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Online Systems: People and Relationships

by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 26, 2016 | This Week In Business

Ah people. Chances are, you know a lot of them. Apparently 15ish years in the workforce and 35ish years in the world has translated into roughly 6,000 email addresses in my ‘Contacts’. A pile of email addresses does not a system make. What to do with those...

Online Systems: Outgoing Messages

by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 12, 2016 | This Week In Business

You may ask yourself why we separated the incoming messages systems with the outgoing message systems. (Missed the last blog post about systems for dealing with incoming messages? Click here.) For me, incoming messages are mainly reactive to while outgoing messages...

The Temptation To Automation

by Nicole Ouellette | Feb 27, 2015 | This Week In Business

I was having a conversation the other day with another business person. “You know, I’m trying to get better with systems.” I told her. “Ugh, systems, that’s such a 2015 obsession!” she lamented. And she’s right. We’re...

Five Love Languages

by Nicole Ouellette | Feb 7, 2014 | Good For You

I know it’s hard to believe but sometimes, I get in fights with people. Or more accurately, I get mad at them and steam silently. I know, super helpful. One thing I’ve learned in my travels is about the five love languages: http://www.5lovelanguages.com/...