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Where to Invest Your Money When You Get a Raise

How to use your raise or promotion wisely.

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Spiral Notebooks You’ll Want to Take Everywhere

The best notebooks make work easy and efficient.

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Time Management Strategies For Your Biggest Projects

Get smart time management strategies to help you maximize your productivity.

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The Best Sketchbooks for Writers, Travelers, Artists, and More

Gorgeous books for recording your best ideas and images.

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How to Set and Keep Deadlines

Managing your time so you can finish what you start.

Successful Status Meetings for Your Whole Team

Successful Status Meetings for Your Whole Team

Whether you’re a leader or a team member, there is something to gain from a status meeting.

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How to Create a Project Planning Timeline

This simple planning tool can help you keep every project successfully on track.

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Nervous About One-on-One Meetings? Here’s How to Prepare.

This meeting is important for everyone - make it count.

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Shira Gill’s 30-Day Home Organization Challenge

30 easy daily activities to help you declutter your home.

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What Is a Planning Meeting?

Proven tips for getting everyone on the same page.

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6 of the Best Ways to Personalize Your Planner

Make your planner as beautiful as it is functional.

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5 Ways to Impress Your Boss

Make sure your boss knows what a great job you’re doing.

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How to Set and Crush Short-Term Goals

Small, consistent steps add up to big, long-term results.

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5 Personal Development Books to Uplift and Inspire

Learn from leaders, creatives, and psychologists who hold the keys to happiness.

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How to Tackle a Big Goal With a Project Planner Notebook

Smart ways to streamline and focus your efforts.

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90 Day Goal Planner: How to Achieve a Big Goal in Just 3 Months

Forget yearly resolutions. Bite-sized resolutions are the way to the top.

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Stay Organized: Favorite Products For Color-Coding Your Planner

Make your planner more beautiful and more useful.

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40 30-Day Challenges to Improve Your Life This Month

Become a better version of yourself in just 30 days.

Spice it Up: Ink+Volt and Indian As Apple Pie's 30-Day Cooking Challenge

Spice it Up: Ink+Volt and Indian As Apple Pie's 30-Day Cooking Challenge

We collaborated with cookbook author Anupy Singla to create a 30-day challenge for the kitchen.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Goal Planner

Built-in accountability and reflection are keys to your accomplishments.