Do You Need E-Mailers Anonymous?

Hi, my name is Traci and I am addicted to e-mail. In a previous post, I offered a few tips for managing your e-mail. While I try to follow my own suggestions, I learned a few more tips today that I wanted to share with you…and try myself. I have an e-mail program that shows the latest breaking news stories each time I log in to check my mail. Ironically, when I was checking my mail for the fifteenth time today, the headline was; “First AA, Then NA… Now Emailers Anonymous?” According to the Reuters News Network, an executive coach … Continue reading

Too Much Technology

I had a conversation on the bus a couple days ago with two older people. They both maintained that the work world had become too burdened and overwhelmed with technology. According to one of them, all the computers and FAX machines and voice mail had taken the soul and humanity out of work. While I didn’t really “argue” with them, I couldn’t help but think how so much of the work I do to feed my family is possible BECAUSE of advances in technology. I admit that all the e-mail, Faxes, computer work, etc. may cause some of us to … Continue reading

Self-Promotion Woes

I had an e-mail from a friend of mine who is building a real estate business in Southern California. She is doing fantastically well, but after running another type of business on her own for years, it is a whole new culture and process and type of business. She’s definitely still learning the ropes. She was sharing with me that her biggest “challenge” is self promotion. To quote her comment she referred to herself as an “anti-bragger in a sea of braggers.” Meaning that she’s feeling as though it goes against her personal nature to really talk herself up! Having … Continue reading