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    Will You Add? - Time Management: The Overlooked Outline

    Projects Cost More As Interest Rate Rises
    The last time Inflation was above 4% interest rates were 11%, Terry Waite had just been released and it was the 17th of November 1991. In business terms many lifetimes ago. Whether the Bank of England will raise interest rates to 11% to achieve Gordon Brown’s mandate I will leave to the Money markets to speculate. It is unlikely that interest rates and hence the cost of capital will return the “lowest rates in 30 years” within the next two years.Within the context of Business’ implementing projects
    >prioritizing daily work

      1. top level--most important for work & growth

          1. steps listed

          2. times scheduled

      2. mid level--should get done

      3. low level--when you have a chance

        1. finding life balance

            1. valued areas

                1. family

                2. community

                3. spiritual

                4. personal/health

            2. time

                1. scheduled blocks

                2. selected activities

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    Hard Money Business Loan - The Facts About a Hard Money Business Loan
    The cost of starting up an enterprise is high; most advisers recommend that you have at least $50,000 capital on hand "just in case" when you begin your own venture. This is meant to be for unknown problems and glitches, not the actual equipment and running costs. You really need that buffer to create a comfort zone to allow your venture to operate until it takes off on its own. But cheer up. If starting an enterprise is costly, you can usually get all the advice you will ever need or want for free.In this era when you are bombarded with deadlines and multitasking is listed as a job requirement, it becomes even more important to find easy-to-use tools to keep you as efficient and effective as possible.

    You were probably first taught about outlining in early school years when they told you how to create a story by listing three events within the body of the work and then developing those. In high school you might have had to turn in your outline prior to a term paper. Later you created a thesis. The function of the outline was to clarify your thoughts, review sequencing, and then add supporting details.

    If you were lucky enough to have taken a speed-reading course, the same ideas were presented to glean the main ideas from the passages quickly. You would have learned to look at the subject, sub-titles, first sentence of each paragraph, and the conclusion.

    Unfortunately, some of what you were taught has probably been put aside because you can wind up being too involved with the daily urgent details that bombard you constantly. You may find there is no longer any priority in a day as you simply go with the flow at that moment. Yet at then end of the week, you end up wondering what happened and what you actually achieved.

    Skim through the following outline to see how quickly and easily you get the points versus having to read full paragraphs.

    Effectiveness of Outlining

    1. Early uses in school

        1. creating papers

        2. studying tables of contents

        3. skimming headings and subtitles

        4. setting up projects

    1. Current-day problems

        1. overload

            1. excessive reading

            2. increased workdays

            3. too many commitments

        2. lack of focus

            1. constant interruptions

            2. no personal time

            3. multitasking requirements

        3. ineffectiveness

            1. no tie-in with goals

            2. urgent before important

        4. stress

            1. inability to do it all

            2. overlooked deadlines

            3. fear of missing something

            4. irritability

            5. illness

    1. Solutions

        1. setting goals

            1. main goals

            2. sub- or short-term goals

            3. steps needed

        1. prioritizing daily work

            1. top level--most important for work & growth

                1. steps listed

                2. times scheduled

            2. mid level--should get done

            3. low level--when you have a chance

        1. finding life balance

            1. valued areas

                1. family

                2. community

                3. spiritual

                4. personal/health

            2. time

                1. scheduled blocks

                2. selected activities

    Leadership and Vision - What's Your Cathedral?
    Can leadership exist where there is no vision? For perspective, let us review the Story of the Three Stonemasons.Three stonemasons were busy at work when a passerby asked them, “What are you doing?”The first stonemason responded, “Laying bricks, sir.”The second mason answered, “Earning a living.”But, when asked by the passerby what he was doing, the third stonemason said, “I’m building a cathedral.”The third craftsperson had a vision and saw the greater purpose of their
    ky enough to have taken a speed-reading course, the same ideas were presented to glean the main ideas from the passages quickly. You would have learned to look at the subject, sub-titles, first sentence of each paragraph, and the conclusion.

    Unfortunately, some of what you were taught has probably been put aside because you can wind up being too involved with the daily urgent details that bombard you constantly. You may find there is no longer any priority in a day as you simply go with the flow at that moment. Yet at then end of the week, you end up wondering what happened and what you actually achieved.

    Skim through the following outline to see how quickly and easily you get the points versus having to read full paragraphs.

    Effectiveness of Outlining

    1. Early uses in school

        1. creating papers

        2. studying tables of contents

        3. skimming headings and subtitles

        4. setting up projects

    1. Current-day problems

        1. overload

            1. excessive reading

            2. increased workdays

            3. too many commitments

        2. lack of focus

            1. constant interruptions

            2. no personal time

            3. multitasking requirements

        3. ineffectiveness

            1. no tie-in with goals

            2. urgent before important

        4. stress

            1. inability to do it all

            2. overlooked deadlines

            3. fear of missing something

            4. irritability

            5. illness

    1. Solutions

        1. setting goals

            1. main goals

            2. sub- or short-term goals

            3. steps needed

        1. prioritizing daily work

            1. top level--most important for work & growth

                1. steps listed

                2. times scheduled

            2. mid level--should get done

            3. low level--when you have a chance

        1. finding life balance

            1. valued areas

                1. family

                2. community

                3. spiritual

                4. personal/health

            2. time

                1. scheduled blocks

                2. selected activities

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    Medical Billing - Getting Your Software To You
    Medical billing agencies take a lot of things for granted. They purchase a piece of DME software in order to do their daily billing and they expect everything to run perfectly. Well, in the real world, it isn't quite that simple. There is a lot of work that goes into putting out a piece of medical billing software. While we're not going to attempt to dive into this process in great detail, we're going to try to give you a decent idea of what goes into getting your DME software to you. In future insta
    llowing outline to see how quickly and easily you get the points versus having to read full paragraphs.

    Effectiveness of Outlining

    1. Early uses in school

        1. creating papers

        2. studying tables of contents

        3. skimming headings and subtitles

        4. setting up projects

    1. Current-day problems

        1. overload

            1. excessive reading

            2. increased workdays

            3. too many commitments

        2. lack of focus

            1. constant interruptions

            2. no personal time

            3. multitasking requirements

        3. ineffectiveness

            1. no tie-in with goals

            2. urgent before important

        4. stress

            1. inability to do it all

            2. overlooked deadlines

            3. fear of missing something

            4. irritability

            5. illness

    1. Solutions

        1. setting goals

            1. main goals

            2. sub- or short-term goals

            3. steps needed

        1. prioritizing daily work

            1. top level--most important for work & growth

                1. steps listed

                2. times scheduled

            2. mid level--should get done

            3. low level--when you have a chance

        1. finding life balance

            1. valued areas

                1. family

                2. community

                3. spiritual

                4. personal/health

            2. time

                1. scheduled blocks

                2. selected activities

    <
    How You Can Offer Your Clients Voice Mail without Having to Do All the Work
    Do you run a business that is centered on other businesses? If so, you likely offer services that many businesses and business owners need. These services may include anything from handling the overflow of customer phone calls to the scheduling of customer appointments. One service that you may want to consider offering, if you dont already offer it, is Voicemail Service. Voicemail service is essential to any business owner, which means that it should be an essential part of your own business, but wha
    time

  • multitasking requirements

  • ineffectiveness

      1. no tie-in with goals

      2. urgent before important

  • stress

      1. inability to do it all

      2. overlooked deadlines

      3. fear of missing something

      4. irritability

      5. illness

    1. Solutions

        1. setting goals

            1. main goals

            2. sub- or short-term goals

            3. steps needed

        1. prioritizing daily work

            1. top level--most important for work & growth

                1. steps listed

                2. times scheduled

            2. mid level--should get done

            3. low level--when you have a chance

        1. finding life balance

            1. valued areas

                1. family

                2. community

                3. spiritual

                4. personal/health

            2. time

                1. scheduled blocks

                2. selected activities

    <
    Can You Make Money Selling Used Clothing At Flea Markets?
    Used clothing has long been a staple segment of the flea market business. Vendors would either unload their no longer needed clothing, or buy it from a local Salvation Army thrift shop.Flea market vendors could make good money selling used clothing, often working on profit margins of over 500%.Many established businesses set themselves up to supply used clothing to flea market vendors, offering pieces of clothing for as low as .25 each.Vendors could then resell the clothing for $1 to
    >prioritizing daily work

      1. top level--most important for work & growth

          1. steps listed

          2. times scheduled

      2. mid level--should get done

      3. low level--when you have a chance

        1. finding life balance

            1. valued areas

                1. family

                2. community

                3. spiritual

                4. personal/health

            2. time

                1. scheduled blocks

                2. selected activities

    1. Results

        1. satisfaction

        2. calmness

        3. business achievement

        4. personal growth

        5. enhanced relationships

    1. Evaluation

        1. Able to skim through and get the points quickly?

        2. Recognize advantage of outline for your own events?

    Since your life’s pace often provides you with no more than a couple of minutes to linger on a subject, outlining is a good technique to add to your arsenal of tools for coping with the speed in modern day living. Practice creating outlines as you plan projects and events, starting with your long-term goals and then working down to daily routines.

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