Listen
To A
Personal Message
From Phil Montero
Author of The Anywhere Office Tip eBooks
WARNING: You’ve Got Your Life Plan Backwards
This is not the dream: lying awake at night, not able to feel good about what you accomplished because all you can think about is what was left undone. Pacing around your office in the middle of a task because you can’t keep the list of things you need to do next straight in your head. Staying up late (although not as late as you used to!) working on projects, not because you’re inspired or engaged, but because things are not moving forward at the pace you hoped they would. And what you think of as real success is always right around the corner. Then you’ll be living the dream. As soon as the next project is done, as soon as the New Year starts, as soon as you get back from your trip – but there’s always another ‘as soon as’ between you and the life you want to be living.
Well, if you’re like most hard working people, then the biggest roadblock to achieving that real success isn’t WHAT you’re doing, it’s HOW you’re doing it. Technology has changed the way people interact. The sheer volume of information and communication can rob you of your time, distract you from the work at hand, and make it seem like you work harder and accomplish less.
The Big Difference between the Very Successful and Everyone Else
Take a deep breath. Seriously, take a deep calming breath - in through your nose and out through your mouth – because I need you to focus for one minute so you can really hear what I am about to tell you. OK, ready? The fundamentals of business have not changed: a solid vision, delivering value, communicating well, building relationships. And this mysterious ‘technology’ that is supposedly changing the way we live and work is really just a small collection of tools that should, in fact, be working FOR you. So it’s not what you’re doing, it’s how you’re doing it.
That’s right; the big difference between the small number of people who are at the top of their field and everyone else is mostly the ability to use a few tools effectively. Namely, email, a laptop computer, and a smart phone (or cell phone and PDA).
I know, it sounds unbelievably simple – but it's true. In the 15 years that I have focused my efforts on distributed and remote work I have worked with fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and scores of successful solo professionals, and the core difference between the front-runners and rest of the field is their ability to use these few tools effectively.
"Who cares where you are? It's where you're going that counts . . . even if you're staying put! With Montero Consulting you'll learn the tricks of the trade for working better, faster and smarter from any location. You'll find information to help you understand mobile work, find flexible jobs, and balance work and lifestyle.”
Brian Tetherson, Editor, Access Magazine
“The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure” ~ Aristotle
The bottom line is that everyone is blessed with roughly the same amount of time in this life. Our success and happiness and well-being are pretty much measured by how we spend that time. It’s not really a question of how much money you make, or where you live, or what kind of car you drive – although that’s what the commercials, and the stockholders and investors, and the media would have us believe.
The truth is that you have already surrounded yourself with the things that make you the happiest – you just don’t feel like you have enough time to enjoy them: dinner with your family, reading to your daughter, wrenching on your old motorcycle, date night with your partner, strumming that Martin acoustic, a Tee time with your high-school buddies so you can reminisce over a mediocre round of golf…
What happens when you start to learn the real power of these tools is that you suddenly discover that you are getting more done in less time. You’re able to communicate better because you always have the information you need at your fingertips, and your incoming calls and emails are being handled smarter – so what used to take 3 or 4 contacts can now be handled with 1. And the confidence you gain from knowing you always have access to what you need allows you to leave your office and know that you can still respond to and handle any business request or situation that arises.
That means more time doing the things you want to be doing, and more flexibility to shuffle your priority list more dynamically. So you can go work on pop-flys with your son’s baseball team, or go see your parents for a long weekend – and still be on top of project deadlines and daily tasks.
Real World, Real People Tips
What is remarkable is that a lot of people already have and use these tools, but most of them just learn how to do a couple of tasks with each of them. So they know how to send and receive an email, and maybe how to flag a message that is a priority… but that’s about it. On their smart phone they know how to make and receive calls, save contacts, and maybe even change their voice mail message without consulting the manual. But all of these tools have built in functions and features that most people have never been shown or bothered to explore.
"Very organized. Phil makes technology clear and very doable!"
Nancy Mikula, Hearndon, VA
The Anywhere Office™ Tip Book Series contains concrete, useful tips and tricks for using these tools to the most of their ability. These aren’t just the usual free tips about email etiquette and why you shouldn’t carry your laptop in a pillow case. You’ll get tips about product features and functions, tricks for how to customize your tools to work the way YOU want them to work, and the low-down on affordable and even free programs and services that will enhance the usefulness of all these tools.
And don’t worry – this isn’t gear-head or tech talk stuff about bits and bites and ‘booting your machine into the BIOS’, these are real-world, real-people tips that were written to be digested in just 2 minutes each.
Anyone Can Work Harder to Achieve More, but Working Smarter can Change Your Life
When you learn to let these tools start working for you, you will uncover another little secret of the very successful: when you spend more of your time doing things that give your life meaning you become more relaxed, more confident, and more motivated; this shift in your attitude attracts people to you and creates more opportunity. You’ll find that your work improves because you don’t resent it for stealing you away from your life, and as a result you will experience greater success with less effort and frustration.
Each one of these tip books is focused on a specific mobile work tool or strategy and costs just $9 – there are 5 different books in the series, so you can get all of this know-how for under $50. In fact, we are currently offering The Anywhere Office™ Jumpstart Kit for only $36.
The Jumpstart Kit includes:
The Anywhere Office™ Tip Book Series: ALL 5 of our tip books.
Riding the Storm Out: a one-hour audio seminar with a panel of 4 experts discussing how to develop a business continuity and disaster recovery plan.
Virtual Teams - 3 Keys to Success: a multimedia presentation Phil delivered as part of iCohere's virtual conference - "Virtual Teams & Collaboration: Tools & Best Practices for Effective Virtual Work".
You get all of this for just $36 – less than a tank of gas.
Only $36
- Ships on CD
The Anywhere Office™ Jumpstart Kit usually sells for $49, which is a pretty sweet price, but for a limited time I am offering it for just $36 – that’s more than 25% off. Why am I offering all of this value for such a low price? Well, I believe that these tools are so empowering that it is intoxicating – so I’m trying a little experiment. I’m taking some of my advertising budget and instead of spending it on marketing this product I’m giving it straight to you in the form of a discount.
I think that you are going to be so jazzed by what you learn that not only are you going to come back looking for more training products, but you won’t be able to resist show-boating some of your new-found abilities to friends and colleagues; you’re going to say something like, “Hey, let me beam my contact information from my phone to your phone.” And they’re going to be blown away by your command of your technology, and your enthusiasm is going to be infectious, and they’re going to have to know where you learned all of this stuff.
All of our products are backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee: if you don't feel these ideas and advice save you time, energy, money, or resources, let us know within 30 days and we will issue you a full refund, no questions asked. You've got nothing to lose!
So click the Add to Cart button and take advantage of this deep discount before I come to my senses and go back to devising new print and radio ads. We will promptly put your Jumpstart Kit CD in the mail to you and you can start spending more of your time doing the things that make you the happiest.
Or, you can just keep doing what you have been doing and expect different results. Just remember that time is one thing that can never be re-funded, once it’s spent – it’s gone.
"Phil is riveting with useful nuggets of day to day money saving, time saving methods to be mobile, effective, and successful in this hectic 21st century pace. What a Life Saver!"
Pat DeYoung, LiteraryLion.com - Bethesda, MD
P.S. Our Jumpstart Kit is obviously perfect for managers and business owners, but don’t think that it doesn’t apply to you if you’re a solo-professional or entrepreneur – chances are that whether you know it or not you are part of a virtual team: you most likely have clients, partners, and freelancers you work with who are distributed all over town, the country, and maybe even the globe.
P.P.S. Buy The Anywhere Office™ Jumpstart Kitnow, including ALL of the tip books and bonus items, to take advantage of the limited-time discount price of just $36.
The Anywhere Office Jumpstart Kit CD
The Anywhere Office™ Jumpstart KitCD is a collection of the most universally useful content that we offer. Whether you are a small business owner, manager, road warrior, home-based worker, or solo professional - the strategies and techniques in this Kit will act like a compass for navigating the changing world of work. Learn how to turn your office into The Anywhere Office™ and empower yourself to work where and when you want.
RIDING THE STORM OUT:
Business Continuity Teleseminar & Handouts
Every year weather problems make it difficult, or impossible, for millions of people to "get into work" resulting in tremendous amounts of lost productivity and missed deadlines. Of course, business disruptions are not limited to weather events, hurricanes, and other natural disasters: transit strikes, complex roadway projects, and large, city-wide events have all demonstrated the ability to interrupt the smooth flow of business - not to mention personal, individual emergencies that can happen from time to time. A well thought out business continuity or disaster recovery plan can ensure that you are prepared for any contingency; the best time to respond to any disaster is before it happens.
In this one hour teleseminar our panel of experts discuss best practices, strategies, and tools to ensure your business can weather any storm or business interruption.
VIRTUAL TEAMS: 3 Keys to Success Webcast
Find out more about our philosophy and methodologies to develop effective virtual teams and improve distributed workforces. View the following presentation that Phil delivered as part of iCohere's virtual conference -
"Virtual Teams & Collaboration: Tools & Best Practices for Effective Virtual Work". Find out more about our ICC approach focusing on your needs and presenting strategies to improve your information, communication and collaboration.
All of these resources are contained on a CD that we will ship right to your door! This comprehensive collection of tools is perfect for anyone that works with a team, employees, or colleagues that all work from different locations.
Order your copy of The Anywhere Office™ Jumpstart Kit CD today!
Don't want to take advantage of The Anywhere Office Jumpstart Kit bundle above?
Simply click on the "add to cart" button next to the individual eBooks you want to purchase.
The goal of our tip book series is to help you master a specific mobile work tool or strategy in a short period of time. We break each book down into 35 solid how-to tips and secrets, each of which can be digested or implemented in about 2 minutes, so you can take action immediately and be more productive today. Every one of the tips in these books will save you time, energy, money, or resources.
Laptop Tips eBook
Do you think you have to sacrifice comfort, keyboard functionality, and software capability for the sake of portability? Do you want to switch to a laptop computer as your primary PC but are daunted by the differences between laptop and desktop PCs?
One sea change in the world of computers is the increasing feasibility, even desirability, of using any kind of laptop as your sole computing device, whether in the office or home or away from it. Unlike in the past, today's laptops provide all the processing power, memory and hard disk storage space that most users need at a price premium that's the smallest it has ever been.
This eBook contains spot-on tips for anyone using a Notebook computer full time or in conjunction with a stationary PC. Avoid common inconveniences and discover little-known functions that will dramatically improve the convenience and performance of your laptop PC.
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Email Tips eBook
Email enables businesses to improve communications, access information and cut costs. Used effectively it can also help you to improve efficiency, find new business opportunities, and work more closely with customers and suppliers.
However, to take advantage of these benefits, it is vital that you fully understand the potential for email to enhance the ways in which you do business. Used unskillfully, email can sap your time, muddy your message, and potentially undermine your relationships.
Learning how to manage and organize your overflowing inbox, automate common email tasks, and customize the function and layout of your email program will save you valuable time and keep you in control of your communications. Become an email expert with these tips, tricks, and secrets for Outlook and Outlook Express.
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Virtual Team Tips eBook
Working with team members, clients, vendors, and partners in different locations is business as usual today. But while technology makes it easier for people scattered across geographies, cultures, and time zones to work together without being face-to-face, virtual teams must learn new tactics to achieve high performance levels in spite of separation.
It’s more than just implementing new technology, working on a virtual team requires:
Generating a sense of team purpose and trust.
A good understanding of communication channels
Staying on task and engaged.
Coordinating disparate schedules.
Sharing clarity of purpose and expectations.
The problem isn't technology. Instead, it's how people communicate, collaborate, and share information with one another from distant locations that make or break team performance. No matter how much technology you have in place, all virtual teams struggle with how to create trust, feedback, motivation, and overall communication quality when people are NOT face to face. Are you and your virtual team armed with the unique communication practices and disciplines that distinguish superior performing virtual teams?
Virtual teams that collaborate best, perform the best. In fact, they produce 36% more than those that collaborate poorly (Frost & Sullivan, 2006). If collaboration on your virtual team isn't better than face to face your team's results are 1/3 less than they could be!
If you face the challenge of working on or managing a virtual team then this book is for you. Learn strategies, tools, and tips that you can implement instantly to improve your virtual team work.
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Palm PDA Tips eBook
A Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor, or smart phone like a Treo can be an incredibly powerful business tool:
Keeping you organized - with personal organizers, electronic diaries, contact lists, and automatic reminders.
Flexible working - take notes, review and edit your appointments, contacts, and documents, all while you're on the move.
Information at your fingertips - access to maps and directions to television transmissions with news coverage or weather reports to traffic information and scheduling alerts - you can always stay one step ahead of what's going on.
Never out of touch - connect to the internet for e-mail and web access 'on the move', or connect to your computer network to access relevant data, wherever you are, making it easier for remote workers, or a mobile workforce to stay in touch with the business.
Better information sharing - such as e-mail attachments or data files from websites.
Greater functionality - many models offer built-in digital cameras with immediate snap and send functionality, so remote workers or offsite staff can instantly photograph and send images or videos of anything from supplier's goods to site inspections or damaged warehouse machinery.
Faster communication - web access is quicker than in previously available mobiles, making it easier to access e-mail and information from the Net.
Handheld computers are becoming more powerful, more complex and sometimes more intimidating. Are you using your Palm PDA or Treo to its full capability? If you have one of these devices but don't feel it lives up to the hype than this eBook is for you. Learn shortcuts, tips, features, and software to enhance the use and functionality of your Palm OS Smart Phone or PDA.
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Home Office Tips eBook
Your dining room table shouldn't double as your office. Whether you work predominantly from home or are a day-extender, taking work home from the office to finish, a dedicated work space in your home is vital to your productivity.
You’ve got to be able to firewall your attention, and it's important to have an area you look forward to working in and that you can walk away from when the work is done. Many people don’t realize how dramatically something as simple as the way you arrange the furniture and storage in your home office space effects your efficiency and the quality of your work.
Get expert advice on how to create a comfortable, productive, and professional home office. Even if you have limited space you can create a suitable work environment in your home.
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Shannon Fitzpatrick Lawyer - Boston, MA
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