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		<title>Mass Communication Tool</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2010/06/10/mass-communication-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I have mentioned in the past you must communicate in bulk for education and handholding. Technology today makes this easy. I recommend Constant Contact as the best way to manage your client and prospect emails.

The service tracks how many people open, click, and forward your email. This is important to make sure that you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pocket RoadMap™</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2010/03/23/the-pocket-roadmap%e2%84%a2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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Get Organized with One Sheet of Paper
The Pocket RoadMap™ is a single sheet of paper folded into six small panels that puts you in control of your life and time. Download the PDF file and print the two pages back to back on one sheet of paper. 
Whether you are using GTD or ZTD or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Team Meeting</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2010/03/04/weekly-team-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[practice management]]></category>
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The team will only buy into a vision they create. If the boss does all the planning, they will have to do all the work. Ask the team to identify the three biggest changes that need to happen to make the team more successful. Say nothing and do not critique their choice. 
Then ask them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Inbox Overwhelming You</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2009/06/15/is-your-inbox-overwhelming-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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Imagine a Zero Inbox. Below are the steps to create one.
1. Open a new email.
2. Ask yourself, “What is it?” and “Is it actionable?”
3.  If it’s NOT Actionable, then delete it, store it in a Reference email folder, or incubate it on Someday/Maybe if you think you’ll have action with it in the future.
4. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Important Tasks For Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2009/03/15/most-important-tasks-for-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
Mark Twain quotes (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)

How often do you look back at the end of a day and realize though you were busy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sample Letter to Clients</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2008/11/28/sample-letter-to-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a sample letter you can change to you own words and email to your clients. Include the full hyperlinks to the articles if you do not email. Add your clients first name for Client and your name for Advisor.
We are lucky today to have two great resources from knowledgeable experts to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conversation Works</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/10/10/conversationworks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is an email from the Manager of Advisory Services of a corporate client, following the Attract Clients workshop we did last month.
Lloyd, I just got off the phone with one of our Financial Advisors.  He had a meeting with a $50 million prospect Friday.  He used, as he called it, “the Lloyd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Best Are More Successful Than the Rest - Part 4 of 18</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/07/26/best-part04/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/07/26/best-part04/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hire Based on Skills, Not Tasks 
Most businesses hire based on a person’s knowledge and experience in performing specific tasks. The problem is that we each have a very specific skill set. Some people are more analytical and others more creative, some relate better to people and others to paper, some like details and are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Best Are More Successful Than the Rest - Part 2 of 18</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/07/24/best-part02/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/07/24/best-part02/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remove What Does Not Work 
Peter Drucker encouraged businesses to examine all their systems, products, services, tools, and technology on a regular basis to make sure they continued to deliver. The business then improves or eliminates the ineffective item and replaces it with something that does meet or exceed expectation. A practice that is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problems of Multitasking</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/03/31/the-problems-of-multitasking/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/03/31/the-problems-of-multitasking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The *New York Times* recently featured an [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/business/25multi.html?_r=2&#38;pagewanted=all&#38;oref=slogin) compiling the results of several new studies looking at distractions and multitasking.
The following confirms the necessity of stopping the distractions:
>In a recent study, a group of Microsoft workers took, on average, 15 minutes to return to serious mental tasks, like writing reports or computer code, after responding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 DIFFERENT WAYS TO MANAGE YOUR TO DOS</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/02/26/20-different-ways-to-manage-your-to-dos/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/02/26/20-different-ways-to-manage-your-to-dos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are overwhelmed with tasks a todo list can be dangerous. Taming this potential monster and being able to manager the task in our life is important. Web Worker Daily asks:
>How many ways are there to manage your task list? Almost as many as there are people with tasks to do. Here are 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>18 WAYS TO STAY FOCUSED AT WORK</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/02/26/18-ways-to-stay-focused-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/02/26/18-ways-to-stay-focused-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the distractions surrounding us in the office, staying focused is difficult. Dave Cheong, entrepreneurial software engineer has a few suggestions.
> Over the years I have worked at many client sites and a variety of office layouts. On one project in particular, we had as many as 80 people in a project team, seated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Things Done: Recap</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/01/06/getting-things-done-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2007/01/06/getting-things-done-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Act Two of the [Three Act Planning](http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2006/11/28/planning-a-three-act-play-2/) process is [Getting Things Done](http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2005/11/11/getting-things-done/) (GTD) by David Allen. He created the best way to deal with the stuff that fills our lives. Merlin Mann of 43folders starts the new year with a great [recap of the GTD posts](http://www.43folders.com/2007/01/04/gtd-recap-07/) on his site saying,
>I’ve gotten several requests from readers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do More By Doing Less</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2006/12/13/do_more/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2006/12/13/do_more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the activities that can occupy your day, where do you spend your time?  Are you doing what you value the most? These questions occurred one evening and I sat down with pen and paper to discover the answers for myself. The following is a simple exercise you can do to answer the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogs of Interest</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2006/05/30/blogs-of-interest-and-information/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2006/05/30/blogs-of-interest-and-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 23:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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The following are blogs I value and visit on a regular basis:
43 Folders - Productivity
http://www.43folders.com
Life Hacker - Productivity
http://www.lifehacker.com/
Working Smart - Tools and Technology for Business
http://michaelhyatt.blogs.com/workingsmart/
The Daily Rotation - Technology Headlines from Around the World
http://www.dailyrotation.com/
Round the Rock - Kayak Circumnavigation of Newfoundland
http://www.cackletv.com/wendykilloran/
If you have a favorite blog please comment below.
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		<title>Getting Things Done</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2005/11/11/getting-things-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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Being on the road for the past several weeks, I appreciate the value of a good book to refocus my efforts and energies. Planning comes in two varieties: top-down explained in Steven Covey&#8217;s book First Things First and bottom-up illustrated by David Allen&#8217;s book Getting Things Done. While everyone would like to start at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D*I*Y Planner</title>
		<link>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2005/10/28/diy-planner/</link>
		<comments>http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2005/10/28/diy-planner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd Williams</dc:creator>
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They are a community of people who see the value of paper as a medium for planning, productivity, creative expression, and exploring ideas. They encourage visitors to share advice and inspiration, and they love to see submissions for templates, kit images and story articles. They are also the official home of the free D*I*Y Planner [...]]]></description>
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