Resources, Tips, And Ideas

Recommended Books

Know Can Do!: Put Your Know-How Into Action

Recommended to me by my client John Arnold, this is a must-read if your love for learning and knowledge sometimes leads to information overload. The tips for retaining and using what you know are simple, but powerful.

The Confident Leader: How the Most Successful People Go From Effective to Exceptional

This book is about the fears, habits, and beliefs that keep all people, even leaders, from breaking through to their own next level of success. It goes into why and how negatives develop, but more important, how to change them. A must-have for anyone who wants to push themselves beyond their current level of success.

Also from Dr. Larina Kase:

Save time and money by using the psychology of marketing that gets results. Learn how:
www.ThePsychologyofMarketing.com

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

This book goes beyond how to stop procrastinating by covering time management essentials like discipline, decision-making, and focus. A quick and easy read full of techniques you can implement right away.

Free Time Management Articles

• Read my time management and productivity articles on my enzinearticles.com expert author page.
   

Artículos en Español Para Ayudarle A Maximizar Su Tiempo

• Adicción a la BlackBerry – 3 razones que indican que su hábito ya no es divertido
• 3 actitudes comunes que interfieren con su productividad
• Cinco medidas para tener un día productivo

Reduce Clutter, Help the Environment

Disposal, Recycling & Donations
www.earth911.org For business: http://business.earth911.com
www.dell.com/recycling
www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/recycle/index.html
http://eiae.org/
www.mygreenelectronics.com
www.givethegiftofsight.org

Reduce Information Overload

• Stop telemarketing calls on your home and cell phone: www.donotcall.gov
• Reduce unwanted mail: www.dmachoice.org
• Reduce unsolicited commercial emails: go to www.dmachoice.org and Register for eMPS
• Reduce unwanted catalogs: www.catalogchoice.org
• Opt-in or out of offers of credit or insurance: www.OptOutPrescreen.com
• Eliminate catalogs, magazines, and other bulk mail addressed to your former employees:www.ecologicalmail.org
• Stop catalog mailings: send your full name and address to abacusoptout@epsilon.com

ID Theft

www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft

Forms, Checklists and Emergency Preparedness

• Starting a business: www.entrepreneur.com/formnet/startingabusinessforms.html
• Customizable, printable to-do lists, calendars, and more (many free) - if you sign up via this link, you get 24 months for the price of 12: www.calendarsquick.com
• Emergency Preparedness for Businesses: www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/quadfold_brochure.pdf

Productivity Tools

• Handy scheduling tool if you often need to schedule meetings with people in different areas of the world. The World Clock and Meeting Planner lets you can enter up to 4 cities – and then gives you a color-coded chart you can use to figure out the best time for all of your participants - http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html.
• Free PDF generator: www.pdf995.com
• Track your donations year-round, for free: http://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/itsdeductible/index.jsp

Business Assistance

Call for Action www.callforaction.org
Available to all individuals and small businesses, this non-profit agency assists consumers to resolve problems with businesses, government agencies, and other organizations. Local offices in the US and Argentina (my home country).