I simply have not used them enough to comment on them.

In fairness to other tools like Evernote, I am sure they can provide the same functionality as OneNote.

I am not being paid by Microsoft for this post but if they want to pay me gobs of money I would be fine with that!.

Just a couple of important notes before proceeding with the rest of this post: They were hard to use, organize, index, search, and store.įortunately, Microsoft OneNote was released around 2003 and I started using it shortly after. Although these methods were marginally better than traditional notebooks, I still found that Word and Franklin solutions were clumsy tools at best.

So, I started taking notes electronically using Microsoft Word and then migrated to an electronic form of Franklin Covey’s Daytimer. I realized that when I wasted this hour each day searching for critical information, I was wasting $30,000 a month in unproductive time between me and my team. Each hour of “downtime” cost my business $150/hr times 10 people. Every hour I spent looking for something meant that those 10 people were not properly productive. Gone are the days of taking notes in a paper notebook! Wasting $30,000Īround the 2001 timeframe, I was a business leader with more than 10 people reporting directly to me. A systematic approach to organization for an effective business leader (the subject of next week’s post!).A cloud based software tool (the subject of this blog post).This is not a simple product but a system that contains two distinct elements: All of this information must be organized and indexed electronically in a manner that allows easy access from anywhere, at anytime, using any platform. However, differentiating yourself and your business requires a whole new level of organization!Ī differentiated leader must have instant access to all of their past and current business notes, data, ideas, and plans. Staying organized and focused in today’s fast paced world is a basic requirement for any business leader.

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