Unique Clock Shows Your Place In Time

January 2, 2010

Happy New Year!

I just received a link to a very interesting clock that I thought I’d share. I like it because it give you a very clear visual representation of the passage of time and our place in it.
The more I look at it the more value I see in it.  In one glance you [...]

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Productivity Pointer – Reduce That Clutter

December 28, 2009

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the
significance of a clean desk?
– Laurence J. Peter
A colleague once said that clutter is the result of unmade
decisions. Look around you at the clutter in your office or home
and ask yourself what you should do with [...]

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Myth of Multitasking

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!
I promised to take this week off, but I just found this article from Scientific American about multitasking and had to share it. Plus I needed an excuse to try out this new app that gives me the ability to post from my Blackberry.
Here’s the link: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=multitasking-mind.
See you after the holiday.
- Bob

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Productivity Pointer – Unplug for the holidays

December 21, 2009

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded
our humanity.
– Albert Einstein
Recently at a very nice restaurant I observed a young gentleman
pecking away at his iPhone. He did this while sitting at the bar
with a friend and later throughout dinner…while he was eating. I
couldn’t help but thinking [...]

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LinksNet – The Answer to Business Networking Hell

December 18, 2009

I’m not talking about computer networking here.  I mean the kind where you meet people face to face.   Those local networking  functions where you’re herded into a room to  drift around listening to everyone rehearse their “elevator speech.”  I don’t know about you, but I find this painful.
If you need to meet new local people [...]

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Productivity Pointer – Be Systematic and Free Your Mind

December 14, 2009

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
-Gustave Flaubert
I often hear people say imposing a system on their work will stifle their creativity. But the opposite is true.
Having a system for handling routine tasks takes the thinking out of it which frees your mind [...]

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Save Time with Outlook E-mail Templates

December 11, 2009

If you create the same e-mail on a regular basis, then you will like the Outlook e-mail template tool.
Although Outlook’s e-mail template function is hard to find, it is very easy to use. Watch this short video to learn how to do it.

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Free Page Templates for Time Mangement Planner Pages

December 9, 2009

Recently  I stumbled across a unique web site that provides free templates for paper-based time management planners.  Because  it’s nearing the end of the year, you may be ready to order your annual page refills.  Here’ an opportunity to do it yourself for less.
Although most our training these days revolves around computer-based tools like Outlook, [...]

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Weekly Productivity Pointer – It’s Always Your Choice

December 7, 2009

You may delay, but time will not.
-Benjamin Franklin
Time management is really a misnomer. Unlike a football game, you can’t mange the game clock of your life. It keeps running whether you like it or not.
Because you can’t manage time you must instead manage how you choose to spend it. The choice is yours [...]

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Outlook Time Saver – Use Signature to Insert Text

December 4, 2009

Do you enter the same text into your e-mail messages on a regular basis?  If so you can save yourself a lot of time by using the Outlook Signature tool to store the text and  quickly paste into a message.   Watch this short video to learn how:

Please Note: This only works with Outlook 2003. Outlook [...]

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