Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 14, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Al ten fh3e pbe3s expert says Messy desk causes stress because what needs to be done hangs Over like a dark time to Clear clutter from desk by Paul Samyn Are you suffering from desk is your Basket dangerously close to being declared a fire trap cant find your office phone before it stops ringing youre not and according to priority management systems tomorrow is the Day to take the first dose of the cure for this modern Day National Clear your desk is a great Opportunity to Clear away the clutter and get a fresh Start for a new explains Dan president of the world wide management training company with 210 offices in 11 the result will be improved performance on the Job and less of the stress that results from dealing with a Messy now dont go thinking that stamp is just some clean Freak looking to provide you with a meaningless make work having helped put people through courses in organization and stamp is Able to provide a few facts to Back up his claims and make a Case for this Day which has been officially proclaimed by a chicag based directory of designated for stamp notes the average manager has 36 hours of work on his but Only hours to do he adds that a Man Ager is interrupted on average every four minutes and spends 36 minutes each Day just looking for things on that dark Cloud even worse than hindering productivity and causing stamp says a Messy desk acts As a constant source of stress As what needs to be done tends to hang Over you like a dark a Messy desk int just an Eye stamp said from Vancou it provides a Subimal Mes Sage of failure to the subconscious orderliness is synonymous with stamp offers a Case in he says studies show you will consciously think about an item on your desk 10 times a so if you put an assignment on your desk monday to remind you it is due by Friday chances Are you will have worried about that item 50 times during the stamp says a clutter free desk works for everyone from chief executive officers to and those that feel a Messy desk is part of their character Are just fooling a Clear desk is not a sign of an empty its a sign of an effective he adding that once some people Are put on the straight and they never go Back to their depressing desk stamp says organizational training is Best done in a one none consultation and that initial overhaul of the desk can take anywhere from 20 minutes to two but stamp offers the following list of pointers to Clear off your desk and keep it Clear Drake everything off your desk Calen find space in filing cabinets or anywhere out of sight for All magazines and refer ence keep your desk Clear of everything other than materials related to the project youre work ing put your inbox out of your line of that Way you wont feel obligated to respond immediately to something placed in the this will Cut Down on interruptions and help you remain focused on the project at set up three hanging files one for one for read ing and one for projects or Mischel sort through All your documents and assign them to one file or before filing each Docu determine when you want to look at it for Mark it accordingly and log it in an organic record All activities and plans in one not in multiple this will Cut Down on the time you spend looking for phone numbers or stamp adds it also helps to set aside a specific time each Day for Reading the business reports and other mail that can accumulate so and whatever Yogi dont leave this article on your desk As a re minder of How to keep everything in stamp says you should file it for future Consumers becoming conservative investors by Marilyn Ronald Ottawa up Consumers Are becoming much More conservative in their buying habits and values and will increasingly demand a leading International advertising firm that one of the major conclusions of research conducted in Cana the United states and Britain by Londo based Saatchi conservatism in buying decisions and a general return to More traditional values will persist throughout this says Liz senior Vic president in the company to Ronto people feel the things they fought for in the 1980s came at a High both financially and even Leisure time became intense along with Competition to have the perfect the perfect i think theres a Strong feeling of Stop the i want to get the new conservatism is partly a consequence of the aging of the baby Boom generation most peo ple adopt More traditional values As they get but manufacturers and advertisers should be aware that the generation coming up behind the Boomers is More conservative than their Tor Lee Michael Buhr Donald Region Winnipeg Broadway re Gion office of investors Syndicate is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Buhr As division prior to his Michael was an account executive and Field Trainer in the Winnipeg Broadway although his new position pre sents additional Michael looks Forward to continuing to serve his Many clients in his new investors Syndicate limited is a member company of Winnipeg based investors group the largest company of its kind in can Ada with Over billion of assets under management or administration and about client a the company offers a comprehensive Range of savings and investment products to individuals and corporations across can watch for different coupons every Day in the free press throughout from Chicken big savings on a variety of Chicken menu items family special with that Coupon included 16 of famous ranch coleslaw in serves 5 to 6 Good at participating Chicken delights Coupon expires applicable sales tax extra pizza medium 2topping with this Coupon 95 our pizza includes cheese plus any 2 other i toppings of your Choice Good at participating Chicken delights Coupon expires applicable i 1890 sales tax extra i an open invitation to hear Gordon pare ii resp advice for the 1990s this is an open inv Lalion from Royal Trust to hear Gordon to financial writer and author of Gordon rapes 1990 guide to rasps on his speaking rape will address the significant factors you should be aware of with resp investing As Well As the ramifications of the recent government dont miss ill please Telephone now to Reserve your Seal cell undo Kuzyk january puce Holiday inn downtown ballroom 350 Mary the conservatism is reflected in consumer demand for More crafts Manship and Quality in the fashion for is emphasizing a return to classic de another fundamental change will be More advertising and marketing strategies that focus on the Environ mentally Safe aspect of particularly Given the results of Sev eral surveys showing canadians Are willing to pay higher prices for such As companies develop new prod do it with environmental Impact very much in Tor Lee that Factor will become increasingly important when firms Are planning strategies on the launching of a there will also be a greater trend for Consumers to stick with Brand name products they Are familiar with and they will increasingly de Mand what they feel is a fair Consumers Are better educated and Are cynical about claims on supposed product people Are tired of experimenting with new brands because its time consuming and that Tor Lee it will be harder than Ever to launch new regardless of the Type of and trying to sell through Price wars wont be As effective a Consumers Are very wary now of the phrase new and they will simply refuse to pay the Price for a product unless they see it As having real value and youre not going to be Able to undercut your competitors with Price and companies wont be Able to demand a Premium Price for a product that Doest have an significant advantage Over alter a Royal Trust Valiere advice comes first Stock Market courses every tuesday evening from to 5 weeks topics new Mutual technical Market trading economics rasps and much count Beglis to Day 16 gut 770444 Miry Call Bill Graham 9426141 Winnipeg free january 11 training costs can be claimed generally a tax payer who has income from business or property May de duct expenditures incurred for the purpose of gaining or producing in come from business or this includes the reasonable costs of including Long 80 per cent of food and Bever Ages incurred in connection with attending a training examples of eligible training courses would include courses at tended to maintain or up Date an existing for costs of a tax course taken by a lawyer or or a course on electronic ignitions taken by the owner of an automobile repair shop would As described in reve nue Canadas revised interpretation bulletin such training costs will not be deductible Dlf the fees otherwise qualify for the tuition fee tax credit the fees Are capital in nature that is where the course results in a lasting for where a medical practitioner trains to be a specialist or a lawyer takes a course to train As an How in such cases it is possible that the courses could qualify under the tuition fee tax d the courses Are taken outside of Continental North America to the extent that costs exceed what equiv Alent training in North America would have been d to the majority of this latter has recently been amended As a result of a tax court Appeal in As a result of this it was successfully established that taxpayers who Are employed in connection with the Selling of property or negotiation of contracts for the employer and who Are paid in whole by com May in fact deduct training Evelyn jacks to the commission salesperson must be required to pay the expenses on his or her be ordinarily required to carry out the duties of employment away from the employers place of business and May not be in receipt of an allow Ance for travelling expenses May also not exceed com missions earned in the it is important in determining the deductibility of expenses that a training course is distinguished from a convention where separate rules a training course would nor Mally take a classroom format and teach subjects in accordance with a formal course of textbook assignments and a convention is not considered a training course when some of the sessions take the form of As some of these costs May be deductible under a separate Section of the income tax act that restricts the deductibility of costs to two conventions per year for self employed persons seminars seem to fall into a Grey area Between training courses and while Revenue Canadas interpretation will Only say that eligibility will be a question of it does state that simply a meeting of a group of employees or business where there is no formal will not it must be proven that costs were incurred for the purpose of carrying on the business or earning Evelyn jacks is director of Edu cation at u r tax residential mortgage rates As of Able mortgage finders Assiniboine credit Astra savings credit Bank of Bank of Nova Bison mortgage Caisse Populaire cambrian credit Canada Trust carpathia credit Central guaranty Cibic mortgage confederation Trust cooperative Trust Coronet counsel Crosstown credit Alchris mortgage 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officially opened in no this concept is new to Many Canadian he a senior specialized in negotiation and Dis Pute Resolution at Harvard Law the company offers mediation and negotiation for disputes in Public policy and International relations and the a four hour session for a two party dispute would Cost split be tween both he says the usual process would Cost Between and also president of the Board of the says mediation services Are often offered in marriage and criminal proceedings but Are not thought of in business and Public often a Neutral party is needed to find a balance Between the emotional frustration and the facts of the he in 90 per cent of the cases it ;