PMS, Personal Management System.  This part of your business is just as vital as any other aspect of it, so don’t bypass this one.  Your personal management system consists of your calendar and contacts or your list.  Some people like the old style of a paper/binder organizer and others like the electronic or computer based systems.  Being the tech gadget geek that I am, I have chosen the Palm Treo 755p which I upgraded from the Palm Treo 650.  I started out with the old style paper/binder organizer, but moved to the electronic version.  Ten years ago, there weren’t many options for electronic organizers, but did get into the Palm m100 and eventually moved to the Treo.  You can be overloaded with the options out there.  A lot of these computer based systems are free as when you sign up for a free email account in yahoo or hotmail.  Outlook is another good tool because it combines your email, calendar and contacts.  My point here is to chose ONE for both your calendar and contacts.  Don’t try to use a calendar in one and a contact list in another.  You will find yourself wasting a lot of time moving back and forth.  Look at your needs and find one that fits.  You may need to adjust and find a new system as your needs change, but again, when you change, change both.  Here are some of the reasons I chose the Palm Treo:

1.  Size-The Treo is compact, fits in the Palm of your hand and you can carry it around on your side.  No lugging around a big binder or laptop.

2.  Calendar and Contacts-You will have both tools with you at all times and can store thousands of calendar entries and contacts without having to add pages to your organizer.  You can also organize your contacts into different lists.

3.  Email-This is a great feature.  You can sync many email accounts to your Palm all while on the go.  I have one personal and two business email accounts that I sync hourly to my device.  This is cool because you don’t have to have a laptop or try to find an internet café to send and receive email.

4.  Documents to Go-Another very cool feature.  You can view and edit your Microsoft word, excel and powerpoint documents.  You can also view PDF files.  No laptop to carry around and you can send and receive those important documents on the go.

5.  Add on Applications-You can pick from thousands of third party organization applications and load them onto your Palm.  Some you will have to purchase and some are free.  One that I use daily is called Tryda Directory Assistant.  This is a free Palm only, as for right now, application and it’s like having a phonebook in the palm of your hand.  I find this a bit clunky, but I get into some of my friends vehicles and they will have a phonebook in the glove compartment or in there back floorboard.

Of course the other benefit of the Treo is that it is also a mobile phone.  There are some other great features/applications like Google Maps, but these are my favorite.  The Blackberry is probably another great organizer, but I have not used one nor have I researched it enough to see if it would be better than the Palm.  Any of these systems will work.  Just pick the one that best suits your needs.  I just like the one that is mobile and fits in the Palm of your hand.

To your success,

Largent

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