Productivity Archive
How to recall sent email in Outlook 2003?
1 Comment Published by cjlise June 13th, 2007 in Software, Productivity, Web
This document describes how to recall sent emails in Outlook 2003:
To recall a sent email, do the following:
1. In Mail, in the Navigation Pane, click Sent Items.
2. Open the message you want to recall or replace.
3. On the Actions menu, click Recall This Message.
4. Click Delete unread copies of this message.
This is […]
Very good introduction to GTD at BNet
1 Comment Published by cjlise June 7th, 2007 in Success, ProductivityBnet offer a very good introduction to GTD: How to Get Started with Getting Things Done. First the site design is very good: There is the Web 2.0 style that make the site pleasant. Then the GTD process is summarized in 5 steps (Goals are defined for each steps):
Clear the Decks: GOAL: Record all your […]
How to cleanup Outlook Inbox using GTD, Categories and Search Folders
0 Comments Published by cjlise May 17th, 2007 in Software, ProductivityIn some organization, a single person might received hundred of mails by day excluding spam. So mail inbox management is a major issue. I used to know inbox overload. But since I read Getting Things Done by David Allen, I keep my inbox clean.
To achieve this in outlook 2003, I use GTD of course, categories […]
MyPage bookmarklet to cleanup web pages
0 Comments Published by cjlise March 25th, 2007 in Blog, Productivity, Web
Printing a web page might be very frustrating. Sometimes the page you want to print is full of ads banners or doesn’t fit well on paper size (A4 or letter).
The solution is to use a bookmarklet created by Steve Clay called MyPage.
The MyPage bookmarklet is described in this page. Once installed, after activation the bookmarklet […]
toread a bookmarking service by email
0 Comments Published by cjlise March 25th, 2007 in Productivity, Webtoread is an interesting bookmarking service working by email. Registration is very simple:
Registration form requires only your email address
A confirmation email is sent with a link to activate the account
On the activation page, there is a link to install a bookmarklet
Once the bookmarklet is installed, you just have to trigger it to automatically send to […]
Mindomo a powerful web-based mind mapping tool
0 Comments Published by cjlise March 4th, 2007 in Software, Psychology, Productivity, WebMindomo is a versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain. The application is based on Flash. Mindomo offers several solutions. The free solution allows only to store 7 privates maps online.
The presentation of the Mindomo free […]
How to be creative?
0 Comments Published by cjlise December 17th, 2006 in Success, Psychology, Productivity, Webhugh macleod of gapingvoid wrote a very long and interesting post with some tips to be creative. I reproduce below the summary and some cartoons that I found insightful:
1. Ignore everybody
2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to change the world.
3. Put the hours in.
4. If your biz plan depends on […]
Get Rich Slowly published a very useful GTD book summary. It’s a summury designed to help readers to start using GTD. Another interesting thing in the post is the ability to download the GTD diagram in pdf format for free. You may get this diagram from David Allen’s Web site but after a very long […]
There is a great post on Lifehack about learning. We find in the post a quote attributed to psychologist William Glasser to keep in mind when we prepare a training:
We Learn…
10%…of What We Read
20%…of What We Hear
30%…of What We See
50%…of What We See and Hear
70%…of What We Discuss With Others
80%…of What We Experience Personally
95%…of What […]
Summary of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
0 Comments Published by cjlise October 8th, 2006 in Success, ProductivityMindtools has a summary of the book written by Steven Covey in 1990: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. First they recall the 3 distinct stages of personal growth:
Dependence: This is where we start, dependent on other people. And without personal development, we would stay stuck at this stage. People who are dependent are inclined […]
