A little while back, we talked about the idea of minimizing, of reducing the amount of moving parts in your personal life and business, in order to have a life. One small step in that direction is using a little program called WhatSize.
Sometimes, whether it’s a work project, or a personal task, something is all we can manage.
When during the work day should you take care of scanning documents into Evernote?
Great question.
Ok. So you got Evernote installed on your computer, your phone, and you have a scanner so that you can start moving all of your paper into Evernote.
Now what? How do you manage all of the stuff you’re putting in Evernote?
As you’re thinking through the idea of using Evernote, you may be asking, “What scanner should I use?”
I’m going to make it easy for you.
The Fujitsu Scansnap S1300. Small, fast, double-sided scans, and can even be powered simply with a USB connection. It’s also easy to set up the scanning software to scan directly to Evernote!
Here’s a link to Amazon to grab the Scansnap for about $250.
Happy scanning!
I’ve already mentioned Evernote briefly, but I’d like to really delve into the application, and begin doing so by asking, “Why?”
As I see it, Evernote exists for two reasons:
Thanks to Andy at the Hub for helping me begin the process of dialing in the fit of my tri bike; it’s already making a huge difference in my training!
I can hear the rumblings.
“I’m all for more time, but I’m a creative! Structure kills my style!”
“Outsourcing?! My style is what my clients pay me for!”
Ok. I hear you. So you have a couple of options:
1. Continue to work the way you’re working now, where you’re overwhelmed with everything you have to keep up with, you have no free time, and your business isn’t moving forward like it could.
2. Implement some structure, outsource the mundane tasks that aren’t in any way proactive, and you’ll now have the time to relax and be as creative as you’d like to be.
The main reason that business owners are so stressed as they attempt to manage all they have going on in their personal and business life, is because they’re not taking advantage of one important concept: a system.
During this time of year, people are spending a lot of time on New Year’s resolutions; I want to suggest that you do something more important:
Establish your Big Picture View (BPV).
