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Steps to Success : Need A New Boss in 2008? A Cool New Tool Just For You!
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From: MSN Nicknamejlm1970  (Original Message)Sent: 2/5/2008 4:27 AM
Need A New Boss in 2008? A Cool New Tool Just For You!
Posted in Innovative Tools by sarah at 12:48 pm |

Happy New Year!

Is one of your New Year’s Resolutions to get a better boss? Oh wait, your ARE the boss!!!!

One of my mentors, Andrea Lee, (www.andreajlee.com) forwarded this nifty little tool to me and I thought it was perfect for all of us who work for the most tyrannical of bosses - ourselves! Here is the excerpt from her newsletter:

Instant Boss is a piece of software that you download to your computer. After you set it up, you will get a small grey reminder box popping up on your screen telling you to take a break.


When your break time is over, you get another box telling you to get back to work, complete with a funny graphic of a screaming boss- perfect for those days when you long for the corporate world.

Set the time intervals up as you see fit in the control panel shown above. Two hours of work, 10 minute break. Two and a half hours of work, half hour break. Whatever it is, remember that when you are self-employed, it is easy to fall into unreasonable working hours. The bad thing is that you can’t complain to your co-workers around the water cooler!

Keep yourself focused and healthy by taking breaks. Instant Boss will help.

Download this no-cost software at: http://www.appsapps.info/instantboss.php

Enjoy!
Sarah



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From: MSN Nicknamejlm1970Sent: 2/5/2008 4:28 AM

Instant Boss will time your work/break cycles, reminding you when to work and when to take a break.

The defaults are 10 minutes of work, 2 minutes of break, and this is repeated 5 times for a total of 1 hour.

These values can be changed to suit your needs. Instant Boss will remember the values you used during your last session.

Start by entering in the values you desire:

enter the 3 desired values
  1. The first box is for how long you want to work.
  2. The second box is for how long you want your breaks.
  3. The third box is for how many times you want to repeat this cycle.

Click Apply to set the new values.

Click Apply.

Click Work to begin.

Click Work.

Statusbar.

In the statusbar you can see where in your work cycle you are, followed by how long you have worked this session, followed by how long you have worked since you started using Instant Boss.

Instant Boss will tell you when it is time to take a break. You will have the choice to keep working a little longer, take your break now, or skip your break and begin next work period.

Take a break.

  • If you decide to take a break now, it will begin your break period.
  • If you decide to work a little longer, it will count up and add this to your total work time. You can then decide when to take a break by clicking the take a break button.
  • If you decide to skip your break, it will begin the next word period in the cycle.

At the end of your break period, you will be told to get back to work and offered a few choices.

Back to work!.

  • If you decide to work, the work timer will begin.
  • If you decide to take a longer break, it will extend your break by 50%, and remind you again when your time is up, to get back to work.
  • If you click cancel, you will have to start work manually by clicking the work button again.