by Rhonda Scharf | Aug 23, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda
Have you ever listened to your voice mail message? Do you like how you sound? Have you listened to the words you are saying, or are you on auto-pilot saying the same thing you’ve been saying for years? Most people are in the latter category. Most outgoing voice mail...
by Rhonda Scharf | Aug 16, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
When I sent out last week’s newsletter on out-of-office messages mistakes, I had a few of you respond to me privately as well as directly on our article (LINK) to say you have, sadly, seen these mistakes as well. Some of you even went so far as to admit you had...
by Rhonda Scharf | Aug 9, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
Have you looked at your out-of-office email recently? Is it even up to date? Do you set one up when you are away on vacation? When I send my weekly newsletter, I get hundreds of auto-responder emails back. I usually go through them quickly to ensure that I catch any...
by Rhonda Scharf | Aug 3, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
The chaos that followed Simone Biles’s announcement last week has been overwhelming. At first, I was shocked and angry about the response. Then, it appeared there was overwhelming support. It was still controversial, and that bothered me a lot. In case you need...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 26, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
We bought our current house last year. It was built in 1996, so it certainly wasn’t old nor falling down. It was completely stuck in the 90s, though. Blue siding, blue carpet, blue tile, blue everything. It was nice, just very dated. Since that time, we have...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 20, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
Voice to text apps are commonplace now. Whether it is Otter.Ai, Reason8.ai, Voicera, Rev.com, or any of the others, the temptation to use them to transcribe your meetings into minutes is irresistible. They are all good at recognizing voices and creating good...
