Organizer – eMedia – Life TransitionCurious Phrase – Benjamin Franklin
Drive thy business or it will drive thee
Women’s Festival: March 7-9, 2008 in Santa Barbara
Be a part of the Premier Santa Barbara Women’s Festival (Cindy Faith is performing at lunchtime on Sat.
For the list of programs and information on how to participate, click on the image.
Cindy Faith will be performing!
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‘How To’ – Checking E-mail
Hi Everyone,
Currently, I have 8 messages in my Inbox and 4 in my Outbox. To avoid feeling overwhelmed, I keep my e-mail box clean at all times.
I suspect some of you have hundreds of opened and unopened e-mails you intend to get to. Intentions do not get us to the promised land. An unfulfilled intention can exacerbate our stress level and undermine our good thoughts.
HOW TO:
| 1 | Spend 10 minutes each day to deal with e-mail. I like to do this first thing in the morning and throughout the day as needed (with my Blackberry). |
| 2 | Delete all junk mail immediately.Highlight the e-mail (in list view), then hold down the shift and delete keys. This will PERMANENTLY delete the e-mail – it will bypass your ‘Deleted Items’ folder. Get in the habit of this and you will keep your deleted items folder from filling up too. This will definitely help to keep your computer clean and free of viruses. |
| 3 | Respond ASAP. a) Keep your response e-mail in your Outbox until there is resolve. Delete the ‘Incoming’ message since it’s now in your Outbox – If it requires further action, put it in your calendar for follow up as well. I use my Outbox to keep follow-up items fresh in my mind b) Delete or file (depending on importance) e-mail. Don’t let it sit indefinitely – PAUSE and think about it. If you don’t have a filing system, start one. |
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Curious Phrase – Three Sheets to the Wind
Meaning: Very drunk or intoxicated
Example: The groom made it to the alter, but he was three sheets to the wind.
Origin: The phrase comes from 18th-19th century English Naval terminology. The original phrase was “three Sheets in the wind” and referred to the erratic behavior of a ship that has lost control of all of its sails.
In nautical terminology sheets are the ropes that adjust the position of the sails relative to the wind.
The speed and direction of a sailing ship is controlled by the number of sails raised on each mast, the angle of the sails to the wind (trim of the sails), and the position of the rudder. If the sheets used to control the sails are to break or are have been released, the sheet is said to be “in the wind”.
One can imagine a sail thrashing wildly in a strong wind with its sheet (the control ropes) blowing about. It would be very difficult to regain control of such a sail.
Prior to the 1810’s it was common for ships to have three masts, (fore, main, and mizzen). If the sheets on all three masts are “in the wind”, the ship loses all steering control.
The ship’s lack of control is likened to that of a stumbling drunk
Software Tip – Word (file drop)
Word – Dropping one file into another opened file
Back by Popular Demand (and on request by Linda Jeffers)
Often, I want to take one Word document and drop it into another Word document without cutting and pasting. The reason I usually want do this is because the document I’m dropping has a text box and/or other formatting. In this instance, a cut a paste function doesn’t recognize all that formatting.
There’s a very simple way to insert a file:
1) Click where you want to insert the other file on your working document.
2) On the Insert menu, click File.
3) In the File name box, enter the name of the file you want to insert.
Have any tips you’d like to share? Please Blog!
Quote of the Month – Jan ’08
About Competition:
Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you’re doing. When you look at your competitors, remember that everything looks perfect at a distance. Even the planet Earth, if you get far enough into space, looks like a peaceful place.
– Bob Parsons, CEO of Godaddy.com