Time Management - Marc Mancini
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Power Tools for <strong>Time</strong> <strong>Management</strong> 141<br />
and personal organizers.<br />
We’ve already discussed telephones, voice mail, and fax<br />
machines. Let’s examine some of the features of two other<br />
basic devices that offer significant timesaving advantages but<br />
may also consume valuable time: the personal computer and<br />
personal organizers.<br />
Personal Computers<br />
Personal computers are essential for business. The big question<br />
is what kinds of programs you need and how you can use the<br />
computer to manage your time better.<br />
Here are some important tips for making your computer<br />
work for you:<br />
• Use a data compression program. Software programmers<br />
keep upping the memory requirements with<br />
Internet Research<br />
The Internet is an astonishing research resource, but most<br />
people require some practice before being able to find what<br />
they’re looking for.<br />
In addition to ubiquitous news resources—including cable and network<br />
sources, newspapers, etc.—you can find Web sites for most<br />
major corporations and many smaller businesses. Most vendors provide<br />
product information and other useful data and take orders online.<br />
There are also university sites, profit and non-profit organizations, and<br />
countless other sources of information.<br />
Your Internet service provider has a home page with standard<br />
information and a search function. Simply enter a word or combination<br />
of words and the browser will display page after page of sites that<br />
contain these words. An “Advanced Search” option available on most<br />
browsers makes searching more efficient, because you can identify<br />
specific phrases or word combinations to use or to ignore.<br />
With a little practice, you can become an expert at Internet<br />
research.Two things to remember, however:<br />
• The Internet is seductive. It can save you time—or it can gobble<br />
up time, since you can easily get drawn into site after site. Be<br />
disciplined: save your “surfing” for leisure time.<br />
• Not everything on the Internet is true. Consider the source—<br />
and rely on information only from sources that you can trust.