Do you find it hard to focus on your work? Three keys to focus on your work are to plan ahead, avoid distractions and train your brain. Once you develop a routine you will be more productive and reach your goals.
A manager can have a lot on their plate which makes it hard to focus on your work. A steady stream of emails, phone calls, employees and tasks all demanding your attention. Will all this how do you focus on your work to reach your goals?
1. Plan Ahead to Better Focus on Your Work
The first key to staying focused at work is planning ahead. With any task or goal success is determined not by what you have to do, it is how you do it.
- Staying focused at work begins the night before at home. Before you go to bed email yourself at least three goals for tomorrow. Keep those goals in front of you as much as possible to remind you of what you need to focus on.
- Many studies show not getting enough sleep will impair your focus and concentration the next day. Even getting one hour less sleep can affect your productivity the next day.
- When you arrive at work review your goals for that day. Prioritize them and decide how much time you have to devote to them. Check your calendar and create blocks of time to focus on your work. For a manager free time doesn’t just happen, you have to make it happen.
2. Avoid Distractions
I can relate to a scene from the movie “The Social Network
- When you sit down to focus on a goal prepare yourself first. Go to the bathroom, get a drink, make yourself comfortable, do anything that would cause you to break your concentration.
- Email is a big distraction and time killer. When you are focused on your work ignore your email. Set your instant messaging to busy. Avoid getting caught up in long conversations. If you can, find a quiet place to work.
- Avoid the illusion of multitasking. You can’t fully focus and concentrate on your goal while you do something else. Multitasking creates distractions that overload your brain causing it to “brownout.” This will diminish your brain’s ability to do the critical thinking needed to complete your goal or task.
“When you perform multiple tasks that each require some of the same channels of processing, conflicts will arise between the tasks, and you’re going to have to pick and choose which task you’re going to focus on and devote a channel of processing to it,”(2)
3. Develop a Routine
- To consistently focus on your work develop a routine. This will train your brain focus your cognitive abilities when you trigger the routine. Repeat step 1 each day until it becomes routine.
- Positive reinforcement will help you overcome procrastination and help your mind accept the routine of focusing on your work. Do this my setting milestones and reward yourself for reaching them. Take a break, walk around and chat with colleagues or go grab yourself a snack. It’s your reward so do what you want to do.
- The more you do it the better you will get. If you are having problems give yourself smaller chunks of time to work with, then increase them as your brain learns the routine. If you find your mind starting to wander take a break and come back to it. You want to this to be a pleasant task, not a burdening chore.
The key to developing a routine is repetition. You need to train your brain to enjoy working this way.
Do It: How to Focus on Your Work
- Plan ahead: Set your goals, get enough sleep and create time to better focus on your goals.
- Avoid distractions: Prepare your setting, ignore email and other distractions and don’t multitask.
- Develop a routine: Use positive reinforcement and train your brain to enjoy working this way.
Reference:
[1] The Social Network
[2] Joe, Robinson. “The Truth About Multitasking: How Your Brain Processes Information.” Entrepreneur, November 20, 2012. http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/224943.
Photo credit: Conway, Neil. “Research.” April 16, 2011. Online image. Flickr. March 15, 2014. http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilconway/5625707813/
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As a manager one of the best tools you can use is a to-do list. A list of any task, objectives and goals you need to prioritize and complete. They help keep your management tasks organized and on track.
Humans are visual creatures so it is not surprising that we use so many visual tools to communicate with. One of the best visual tools in your office is a dry erase whiteboard. Since it is large and visual it makes a great place to put your to-do list.
If you are often overwhelmed by the amount of tasks, objectives and goals you have to complete, deadlines or other important items that you need to remember a to-do list can help you put it all together. If you do not use one learn how to get started using to-do lists to prioritize your management tasks, objectives and goals.
Whiteboard Monday
Every Monday you can get your week off to a good start by writing every task, objective and goal for the week on your whiteboard. I use a column taking up one-third of my whiteboard for this purpose. The top third is for goals since they are usually smaller and the bottom two-thirds are for task and objectives.
To help you better visualize and prioritize use different colors for emphasis. For instance use red for high priority and blue for everything else. You can also use numbers or symbols to prioritize.
During the week check off each task, objective or goal as they are completed. You can use a pocket list to add any new additions during the day. All through the week you will find your eyes drifting to the board which makes it such a great tool. It is large and hard to ignore.
If you do not have a whiteboard ask for one or buy it yourself. It is one of the best investments you can make for your office. A standard office size is four-foot by three-foot. Six foot by four-foot is nice. Eight foot by four-foot is even better! I like them big so I have more room for other uses.
Other good uses for your whiteboard include:
- Short-term goals
- Long-term goals
- Mind mapping
- Brainstorming
- Project planning
- Important reminders
- A visual aid for conversations
- Quick notes and reminders
Regardless of what media you use you can learn how to get things done with smarter to-do lists so they are more usable and efficient.
Whiteboard Friday
It’s Friday, the end of a hard week and your mind is already drifting into the weekend. Before you drift away take a few minutes to check your whiteboard and write down anything you need to remember next week.
I always leave a section blank for quick use. On Friday I use this section to write down all the things I want to remember the next week.
On Monday I clear off my completed goals, objectives and tasks and start my new list adding in anything I wrote on Friday that is a task, objective or goal for the new week. If you have an important email you need to follow-up on Monday learn how to convert an email into an Outlook task so you don’t forget.
Take Away
If you are a busy manager with a lot of tasks, objectives and goals to keep track of a to-do list will help keep them organized. A great way to start of your week is to write all of your tasks, objectives and goals you need to prioritize and complete for the week on your whiteboard every Monday. It is a large visual reminder that is impossible to ignore.
During the week check off items as they are completed and add new ones. Since it is large and visual you will find your eyes drifting towards it many times during the day. This is why a whiteboard works so well at keeping your tasks, objectives and goals on your mind.
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eBooks have become very popular with devices such as the Kindle and the new iPad. You can get applications for your smart phone to read PDF files and eBooks from most popular book sites. There ia a large choice of eBooks and many are free.
Amazon has a collection of free eBooks for their Kindle reader so be sure and check their site. You don’t have to buy a Kindle to read them. They have applications you can download for your computer, iPhone and certain smart phones that are free.
Many eBooks are standard PDF files so all you need is a PDF reader on your computer or port them to your Kindle or iPad and many other devices.
You can also check out a list of free eBook sites by visiting this XMarks link for free ebooks.
Sites To Find Free eBooks
- Ebookee – Books you will find: Almost any book, magazine, even audio books you can imagine. Not all links work, but fresh ones usually do.
- E-Books Space – Books you will find: “Computer IT, Programming Language, Software Development, Tutorial, Database Design in PDF-CHM file format.”
- Ebooks Download Free – Books you will find: Management, Business, Technical, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Medical, Programming and more.
- Free Book Centre – Books you will find: “Freebookcentre.net contains links to thousands of free online technical books. Which Include core computer science, networking, programming languages, Systems Programming books, Linux books and many more”
- Free Computer Books – Books you will find: “Free Computer, Mathematics, Technical Books and Lecture Notes, Etc.”
- Download Free PDF – Books you will find: “You’ll find a huge collection of Ebooks on various topics. Abap, Adobe, Ajax,Java, Asp, Calculus, C++, Cisco, Dream Weaver, HTML, J2ME, MBA, Networking, Oracle, PHP, Microsoft Windows, VBA, XP”
- ebook 3000 – Books you will find: Business, Database, Graphic Design, Hardware, Internet, Microsoft, Web Development, Programming, Engineering, Magazine, Personality.
- E-Books Directory – Books you will find: “3663 free books in 414 categories.”
- Free Book Spot – Books you will find: A wide variety including Technical, Do-It-Yourself, Cooking, Dictionaries, Fiction, and more.
- Free Ebooks – Books you will find: A wide variety and choice. A virtual bookstore on many topics.
- Get Free Books – Books you will find: “The ebooks which you find within this site are collected from all over the net.” Including many magazines, articles and white papers, but most want you to register.
- Free Tech Books – Books you will find: “This site lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes, all of which are legally and freely available over the Internet.”
- Zillr.org – Books you will find: Mainly technical, but also many links to various magazines.
Disclaimer: Free does not always mean the eBooks were written and intended for free distribution. Some of these sites traffic in books, magazines and other documents that are copyrighted and not intended for free download.
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Project meetings, staff meetings, vendor meetings. Think of all the meetings you go to and all the paperwork that you have that deal with a specific topic. Do you ever find yourself scrambling to find notes from a meeting? Wouldn’t it be nice to pull out one folder pocket containing all the information on a topic before you make an important phone call?
This is where a good information management system comes in. While some of our data is electronic and there are many ways to easily organize it, there are drawbacks. For one electronic data is not always portable so you can’t easily carry it with you to meetings. Regardless of how much we try to be green and go paperless, we still end up with a lot of information on paper we must deal with.
A Folder Pocket Based Information Management System
A folder based information management system works well for managers who deal with a number of projects and tasks. It allows you to combine all the information you have about a particular subject in a set of folders which is then placed in one expanding file pocket.
A file pocket is expandable so it can hold all of your file folders and loose pieces of paper about a single subject. You can store it in your regular file cabinet and grab it on the way to a meeting or when you need to quickly access all of your information on that subject.
Think of all the information you have about different projects and tasks.
- Important emails
- Notes from meetings
- Contact lists
- Documentation
- Technical specifications
- Meeting handouts
For example let’s use a vendor selection process to replace your current router. You will create different folders that will hold different types of information.
- Folder 1 – Emails and correspondences
- Folder 2 – Meeting notes and meeting handouts
- Folder 3 – Contact lists and vendor information
- Folder 4 – Documentation and technical specifications
- Folder 5 – Requirements and SLA’s/OLA’s
- Folder 6 – Everything else related, but does not belong in one of the other folders
All of these folders are placed in a folder pocket named “Replacement Router Project”. Now when you go to a meeting, take or make a phone call, create an email or need any documents related to this project you have all of your information in one place.
A green note here. This is a system that is paper based. You should only print out documents you need to be portable. Whenever possible use the electronic version if one is available. Any important documents that do not have electronic versions should be scanned so they can be archived.
Benefits
A folder pocket based information management system has many benefits.
- All of your paper information on a specific topic is in one place
- When you head out to a meeting just grab the pocket and you have all of your information
- When you return from a meeting tear out the meeting notes and put it in the folder
- Since they can be filed you can quickly find them when you need them
- When someone calls or comes to you about a topic just open your cabinet and you have all of your information about that topic
- When a project is complete or the topic is no longer needed you can file it away for future reference
- No more hunting for paperwork!
This is a very simple solution to an often frustrating problem. You may already have folders with such documents in your filing system. Using a folder pocket both consolidates and makes it portable.
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Do you feel your work has taken over your life? Work can seem like a giant time sucking machine that will take as much time as you give it. There is always something to do and there never seems to be enough time to get everything done.
Learning to manage your time, set your priorities and set limits on what you take on can help you get back to a reasonable work-life balance. Working long hours and overloading yourself with tasks is a path to stress and burn out. It will derail your career and your health.
The following three steps will help you streamline your work life and give back more time for your family and yourself. You will find you can get the work that needs to be done if far less time than you are spending now.
” The strength of a person is not measured in their ability to carry the weight of the world, but their ability to wait on the strength to carry them through.” – Samantha Storsberg
Manage Your Time
The key to reclaiming your life from your work is to reclaim your time. Time is your most valuable asset and if you are overloaded at work you will have little time for anything else. Start with these three simple steps to set limits on how long you will work, look at how you spend your time and what your tasks are.
To be able to manage your time you must know what you do and how much time you spend doing it.
- Set limits on how much time you spend doing work. You time may vary, but if you allow yourself to work 70-80 hours a week you need to trim that down to 50-55 at the most.
- Keep a time log for one week. The key to managing your time is to first determine how you are using it. Write down what you do each day for a week and how much time you spend doing it. While you are doing this right away look for time wasters. Do you waste time in meetings you do not need to attend? Do you waste time doing work the can be delegated? Do you waste time doing work others have pushed on you?
- What is your job? Create a list of your tasks including how much time it takes to do them. Start with the things that must be done. These are your A-list tasks, the required functions of your job and those that are important to you. Now add the tasks that need to be done, these are your B-list tasks. Now add the tasks you want to get done, these are your C-list tasks.
Set Your Priorities
Look at your tasks list and decide which ones are the most important. These are the task you should focus most of your time and energy on. Set aside time on your calendar to take care of these tasks. Look at your A-list tasks and think again, do they really belong there?
Now that you have taken care of your A-list tasks it is time to look for tasks you can eliminate from your list or divide them up to fit into your work schedule.
- Are there any tasks that can be cut out completely without doing harm to yourself, your job or the business?
- Are there tasks you can delegate?
- Are there tasks others have pushed on you that they should be doing? If so push them back!
Slash and burn through your tasks eliminating anything that is not required. If there are items you really want to do then schedule time for them, but do not add time to your schedule to do them. Outside of your primary job your other tasks should be ones that improve yourself or others. Prioritizes these and stick to your time limits.
Push Back and Stick To Your Limits
The easiest way to reclaim your time is to push back when people try to push tasks on to you. Let’s face it, there are people who are more than happy to let you do their work for them. Don’t allow this to happen. “Sorry Joe, I just don’t have time to do that”.
I am a big advocate of one company, one team. This does not mean you should take on work from others just because they know you will do it for the overall good. Push back and reclaim that time.
The hardest part will be to stick to the limits you have set. Drive and ambition are one thing, stressed out with no time to do anything but work is another. You must set aside time for your family and for yourself. A lot of research shows that in fact you are less productive the more time you spend doing work.
Set up time rules and stick to them.
- Rule 1: I will work xx hours per week.
- Rule 2: I will set aside xx hours per week for my family and myself.
- Rule 3: I will not do work that is not part of the primary function of my job.
- Rule 4: I will not do the work others should be doing. Delegate and push back.
- Rule 5: I know my limits and will not exceed them.
Take Away
Time is the most valuable asset you have and how you manage will keep your work from taking over your life. First set a limit on how many hours per week you will devote to work and stick to it. Then log what you do for a week and how much time you spend doing it. Then create a tasks list breaking them down by clear priorities.
Once you have these three elements to time management be ruthless with cutting your tasks. Your time and energy should be focused on the tasks that are part of your primary job. Delegate other tasks, cut tasks that are not going to hurt to eliminate, and push back when people try to add more tasks to you.
We all are ambitious and want to do our jobs well. However we can not let it consume most of our time, nor should it require most of our time. Odds are when you look at how you spend your time at work and cut tasks you will find more time to focus on your primary job, your family and yourself.
Want to read more on time management? Improve Your Time Management in Easy Three Steps
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Gina Trapani author and founding editor of Lifehacker wrote an excellent article for Fast Company. Work Smart: How to Write a To-Do List first shows you the differences between a project, goal, and a task. Next she explains how to break lists down into manageable bites. Finally she shows you how to manage your lists so they are actually useful.
A project is a big undertaking that involves several tasks. A goal is something you want to achieve through both tasks and repetitive actions. “Clean out the garage,” “Save $5,000,” “Learn how to speak French”–these are projects and goals, and they don’t belong on your to-do list. They’d just sit there and haunt you, because it wouldn’t be clear where to start. Reserve your to-do list for the next steps that move a project along.
Creating Better Lists
Since we all use lists it makes sense to improve on our list creation and utilization skills. Personally I always carry a pocket list with me to jot notes during the day. Read “Management Tools – Time and Problem Management Simplified” for great tips on using a pocket list.
One of my recent tools is using a modified Cornell method sheet for note-taking and lists. Read “Develop Your Own Note-Taking Best Practices” for tips on note-taking and to download my modified Cornell method template.
To-do lists are great tools when you are overwhelmed with information and tasks. If you do not use to-do lists and want to start read “To-Do Lists – Getting Started” for tips on different media and methods to use for creating to-do lists
How to Write a To-Do List
Back to Gina Trapani’s great article. Below is a video where she explains all the basic concepts of creating and managing to-do lists.
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Have an IPad and want to use a keyboard? Are you losing your leadership mojo? Want to know the 10 fatal mistakes managers make in email? Want to know some good ways to declutter your digital life this weekend? Need to brush up on your negotiating basics?
The Weekend Reading List is a collection of posts, articles and videos from around the Internet posted each Saturday. Feel free to submit your own recommended weekend reading in the comments section.
This Weeks Weekend Reading List
iPad Keyboard Dock or Bluetooth Keyboard?
Even though the IPad has a nice touch screen keyboard when you are doing extended typing session you may want to use an external keyboard with your IPad. This article explores all of your options. Use the dock or a stand? Wireless keyboard with the dock or a Bluetooth keyboard?
Are you having problems with your mojo? Read this post on the Leading Blog to find out why leadership mojo is important and the common mistakes that can kill your mojo.
Common mistakes include: Over-committing, waiting for the facts to change, looking for logic in all of the wrong places, bashing the boss (big one), refusing to change because of “sunk costs”, and confusing the mode you’re in.
10 Fatal Mistakes Managers Make in Email
Email has become the standard form of communications for managers. Making mistakes in email can reflect on you as a manager. From the Wall Street Journal via BNET learn the 10 fatal mistakes managers make in email.
Top 10 Ways to Declutter Your Digital Life, 2010 Edition
The weekend is a good time to clear out and clean up your digital life. Read this Lifehacker article for ten ways you can declutter your digital life at home and at work. When is the last time you cleaned up your contacts? I use the binder clips solution for cable management at work. It keeps me from crawling under the desk to find cables that dropped down.
When are dealing with vendors, your boss, leadership or reports you can end up in some for of negotiations. It is important to know the basics of negotiations, what the different tactics are and how to use them.
This link is to an anchor page of 12 different articles on negotiations for different scenarios.
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For managers note-taking is a skill used every day and like any skill it can be improved on. By developing your own set of note-taking best practices your notes will be more effective and less time consuming to properly utilize.
In an article to follow I will layout an information management system that will show you an efficient and effective way to manage your notes and other forms of information that are topic related.
You only need to look around a meeting to see the different media used for taking notes. Some people use a portfolio, some a legal pad, some a day planner and others a variety of different notebooks. The media you use should be what works best for you.
What I will show you here is how to take better notes. How to use cues to quickly classify notes for later review. I will also share what I use and how it fits into an overall information management system.
If you are a busy and on the move manager like me read “Management Tools – Time and Problem Management Simplified” for tips on using a pocket list to supplement your note-taking when paper is not always handy.
A Media For All Occasions
One of the challenges I faced with using a notebook for note-taking is I go to a variety of meetings on a variety of topics where I need to take notes. What I ended up with was a notebook of very good notes that I then had to review and often transfer to electronic or other media so I could categorize them.
You don’t want your notes from a IT Operations meeting in the same notebook with your notes from a root cause analysis meeting. So I found myself searching through notebooks and other media for the notes I needed before making a phone call or to take to a topic specific meeting. My solution has been to use a modified single sheet version of the Cornell note-taking method.
I still carry my notebook, but now I have several printed sheets of my modified Cornell notes that have become my primary media for taking notes. The main reason is when I leave a meeting I have a single sheet that is specific to that meeting and that topic that I can then go back and file in my information management system.
No more searching through notes or other media to find what I am looking for. All of my notes and related information for a particular topic are all placed in a specific folder for that topic. Easy to find in a hurry and I can take all of my notes to a topic specific meeting.
Cornell Note Taking
While this method is mainly used by college students it works well for me. The standard Cornell method is based on three areas. The example below is based on 8.5” x 11” paper.
- 6 inches on the right side of the page is the note taking area is where you record your notes during a meeting.
- 2.5 inches on the left side of the page is the cue column that can be used to add a symbol or reference cue about the note.
- 2 inches at the bottom of the page gives you an area to summarize your notes.
My modified template using the Cornell method can be downloaded here MEETING NOTES.DOC. It is in Microsoft .doc format so you can easily modify it to meet your needs.
The only deviations from the standard Cornell note-taking method I use are:
- A modified header to include the meeting name, or topic I am taking notes on and the date.
- A modified footer that includes a place to write the folder this note will go in and a place to assign a page number when I put it in a binder.
Here are links to several other templates that use the Cornell method.
Cornell Notes B&W – Microsoft Word
How to create a Cornell notes template – Microsoft Word
Cornell note-taking lined paper PDF generator – customize your own PDF
Using Note-Taking Cues
Cues are helpful to add when taking notes or when reviewing them. Cues allow you to classify your notes for easier review and follow-up. If your note-taking media is not already formatted for cues, such as the Cornell method simply draw a line about 2.5 inches from the left side of your paper or write your notes 2.5 inches to the right. This leaves room for cues on the left side.
Your cues can be symbols or words. Here are some common cues.
- [ ] – a square check box notes a to-do item
- ( ) – a circle indicates a task to be assigned or delegated to someone else
- * – an asterisk notes an important piece of information
- ? – a question mark is for an item that needs to be asked about or researched
- !ACTION – something that requires your immediate action
- FOLLOW-UP – obviously something you need to follow-up on
- TO-DO – something you need to add to your task list
Review Your Notes
Many skip the most important reason to take notes by not reviewing them. Regardless of how you take notes or what media you use review is the most important part of the note-taking process. It is where you take action, follow-up, send an email, delegate, create a task or any other action that your note-taking has produced.
You should set aside time each day to review your notes. The best time is immediately after the meeting while it is still fresh in your mind. One of the things I like about using a specific sheet for each meeting is it greatly reduces the amount of time I spend reviewing notes. I have no need to transfer them to another media. I just file them in the folder for that topic in my information management system after review.
Here are some reasons and actions that come from reviewing your notes.
- If you take great notes, but never review them then you end up with a notebook or folder full of notes that nothing ever comes out of.
- Create a task with a reminder for something you need to follow-up on.
- Take care of action items right away or add them to your tasks so they will not be forgotten.
- Send a needed email or make a phone call as a result of your meeting with your notes for reference.
- Reviewing notes after a meeting allows you to reflect which may bring up more ideas or notes to add.
Take Away
For managers note-taking has become and essential skill that needs to be mastered. Note-taking keeps you engaged in a meeting, shows your boss and others you have an interest in what is being said, and records important information you may need later to reference or take action on.
You should create your own best practice for note-taking since no one method fits all needs or circumstances. The Cornell note-taking method is a good format to use to create your own template for note-taking media. For me using a single sheet or multiple sheets for those detailed meetings is preferable to writing everything in one notebook. The main reasons are all of my notes are not lumped together in one notebook, it saves review time and can be filed in an information management system for quick and easy access.
Reviewing notes is the most important part of note-taking. Regardless of what method or media you use, if you do not review your notes you will end up with a notebook full of notes that nothing productive ever comes out of. Review your notes as soon as possible after a meeting and take actions while the meeting is still fresh in your mind.
You can download my modified Cornell note template MEETING NOTES.DOC as an example. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs. Share with us some of your note-taking best practices in the comments.
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Do you get a lot of emails that require follow-up or an action to be performed? If so keeping track of them and remembering when to do them can be difficult. I am going to show you a killer way to easily create a task in Microsoft Outlook to remind you to take care of it.
This productivity tip will show you how to easily covert a Microsoft Outlook email into a task with a reminder so you will never need to worry about a follow-up or an action item email.
When you receive an email that has an action item related to it such as you need to follow-up on it or that it requires a task to be done you can easily create a reminder in Microsoft Outlook by converting the email into a task.
Create a Task From An Email In Outlook
It is easy to create a task from an email in Microsoft Outlook.
- From your Inbox pane highlight the email you want to create a task for. The email does not need to be open.
- With the email highlighted drag your mouse down and drop it on the Outlook Tasks bar.
- Outlook with take your email and convert it into a task. It will copy the content of the email into the body of the task so you have all the information you need in the task.
- The subject of the task is taken from the subject line of the email, but you can easily change this to something more meaningful in your tasks list.
- Like any Outlook task you can set a due date and a reminder. Set the Due date and click the Reminder check box to set when you want to be reminded about this task.
- Now all you have to do is click Save and Close on the task. No worries about remembering to take care of the task you received in the email. Outlook will remind you of it.
- At this time you can either leave the email in your inbox, move it to an archive or action folder or even delete the email since the entire content of the email was copied into the task.
Learn more ways to take control of your email by reading “Use a 5S System For Your Email”.
Take Away
We do not always have the time to follow-up or take action when we receive an email. The action may be required in the future making it difficult to remember. By converting the email into an Outlook task with a reminder you will be alerted that you have to perform a follow-up or action.
This works with most versions of Microsoft Outlook and is very easy to do. Below is a video that shows you how to do this task.
Super Bowl 2010 commercials and ad’s are as anticipated as the game. As I did last year with the 2009 Super Bowl ad’s I am stepping outside the niche to bring you some of the best Super Bowl commercials from Super Bowl 2010, funny ads from the past Super Bowl’s and commercials banned from the 2010 Super Bowl.
Come back after the game for a full lineup of the best of the 2010 Super Bowl ad’s.
If you want to know when to look for your favorite Super Bowl commercial USA Today has a list of ads and when they will play during the game. According to USA Today’s ad meter the Doritos snow globe ad was the best of best from the 2009 Super Bowl.
Doritos Snow Globe 2009 Super Bowl
Super Bowl 2010 Commercials
CareerBuilder.com Casual Friday Super Bowl 2010 Commercial
Hyundai Brett Farve Super Bowl 2010 Commercial
Audi Green Police Super Bowl 2010 Commercial
Top Funny Super Bowl Ads
Bridgestone Scream Super Bowl Ad
E-Trade Baby Super Bowl Commercial
Reebok Terry Tate Super Bowl Commercial
EDS Cat Herders Super Bowl Commercial
Ameriquest Super Bowl Commercial
Budweiser Donkey Dream Super Bowl Commercial
Hulu An Evil Plot to Destroy The World Super Bowl Commercial
Budweiser Talking Frogs Super Bowl 1995 Commercial
Visa Yao Super Bowl Ad
Nationwide Insurance K-Fed Super Bowl Commercial
Banned Super Bowl Commercials
GoDaddy Super Bowl 2010 Commercial Lola
CareerBuilder.com Worst Seat Super Bowl 2010
Doritos Super Bowl 2010 Commercial
KGB In The Hole Super Bowl 2010 Commercial
Budweiser 2007 Super Bowl
Come back. As 2010 Super Bowl ads are released this post will be updated.
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