all the time, right? What do you do when you’re on the road, stuck at the office, or need critical medical information at the hospital? What do you do when you need these tidbits of information right now? If you are tired of personal papers all over the place and want to start moving to a more convenient, electronic lifestyle, I have the software for you!

After all, an efficient document storage system is one of the best ways to stay organized. Ease the overwhelming task of organizing your information clutter with Orggit – the online, ddigital filing cabinet with 56 customizable tabs and storage space for approximately 10,000 documents. And up to 10 family members, with individual access rights can be added.

From vital health information to everyday passwords, Orggit will help you manage life’s most important information, securely, in one convenient place. Orggit has a simple interface with four distinct sections–Wallet, Medical, Accounts and Codes, and Filing Cabinet. The information is stored securely and there is an iPhone app so it is completely mobile. Orggit seems mission critical for parents, teachers, students, caregivers, and your financial advisors.

Think about you and your family’s current document management process. If it is not working, Orggit can ultimately save you time searching for missing information and sorting through the disorganized information clutter. Orggit has aautomatic reminders for the expiration of your driver’s license, credit cards and passport too. The benefits are endless and very affordable at $49 annually.

If you would like to learn more about Orggit, check out their website at www.orggit.com. If you would like to learn more about how to organize your important life documents, please contact LME directly at 702.673.0624 or info@littlemissefficiency.com Written by Wendy A. Miller, CEO and Founder of Little Miss Efficiency, wwwlittlemisseffiency.com, 702.673.0624. COPYRIGHT: This article may not be reprinted or quoted anywhere without written permission.  This email is protected by copyright. Copying of this article – or of any works presented or recommended by Wendy A. Miller – is strictly prohibited. These works may not be reprinted in any form on any website, blog, book, ebook, or any other form without the express written permission of Wendy A. Miller. All rights reserved.

Simplifying Your Morning Routine and Organising Your Closet

According to the New York Times, IKEA did a survey of customers in which 31% reported they were more satisfied after cleaning out their closets than they were after sex. Wow. Now I’m pretty sure everyone is not as delighted as I am about organisation. But the stats do have a point about being organised…especially when it comes to getting dressed and out the door in the mornings.

Patty Klochko wrote a delightful book called “Dressed & Out the Door in 5 Minutes or Less” which covers this same topic of streamlining your mornings, how you get dressed, and organising your closet. Unlike other professional organisers and organising TV shows, Klochko’s process does not make you empty your entire closet all at once! In the book, Klochko discusses a life-changing and money-saving system for tracking your wardrobe and making the process of getting dressed simpler. Patty’s tips are unique and down to earth, as her book is an easy read with 125 pages, including indexes. Her book helps you eliminate closet stresses, clutter and chaos and makes getting dressed effortless. Her quotations about women, clothes and getting dressed are delightful and her detailed inventory assessment is a must for every woman’s closet.

Our October De-Clutter Meetup Workshop will be discussing Klochko’s ideas as well as her book. Please order a copy of Klochko’s book and save your sanity, wardrobe and closet at www.DressedIn5.com

If you would like to learn more about how to organise your closets or better manage your time and space  call Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting for a consultation at 702.673.0624 or info@littlemissefficiency.com. You can also listen to Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting’s radio appearances that stream live worldwide, on KLAV 1230 AM – The Talk of Las Vegas at www.littlemissefficiency.com. Just click on the KLAV link.

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Start Getting Home Mail Clutter under Control

The average American receives 568 pieces of mail annually, and 49,060 pieces of mail in their lifetime; one third of it is junk mail. . Tax dollars spent to dispose of junk mail: $320 million.

 

Sad facts indeed! But there are steps you can take to get your paper clutter and mail organised and in order. Here are three simple, but important decisions your home needs to make to move forward on mail clutter :

 

•  Determine one person, who will be the designated “mail person”

 

•  Determine and stick to one pick up time daily, for your daily mail deliveries (this can be someone besides the “mail person”)

 

•  Determine, set and stick to only one designated location in your home to do daily “washing and ironing” of your home’s mail (hallway, garage, office)

 

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Stop Letting Time Escape You

Better time management is something you must work on every day. If you feel like that hamster on the wheel, it’s definitely time for a mindset change. Time is not the villain. You can control it. Just be vigilant with protecting your time and meeting all your deadlines. It will not just magically improve for you in one day. Here are some baby steps to get better at managing your schedule and getting it all done.

 

IDENTIFY PEAK PRODUCTIVITY TIMES

Consider when you are the most/least productive. Are you are morning person? A night owl? When are you most motivated and have the most energy? When you are feeling your best, that is your best, personal productive time. If you schedule a task that you truly dislike during a time when you are least productive it’s unlikely the task will ever get done.

 

WHEN ARE YOU AT YOUR BEST

Do most tedious or difficult tasks then. Like reports, expense reports, paperwork you hate etc.  But schedule that task when you are  the most productive and you will be sure to get it done quickly, with less mistakes and a better attitude. Listen to your moods.

 

TIME LOG

How much time do things really take? For two days, jot down what you are doing, when you are doing it and how long it is taking you. This time log is more than likely to surprise you. You will see how much time is wasted in many unexpected ways. Often it appears that the busier you feel the more time is wasted.

 

If you would like to learn more about time management, and how  to better organise your time, call Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting for a consultation at 702.673.0624 or info@littlemissefficiency.com. You can also listen to Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting’s radio appearances that stream live worldwide, on KLAV 1230 AM – The Talk of Las Vegas at www.littlemissefficiency.com. Just click on the KLAV link.

 

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What does it mean to be organised really?

So what does it mean to be organised? Being organised is more than just being neat, and having things tidy. It’s about finding what you need, when you need it, where you need it …or use it for that matter.

 

So if you always take your shoes off in the first floor home office, and that is the last place you always go on your way out the door, you should probably have a closed cabinet shoe storage area in that office.  If you always open your mail in the garage, every day, then you should have a shredder and mail sorting system in the garage.

 

When you are better organised, life is easier. You don’t have to hunt all over the place looking for things. You have the tools you need, when and where you need them. You wouldn’t want your wardrobe on the 1^st floor, if you always get dressed in your master bedroom on the 2^nd floor, would you?

 

Organising does take time, but the benefit outweighs the chaos and stress of searching for things. Being organised means you have permanent homes for everything, so there is no question where something goes.

 

If you would like to learn more about productivity or enlisting in the help of a professional organiser,  call Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting for a consultation at 702.673.0624 or info@littlemissefficiency.com. You can also listen to Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting past appearances that stream live worldwide, on KLAV 1230 AM – The Talk of Las Vegas at www.littlemissefficiency.com. Just click on the KLAV link.

 

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Do You “Popcorn” Your Time Away?

 

Multi-tasking is great, but studies show you can accomplish more if you focus on one thing, until it is completed. Can you guess the number of times an average American worker gets interrupted in one day? “The average American worker has 50 interruptions a day, 70% which have nothing to do with work,” according to W. Edwards Deming

 

Popcorning it means as things come up, you take care of them. So much that you have no finished projects. So rather than being preventative, you are being reactive. This means you never finish a thing you want to, because you are too busy putting out those proverbial fires.

 

A study by Basex found that office distractions ate up to 2.1 hours a day for the average worker. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found that once you are interrupted, at any given time it takes you 25 minutes to return to the original task…if you return at all and don’t zig zag your time. The cost of interruptions to the U.S. economy is estimated at $588 billion dollars annually. To me, multi-tasking is like watching the puck in a hockey game. You go all over the place, just focusing all over that ice…never getting the full picture of the play.

 

Time Magazine tells us that, yes indeed, multitasking can be bad for you. Individuals that fill every quiet moment with a phone call or some kind of

e-stimulation may not get a chance to ever focus on one thing and finish it. Habitual multi-tasking may condition your brain to an overexcited state, making it very difficult to focus even when you want to.

 

Here are three basic tips to help you better manage your time.

 

1) Choose your calendar wisely and stick with it

It sounds simple, but many don’t think about how important your physical calendar is to your work and personal life. Your calendar, really is the basis or backbone, if you will, of all your time management, tasks and to do lists. Now that could be a paper planner or an electronic one. Either are good investments and you should choose a system that you will use exclusively and consistently.

 

2) Make dates with yourself

I know it sounds weird, but your most important projects need to get penciled in on your calendar….like a date. Otherwise your project will not get the necessary face time with you.

 

3) Saying “No” is Not Always a Bad Thing

We say “yes” to others because we want to please them. But when we can’t continue, we let them down and we feel guilty. Both parties suffer. This type of cycle can repeat and is ultimately a big energy zapper and time waster. Make sure you understand exactly what is being asked of you before you respond. Perhaps the task is more time consuming than you thought.

 

If you would like to learn more the Recipe Nest or organising your kitchen’s recipes,  call Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting for a consultation at 702.673.0624 or info@littlemissefficiency.com. You can also listen to Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting past appearances that stream live worldwide, on KLAV 1230 AM – The Talk of Las Vegas at www.littlemissefficiency.com. Just click on the KLAV link.

 

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Manage Your Time Better and Be More Productive

 

It’s about time to look at what is and is not working for you. It takes time to achieve goals. Are you focusing and achieving all yours? Chances are you are short for time and always wishing for more. You can achieve more 2009 goals with better time management. Here are seven time management tips from Little Miss Efficiency.

 

1) Practice with Patience

Better time management is something you must actively work on every day. It will not just magically improve for you in one day. Rather, it takes baby steps and practice to get better at managing your schedule. A little effort every day will make a whole world of difference.

 

2) Wiggle it

Mimic what successful doctors do. Build in “wiggle room,” or 15 minutes breaks, into your daily calendar. Based on an eight-hour work day, shoot for scheduling four “wiggle spots” daily. You will be glad you did, especially when those meetings spill over or an unexpected emergency blows up.

 

3) Dedicated Time Chunks

Organise your day by carving out “chunks of time” on your calendar, specifically

dedicated to key projects and task completion. Instead of answering every call and

responding to every email as they arrive, dedicate specific time for these tasks. You will be less distracted and better focused.

 

4) Break it Down

Break larger projects and responsibilities into small strategic and tactical categories. If you have a major presentation coming up, schedule time on your calendar to compete the intro, the research, the graphics, etc. You will be better prepared, have more time to thing about the details, and less stressed at the last minute.

 

5) Clear your Desktop

All of us spend quite a bit of time on our laptops and computers. So make that electronic desktop clear of electronic clutter. Delete shortcuts and icons you don’t use. Keep your email ‘in’ box as empty as possible by using electronic folders. Break away from using your email box.

 

If you would like to learn more about improving your productivity and time management,  and would like the assistance of a professional organiser, call Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting for a consultation at 702.673.0624 or info@littlemissefficiency.com. You can also listen to Little Miss Efficiency Organising Services and Consulting live, streaming live worldwide, on KLAV 1230 AM – The Talk of Las Vegas on the first Thursday of the month, at 1 pm pst at www.klav1230am.com.

 

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