Anyone Can Steer the Ship in Calm Waters

What will set you apart in your career is how you perform during the tough times. Don't become complacent and relax just because things are going well. Plan ahead for the downturn.

Store Sent Mail Efficiently in Outlook

When you reply to an e-mail, Outlook stores a copy of that message in the Sent folder.

Instead, you might your replies with the original message. For instance, suppose you automatically route all your messages from your boss into a folder named, appropriately enough, MyBoss. If you want Outlook to store your replies in MyBoss with the original messages, do the following:

1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2. On the Preferences tab (which should be selected by default), click E-mail Options in the E-mail section.
3. Click Advanced E-mail Options at the bottom of the Message Handling section.
4. In the Save Messages section, select the In Folders Other Than The Inbox, Save Replies With Original Message check box and then click OK three times to return to Outlook.

Outlook will apply this setting to all of your personal folders. Just remember that Outlook saves replies with the original message and not in the Sent folder only when the original message is in a folder other than the Inbox. Outlook continues to save all replies sent from messages in the Inbox in the Sent folder.

Practice Relaxation Techniques

You can trick your body into relaxing by using breathing techniques.

• Breathe in slowly for a count of 7, then breathe out for a count of 11.
• Repeat the "7-11" breathing pattern until your heart rate slows down and things start to feel more normal.

Save Changes to All Open Word Documents at One Time

This simple technique comes in handy when you are working in multiple documents and want to make sure you have saved your changes to all of them.

All you have to do is:

1. Press the [Shift] key and click on the File menu.
2. Word will add the Save All command to the menu, above the Save As command.
3. Choose Save All and Word will prompt you to save each document (or template) that has any unsaved changes.

This is more efficient than having to navigate to each document individually and click Save.

Just a little something to think about...

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play;
and z is keeping your mouth shut. - Albert Einstein