Seeing Ourselves as Others Do

Here are a couple of excerpts from a insightful article in BusinessWeek on being honest with ourselves:

“As human beings there is almost always a discrepancy between the self
we think we are and the self that the rest of the world sees.”

“Ask yourself these questions: What really bothers you about the “rest
of the world?” Is there a chance that some of your concerns may be a
reflection of your problems, not theirs? How can honest feedback from
others help you in aligning your values with your behavior?”

Read the full article at:
Seeing Ourselves as Others Do

Google Spreadsheets adds charts

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To do this on an existing spreadsheet, click the [Add Chart] icon.

“Your chart choices include columns, bars, lines, pie, and scatter, each with a handful of sub-types (such as 2D and 3D). You can specify what range of data to include in the chart and add labels and a legend. Plus, you can export charts in PNG format.”

Google Spreadsheets adds charts – Lifehacker

Use Skype from your cell phone

Skype Your Cellphone – Forbes.com

…the mobile phone does not need any special hardware and there is no need for a broadband connection or even a Wi- Fi connection. You simply download the iSkoot software from the iSkoot’s Web site. Then, when you want to chat over Skype, the call is routed over a regular mobile network which then connects to iSkoot’s servers. The servers bridge the call to Skype’s Internet network.

Note: I tried this just a few minutes ago and was extremely impressed with the ease of use and the quality of the call.

Jott, a convenient voice-to-text service

jottlogo.bmpJott, a company based in Seattle, offers a convenient new service that lets you speak messages and send them to yourself or others — as a transcribed text message.

Or as a voice message, if you prefer.

Sign up at Jott.com takes a minute, with no hassle. Then all you do is call Jott’s number, 1-877-568-8486. Jott asks who you are sending the message to. You tell Jott (the name of your friend will be contained in the contacts you’ve imported), and then record a message, and hang up. It ends up in their inbox, translated into text. Or you can choose to send voice message instead, by immediately pressing a “1″. The message then shows up as an audio file in their email.

Read more about this at:
VentureBeat » Jott, a convenient voice-to-text service

Or skip on over to www.jott.com to download

How “Positive” Are You?

The way that we approach a situation is one of the biggest factors in the results we will achieve. Norman Vincent Peale describes this as follows:

    “Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”

Bert Decker gives one illustration of this in his latest blog entry at Create Your Communications Experience:
Positive Thinking and Speaking