The most recent update to my favorite mind mapping software, NovaMind, includes two notables that are just too cool to pass up mentioning.
One is that you can now use a pen and tablet to create Mind Maps which is a great option for those who spend a lot of time at the keyboard (watch […]

It’s all in the perspective…
Reading Stephen Covey’s 1st habit (from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People), I came to the story he relates about Viktor Frankl and his time in a concentration camp. In the midst of the horrors he was subjected to, Frankl found he still had the power of Choice. He still […]

Let’s just call it a Stephen Covey Classic. Whether for your own professional and emotional development or to help you understand where your colleagues (and their mystifying behavior) are, this is a “must read.”
I just picked it up again and was struck by the intro concept of dependence, independence, and interdependence. The entrepreneur tends […]

This afternoon I noticed that faintly creaky, tight feeling in my neck that usually forewarns a “bug” attacking my immune system. The common symptoms of this “bug” are a small fever, runny nose, sneezing and a great desire to sleep. For me this is also an indication that I’m not living simply. If my immune […]

Oh my gosh, new discovery. I’ve been wondering how to do this for about a gazillion years.
Scenario: You are creating a document in Excel which includes a bunch of text.
Quiz Question: How do you start a new line within a cell? (hint: it’s not “return” or even “shift + return”)
Answer: Option + Command (the […]

Here’s a quick and easy tip to track information/question requests that you send out via email.
set up a folder in your email program called Pending
every time you send an email in which you are requesting a response, bcc: yourself
when you receive the message in your inbox, transfer it to your Pending folder
establish a regular […]

Maybe it was because the sun was out after a couple days of gray sky, but I was overtaken by the urge to purge… semi-forgotten cabinets that is. In the midst of a pile of papers referring to an iMac I sold in 2001, I ran across a page of handwritten notes with shortcut keys. […]