ActivePro - April 13th, 2001 The Newsletter for Active Professionals ====================================================================== ActivePro Contents: 1- Editor's Note 2- Today on eZined.com 3- Free Research 4- Get Real 5- Inspiration 6- Organizing Important Resources ====================================================================== ====================================================================== True Advantage - The leader in Sales Intelligence Qualified Sales Leads - Effective prospecting and qualifying new business oppotunities. - Shorter sales cycle. - Valuable sales intelligence. - Greater percentage of sales goals met or exceeded. - Maximize revenues Click here-> http://www.trueadvantage.com/ta/go.asp?id=1001 or call 1-888-508-8783 ext. 330 ====================================================================== ====================================================================== 1) Editor's Note Don't let your organizing efforts stop at sorting files and arranging your office furniture. There are lots of other things you can organize to maximize your productivity. Today's article has a few examples. You can also get free corporate research with our website pick. The ActivePro Team ====================================================================== 2) Today on eZined.com When you build a store on the Internet, your number one concern is this: How am I going to draw people to my store? How, among the millions of Internet sites out there today, are potential customers going to find my one little site and buy from me? Find out how: http://WebProNews.com/2001/0412.html When the Internet was first concieved, the thought that more than four billion Internet Protocol addresses (IP addresses) could be used seemed ludricous. Now, with the Internet growing at the rate that it is, we have come to a point where we could run out of available IP addresses... http://NetworkNewz.com/2001/0411.html You can't underestimate the value of inspired thinking when it comes to your business and life in general. Today's InsideOffice has a great article by Kathy Paauw that illustrates this point perfectly. http://InsideOffice.com/2001/0411.html ====================================================================== 3) Free Research Want to keep tabs on a company without doing hours of research and making dozens of phone calls? 10K wizard retrieves reports from the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database, and it then brings you the vital information. Registration is absolutely free! You can also search the site by keyword, company name, or ticker symbol. 10K Wizard http://www.10kwizard.com ====================================================================== 4) Get Real A lot of our everyday stress comes from the fact that our expectations can't always live up to reality. You might tell yourself you can get something done in a few days, but you're usually unable to find the time. In order to reduce stress, You can either lower your expectations of yourself, or you can use daily planning to make your expectations reality. The latter is the intelligent choice. You'll get more done, you'll feel good about yourself, and you'll reduce stress as well. ====================================================================== 5) Inspiration "Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off!" --Henry Miller ====================================================================== TrueAdvantage's lead generation services are customizable to meet the needs of any business, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. http://www.activepro.com/rd/trueb.html ====================================================================== 6) Organizing Important Resources Many of us have intricate filing systems for our documents, letters, faxes, etc. We recognize the fact that spending a little time to stay organized can save us a lot of time in the future. Shaving even a few seconds when we're trying to locate important information can not only save us a sizeable chunk of time each day, but it can also impress our clients and bosses. We can give the impression that we have an extensive working knowledge on the subject when we're actually just well prepared to retrieve the information when needed. All of this brings to mind the question, "If we bother to spend the time to organize the things we rarely use, then why don't we do the same for the resources that we use every day?" All of us have texts that answer many of our questions - guides in our field that we've found to be extensive sources of valuable info. They're basically our business bibles. Chances are, though, that we cannot merely rely on one text, or even a few, to answer all of our questions. We can pull out specific information on a particular issue that we have had first-hand experience with in a heart beat, but we find that it takes us a long while to answer even the most general questions. You must spread your organization efforts to include your own personal reference library. Find a system for your book shelves. I recommend being subject oriented. Find some sort of order for the texts you have to keep on hand at all times. Even if you're just organizing a stack, find a way to make them more accessible to your needs. You might even want to slap some tabs on the resources you use the most. That will help you see where to turn to without having to flip through the index. ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Sign up for free newsletters: http://www.eZined.com/newsignup.html ====================================================================== --- ActivePro is an eZined.com publication --- http://www.eZined.com ======================================================================