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Daily email can get overwhelming. In fact, the average full time worker in the United States gets 120 emails a day and spends up to 28% of his or her time processing those messages. If this sounds like your day, this week's tip is for you.
I found Sean Wallbridge's video to be worth every bit of is 12 minute length. In it, he re-acquaints us with some of the concepts from David Allen's "Getting Things Done" and shares the 5 possible actions that we should take with every message to achieve a more stress free experience with email.
YouTube Video: Zero Stress with Inbox Zero
Video Length: Just over 12 Minutes
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Im9mPG1ziJk
Cyber Safety Tip: What is a password manager & how to set one up
Video Length: About 5 Minutes
A password manager is software that helps you:
Create stronger passwordsStore those passwords in a secure vault Retrieves those passwords when you need them
This video by All Things Secured explains exactly how a password manager works while providing an over the shoulder view of 1Password on the desktop computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcDtLMraTkQ
The Microsoft 365 Apps are a deep stack of software and tools. Some of these tools are useful everyday and some have special purposes for special jobs. I found a video that does a good job of breaking out each tool and how they relate to one another in the various Microsoft packaging plans.
YouTube Video: All Microsoft 365 Apps Explained in 6 Minutes
Video Length: 6.5 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0T2qGZ9Dc
Cyber Tip: What is a rootkit and how can you avoid it.
This flavor of malware can be particularly dangerous and difficult to detect because as the name implies a rootkit boroughs to the root of the infected system allowing an attacker deep control of a victim's computer.
YouTube Video: What is a rootkit?
Video Length: A little over a Minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=jO9lDsNuyv4
If you're new to Microsoft Teams the tool can feel a little overwhelming. I thought It made sense to dedicate a few issues to the core features and give a little guidance on how to get started using them.
This weeks issue features a quick rundown the left hand navigation and provides an overview of the each element.
You Tube Video: Welcome to Microsoft Teams
Video length: 2.5 minuets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jugBQqE_2sM
Here is an index of the video to navigate to a specific application pivot item (that's what they're called).
TeamsFiles & sharingChatsVideo / Audio CallsMeetingsActivity
Cyber Tip: What is Phishing?
Phishing is when an attacker attempts to fool you into clicking on a malicious link or opening an attachment in an email. Be suspicious of any email or online message that creates a strong sense of urgency, has bad spelling or addresses you as "Dear Customer."
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A fair price is not as simple as, “You get what you pay for.” What is a fair IT support service price? The simple answer is that, “You get what you pay for.” Most of us probably had a grandpa that told us that helpful little nugget at some point in our adolescence. Logically, it […]
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What is ccpa and what do you need to know right now about the California Consumer Protection Act. That’s a common question and there are a ton of answers. In this episode, my guests, Jason Cooper and Robert Gillette helps us to start to understand what this law is, who will be impacted by it […]
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Business leaders have their hands full as our community attempts to re-open in the shadow of this pandemic. As a result, there’s a real need for a covid-19 work guide of some kind. For example, it seems like there are new guidelines and regulations everyday about how to protect our teams. The effect is that […]
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If I can understand the beliefs behind my child’s behavior….. I can focus my attention on changing the underlying belief thereby changing the behavior. In chapter 2 of the book, “Positive Discipline Parenting Tools,” we’re introduced to a couple of tools that can help translate misbehavior into it’s coded message. In this episode we talk […]
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Raising children is hard and I often wonder if my parenting is doing more harm than good. This book, introduced an interesting question that caught my attention. “What if misbehavior was just the symptom of a deeper root issue?” If that’s true, then maybe I can learn how to identify those root issues and solve […]
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In this episode, I’m sharing five simple steps to securely work from home. The best part is all of these steps not only help secure your work, but they will make you and your family far more safe as you create a cyber secure home. In this episode I talk about 5 steps to securely […]
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Top cyber security threats to your business may be your IT provider themselves. Most IT consultants use some kind of remote monitoring and management software to look after their client’s computing environment. These technologies are quite powerful and helpful, and also rank as some of the top cyber security threats out there. In this episode, […]
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Everyone is looking for employees right now. It may even be your single biggest challenge to growth. That’s how we felt, but not anymore. We’ve made fundamental changes to our business that have allowed us to staff significant growth over the last three years. In fact, Getting good at looking for Employees and keeping them […]
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Here are 3 questions to ask your current outsourced IT provider that might help you get things back on track Today, most businesses are completely reliant on their technology and by extension their outsourced IT provider. So when they have technology problems, it’s more than just irritating. It disrupts the business. If employees can’t use […]
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I love this time of year as I’m reminded of all my blessings and I always feel hopeful for the future. In this episode, I’m sharing the very best news I’ve ever heard: That God so loved the world that he sent his only son to save it. It’s a beautiful story that I believe […]
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Cyber security training can get a little redundant and a little boring, but it’s also absolutely vital. It think it’s understandable to be a little weary of cyber security training. But repetition and constant vigilance are some of the best tools to use if we want to help our team side step the plethora of […]
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3 helpful tips to keep technology from ruining vacation Our technology helps us deliver great client service and access information quickly. It can also be what stops us from escaping the grinding day to day of our professional lives while on vacation. If not properly disconnected, our technology can rob us of the escape that […]
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Be on the lookout for a new Apple-flavored email phishing attack. New European data privacy regulation is going into effect this week. It’s called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and bad guys are using it as bait in a variety of ways. This scam looks like it is from Apple and claims that if you […]
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We spend years in the formal education system learning about how to get a job and a career and earn money, but very little of that, if any, is spent learning how to manage that money to reach lifestyle goals. Money and the problems associated with personal finance are a source of a lot of […]
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How do you know when it's time to start looking for a new accounting system? Is the tool that you're using good enough? Can you extract enough value from some future state that would justify all the hassle and headache associated with upgrading to something different? Before you can even start asking those questions, it's […]
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This is part two of an interview that I started in the previous episode. You can find part 1 by clicking here: Listen to Part 1 What’s the business worth? Who will buy it and at what price? Should I even sell the business? Is there another option? It is never too early to plan your […]
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We all need to give more attention to identity theft in the wake of the Equifax breach Most of us already know that Equifax reported a data breach that affects more than 143 million US customers, about 44% of the population. It’s an extremely serious breach; hackers got access to full names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, […]
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CEO Fraud is a very simple and effective cyber attack that can cause significant business losses CEO Fraud couldn’t be simpler. There’s no malware to write and no malicious code or links to implant. It’s a text only email, plain and simple – but it’s the social engineering that makes it work. Due to its simplicity, […]
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Everyone can be funny if they can follow a process.I'll never forget a Chris Rock Interview that I listened to. That was when it dawned on me. Comedians don't just get up on stage and start making people laugh. They follow a rigorous process. The discovery lead me to the San Francisco Comedy College and […]
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Goals are great for helping us figure out where we want to go. Systems will get us there. We all have things that we want to achieve in our life and for many, the path to those things starts by setting specific and actionable goals. Goals are good. They can provide direction and even push […]
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There are a multitude of tools and apps in the world designed to help us stay organized. I’ve tried many of them, but I’ve never come close to achieving the organizational zen that I’ve hoped for. That is until now. In this episode, my guest Aaron Lowe and I talk about Bullet Journaling a pen […]
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61% of cyber attacks by hackers each year involve small to medium-sized businesses. At least half of those companies won’t even know the attack has happened until it’s too late. IT system security and data protection have always been important. But as the statistics highlight, the need to focus attention on security is increasing for […]
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My first reaction to the daily huddle was, “What can we possible have to talk about everyday?” But what I came to learn was that the daily huddle can be the cornerstone of a team’s meeting rhythm and a system by which everyone is constantly vetting, in a very transparent manner, their tactical actions against […]
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It can be frustrating as a manager when we’re not getting the results that we expect from an employee. Assuming the team member wants to be successful and is giving us his best effort how can we help him get unstuck? In this episode we’re going to talk about a framework that I learned from […]
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It’s just easier to use shorthand. This is never more true than when working with your team. It allows a manager to leverage habits and pre-agreed to norms of behavior to quickly communicate with team members. But to work properly, our shorthand needs to be carefully scripted so that we can eliminate as much ambiguity […]
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It’s what the receiver hears that’s most important.. That seems pretty simple, but if it’s true, why does there seem to be so much miscommunication! As a manager, how can we make sure our team hears what we mean the way we mean it? In this episode my guest Samuel Hatton and I talk about: […]
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I get in the car, start the engine and an hour later, I’m at work. I don’t remember the trip. I’m not alone, chances are the same thing happend to you. It’s a habit and when you think about it, that’s a little scary. Driving a car is not a simple thing to do. […]
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As a manager, I don’t always agree with my boss. Likewise, my teammates don’t always agree with me. Handled improperly, it’s easy to mistake a dissenting opinion as disrespect. Over the course of my career, I’ve found dozens of ways to handle this situation improperly as an employee and as a manager. Don’t worry, I […]
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