Showing posts with label productivity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label productivity. Show all posts

Add Screenshot to outlook message

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You can add a quick way to add screen shot to you email messages with this tip.

One more way to save a few seconds.

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Click “New Mail” button to compoase a new email message, as you normally would to start an email.

Go to the “Insert” ribbon

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Right click on the “Screenshot” button

select “Add to Quick Access tool bar”

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Now you got a Quick way to add a screen shot to your email.

It even shows you a thumbnail of every window that is open and visible in your desktop,

so you do not have to leave your email to go get the screen shot.

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This one trick will make you complete more tasks than your to do list.

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This one trick will make you complete more tasks than your to do list. To do lists are a fad. It's simple and that's good. It works only in a local context. Meaning next 1 hour of you want 3 things to be done it will greatly help you. If you want 3 things done in a week or even a day the effectiveness is greatly reduced. This is because it by design is simple. There is no context or constraints added in it. It never says why you got to do it or by what time you have to do it. There are several other constraints that's not in the simple to do list. The classic approach to resolving this has been to add a ton of these to the simple to do list making it complex to the point that you can not use it consistently. Now I am not saying ditch your lists altogether. I am just saying don't expect too much from it. Instead try this one simple trick. Schedule every task in your calendar. It's way easier to comprehend. Reorganizing is a breeze. And done tasks are automatically archived. Use a master task list. Like the one Steven covey teaches. That way you have a place for aspirational tasks till they become workable task. Most phones now have this ability built in. You could use a cloud based calendar to keep it all sync.

Decide on your tools and other tips to a happier more productive time at desk in your IT job or any job

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So you got a your first job at a fancy new IT, Information Technology company.
You are the proud owner of a swanky new computer or laptop. you
have a cube assigned to you.
It even has your name printed in it’s full glory and and pasted on it.
You are excited that you a corner of the world with your name on it.
You become attached to it slowly.
You find some motivational or thought proving poster to stick there.
Few days pass by, you are spending more and more time here.
You put up picture of your favorite God or bike or actress in there.
finally at some point you become “cubicalized”, when you spend more of your wakeful hours in here than anywhere else.
Nothing wrong with it, You are comfortable here. That is a good feeling to have.
Few years pass by and you get older and a little wiser (hopefully).

Now you realize there are more things to do outside the cubicle.
It is too late now, though. You have got used to the rhythm and warmth/coldness of the cubicle. Your realize that there is always more work to complete than time.
When you reach that point, read this manual.
This is for those who want to get off from the cubicle and actually live.