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Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/risk-management-and-the-best-laid-plans/ November 21, 2011 Contingency and prevention plans will help your projects succeed where others fail. The Scottish poet Robert Burns observed, “The best-laid...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/surviving-warranty-logistics/ November 15, 2011 Warranties seem like a good idea, until you realize they can be expensive and time consuming to activate. Here are 7 tips to help make sure your...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/how-to-become-a-successful-team-member/ November 8, 2011 Just because a group of people is called a “team,” doesn’t make it one. Here’s what you can do to become a strong team member I just love...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/how-to-use-public-transportation-efficiently/ October 24, 2011 7 easy tips to streamline your public transportation experience. Do you have trouble with punctuation? Check out Grammar Girl’s...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/top-online-tools-to-make-air-travel-easy/ October 18, 2011 4 web tools to streamline every step of airline travel. In honor of our new podcaster, Tech Talker, today I’ll be sharing the best online...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/dealing-with-difficult-people/ October 11, 2011 5 tips on how to set boundaries to handle whiners. Tired of trying to figure out whether there are “healthier” food options at the supermarket? Check...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/advice-for-new-college-grads-get-it-done-basics/ October 4, 2011 What you need to know to stay organized and get ahead in the “real world.” If you haven’t bought my book, yet, you can get my eBook...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/how-to-stop-buying-books-and-start-reading-them/ September 27, 2011 5 Easy tips on effective buying and reading so you don’t get overloaded. Books! I just love books! Actually, I do. I really love...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/how-to-use-deferred-email/ September 21, 2011 4 Tips to streamline your life by setting email messages for future delivery Procrastination is the subject of an entire chapter of my book, Get-it-Done...

Originally appeared on: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/learn-by-creating-your-own-course/ September 13, 2011 Get the most from books and podcasts by creating your own course of study. They say that learning from books is academic, that it doesn’t apply...