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		<title>Productivity Boot Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m super excited and now it&#8217;s time to share with you.
In May I became a Certified Productivity Coach with the National Association of Productivity Coaches.  Three of my clients have now completed the Productivity Boot Camp and achieved great transformations.
So, what does that mean to you?   Nothing if you:

 love the work you are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=572</link>
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		<title>Charlie Thistle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Today I want to share a very short and inspirational film with you.



Take a trip through   Charlie Thistle&#8217;s world and discover the transformative power of “yes!”
Charlie Thistle has worked at the Department of Normality for 20 years. Gray   day follows gray day until&#8230;
 Watch as Charlie finally says “yes” and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=568</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t anyone do things right around here?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to the productivity series. Today we have FREEBIES!
Are you a creative director, manage your own studio or hire freelancers sometimes? And feeling unproductive because you&#8217;re spending time checking and re-doing others&#8217; work?
OR, perhaps you&#8217;re a frustrated designer, trying hard but it&#8217;s never good enough?
Either way, my Micromanagement Prevention package tells you how to bring joy and improved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=270</link>
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		<title>Re-branding “Procrastination”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the third entry in the Productivity Challenges &#38; Frustrations series. Today&#8217;s guest entry, by  Debra Wren, designer and creativity coach, addresses that prickly question &#8211; Is it really procrastination?
Perhaps understanding why we sometimes procrastinate we can adjust our own, and our client&#8217;s expectations and work with our own creative process, instead of fighting against [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=256</link>
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		<title>Learning to say NO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saying ‘no’ is one of the biggest timesavers in existence. Yet, we all say yes far too often.
&#8216;Yes&#8217; when a client asks for another minor round of revisions at no charge and with no change in the schedule. &#8216;Yes&#8217; to a co-worker asking for help with a project. &#8216;Yes&#8217; to the creative director when accepting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=230</link>
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		<title>Do Clients Deserve the Blame?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in our series on the Top Nine Productivity Challenges and Frustrations.
Thanks to Rob Pfeifer at Effusion Creative Services for sharing a blog post that&#8217;s a perfect follow up to the first article in the series Out of Control Clients.
When things go bad, do your clients deserve the blame? See what Steve Zelle at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=232</link>
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		<title>Productivity Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Top Nine Productivity Challenges &#38; Frustrations
Thank you to all who answered the question in the last newsletter:
&#8220;What are the two biggest challenges or frustrations impacting your personal productivity today?&#8221;
The question hit a chord as I was inundated with many heart-felt and thoughful responses. While the situations and level of pain varied, most challenges and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=207</link>
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		<title>Join me for lunch at HOW?</title>
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Perhaps we&#8217;ll be able to meet over lunch on Monday June 7th? HOW have organized a table we can share, you just need to book a spot. Or catch my session on Monday or Tuesday:
60 Days to Better Productivity
Are the conflicting demands of running your design business or department keeping you off balance and non-productive? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=199</link>
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		<title>And the winners are:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to all who responded to the last newsletter and congratulations to the first 10 who replied within 30 minutes to the burning question:
&#8220;What are the two biggest challenges or frustrations impacting your personal productivity today?&#8221;
They have now received, via snail mail, a copy of &#8220;Smart Match Alliances&#8221; by Judy Feld and Ernest Oriente. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=193</link>
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		<title>Fun and Useful Stuff for Designers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post shares three different, inspirational and useful design resources with you.  And I&#8217;m just tickled pink to say two of the three have been created by designer clients of mine.
Swapyourshop.com
Change your life, see the world, keep your job. Does it get any better?
Through SwapYourShop, creative professionals from around the world will communicate with one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://designcoachoncall.com/?p=175</link>
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