With the new year looming, most people have already picked up their calendar for next year. Some of you are die hard e-calendar types and just keep scrolling on down the screen while 2012 comes up to great you.
The rest of us are not and still prefer the paper version. It has been my experience that many individuals with a strong kinesthetic preference for learning and digesting information, still benefit from the writing and page turning of a paper calendar to anchor schedules and time frames in their minds. If you fall into this category, it is important to understand that you are using a modality that works for you. It may be necessary to use a second e-calendar for work if your company business practices require one.
On the other hand if you are cyber-savvy and tied to your electronic phone/tablet/laptop you may be a good candidate to consider moving to an e-calendar. Individuals in this category likely email appointments to colleagues and family members including teacher interviews. Some even share common calendars on cyberspace through email providers.
Whichever you choose, the most important criteria, is that it works for you. There is no point in using an e-calendar if you don’t have a devise with you all the time or perhaps can’t share with your co-workers, colleagues or family calender information they also need.
Archive for November 2011
Dale Carnegie first penned his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, in 1936. I’m reading it as part of my Program Mentor training with the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. Imagine my surprise when I sourced a copy at the Toronto Public Library, I found there were 17 copies and all were on loan or on reserve.
I highly recommend this read. It is easy to get through with short, succinct chapters. The material is as relevant today as I think it must have been over 75 years ago. The behaviour Carnegie recommends of us does not take a university course to apply and could be initiated by anyone immediately. A surprising amount of his directives are good common sense that we fail to remember and therefore neglect to apply with authenticity and sincerity.
Happy Birthday “How to Win Friends…”
To our American readers best wishes for a health, happy and joyful Thanksgiving with your family and friends.
Just returned from an Ontario Sailing training camp in Miami at the US Sailing Centre. The trip was great but the luggage is not. We still use a super strong, two part suitcase designed to protect ski gear from air travel. I’ve weighed the darn thing and it comes in at 10lbs before I put in a single pair of shorts. The last three times I’ve travelled, despite pre-weighing here at home (has anyone checked those scales at the airport recently?) I’ve been overweight on luggage and paid the consequences.
Any suggestions for light weight, high volume, strong travel luggage on wheels? Has to be big enough to carry personal sailing gear – the dagger board etc is all in a the rigid equipment case with “fragile” luggage and they never seem to weigh that “almost too heavy to carry” piece. I’d love to hear your suggestions.
