LEADERSHIP

As advertisers know, most consumers need to hear a message many times before it sinks in. You can use the HP Palmtop to repetitively advertise an important message to yourself.

For example, suppose you have developed or adhere to a mission statement for your business, for your department, for your family, or for your life. That mission statement becomes meaningful when you use it as a reference point for your choice of activities.

Creating the mission statement is the first step. Then you have to keep it in your awareness. Here is a way to use your Palmtop to reinforce that mission statement.

ON THE PALMTOP: First, think which Palmtop applications you use the most. If you are like many users it is PHONE and APPT. Now, think of a few key words that trigger the content of your mission statement.

For example, let us say customer satisfaction is foremost in your company's mission. Here's how to set up a Palmtop reminder system.

1. 1. Start APPT and press (F2) to add an appointment. In the description field, type: (<Spacebar>) I OWN CUSTOMER'S PROBLEM, press f3. (Put a space before "I" so that the phrase appears at the top of Appt list. (<Shift>)-(0) turns CAPS lock on and off.)
2. 2. (<Tab>) to Start Time and press the (DEL) key to make the phrase an "Event".
3. 3. Press (F3) and type in your company's mission statement in the Notes field and press (F10).
4. 4. Press (F8), Repeat, move the cursor to Daily and press (F10).
5. 5. Press (ALT) W, then (ALT) M if you don't want this message to show up on your weekand month-at-a-glance views. Then press (F10).

 

 

Message at top of Appointment Screen: Graphic

 Similarly, make a PHONE entry starting with a space in the Name field so this mission statement entry will be at the top of your PHONE book. Depending on how your Index view is set up, you may want some of the key words from your mission statement to appear in the "Business" or "Fax" fields. You can copy and paste your mission statement from Note in APPT to Note in PHONE using (Fn)-(=) and (Fn)-(+).

Message at top of Phone List: Graphic

 Similarly you can put a message on top of your ToDo list or on top of any Database that you have set up.

If you use Lotus 1-2-3, you can create a Lotus file that contains your mission statement. Name the file AUTO123.WK1. When you press the Lotus key, your mission statement will come up. Then you can retrieve the file you want to work on or start a new file by typing (MENU) Worksheet Erase Yes.