Shirt Pocket In Boxes
I once heard a time management instructor tell about a medical doctor he met who wore a shirt with two pockets, each stuffed to overflowing with little slips of paper. …
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Computing Pi- Software
Henry Shanks lived in the 1800s and spent 28 years computing pi to 707 places. Unfortunately, he made a mistake at the 528th place and the last several years of …
Read More Stamped Envelopes
A young antelope had a big date and one evening and spent hours getting all dressed to perfection. Unfortunately, before the date happened, she was stampeded by a heard of …
Read More Planner Functions
A new receptionist returned from the coffee shop with a slushy mixture of juice and coffee in a thermos. She explained that she had seen it behind the counter and …
Read More Give Your Life to What You Believe
Everyone gives their time, and ultimately their life, to what they believe. The problem is some people believe in little or nothing and so they give their lives to little …
Read More God Asking Questions
Have you ever wondered why God would ask someone a question? There is nothing God does not know. Yet we read of several times in the Bible where He asks …
Read More Anchored Pens
In August 1999, Roger Dudley of Huntsville, Alabama was pleasantly surprised to find an extra $1.6 million in his bank account after an Alabama hospital received new deposit slips with …
Read More Contingency Plans
What is the worst thing that is likely to happen to you today? What kind of contingency plans have you made in case it does happen? I don’t mean some …
Read More Using Hooks
An old pirate was asked by his grandson, “Grandpa, how did you get that peg leg, that hook for a hand and a patch for an eye?” He replied, “A …
Read More Lists of Lists of Lists
Some folks enjoy making lists. When they get enough lists, they start making lists of their lists, eventually winding up with lists of lists of lists. Lists are very useful …
Read More Memory Redial
Have you ever noticed the key pad on a telephone is arranged backward from the keypad on a calculator? That’s because phone keypads descended from rotary phones which had 7-8-9 …
Read More Synchronized Calendars
Have you ever wondered how everyone agreed on what it should be? It goes back to the 1800’s. Before there was a method of instant communication, each town would set …
Read More Automatic Reminders
An absent-minded husband thought he had conquered his problem of forgetting his wife’s birthday and their anniversary. He opened an account with a florist, and gave instructions to send flowers …
Read More Copy Machines
A young executive was leaving the office one evening when he found the CEO standing by the shredder with a paper in hand. “Listen”, said the CEO, “this is important …
Read More Using a Map
Have you ever found yourself in a strange place without a map? That happened to ma a few days ago. I was in Washington State doing seminars when I crossed …
Read More Ranking Restaurants
Remember the roadrunner cartoons from when you were a kid? Think about this, “If the coyote had enough money to buy all that acme stuff, why didn’t he just go …
Read More Financial Software
One of the most time saving investments you can make is personal financial software. If you use it for nothing else, you should at least be using software for your …
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