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I had a good time demonstrating Outlook Rules to ~50 of my colleagues today.

Some quick email automation ideas to focus your inbox:

  • move newsletters to their own folder
  • move automated notifications to their own folders
  • move emails you’re CC’d on to a separate inbox

Proverbs 21/31 Patient work leads to abundance, and hastiness leads to poverty. Gains from lying are fleeting and catch you in a snare. Justice is joy to the righteous and terror to the evil. One who loves pleasure and luxury will be poor. The wise preserve their treasures, but fools devour theirs. Pursue righteousness, and you will find it, along with life and honor. Control your speech to stay out of trouble. The wicked act boldly, but the upright openly consider their ways.

Proverbs 20/31 Do not be led astray by drunkenness. It is honorable to keep from quarreling. Many proclaim steadfast love, but it is difficult to find one truly faithful. Who can confidently say their heart is pure? Even a child is known by their acts, evil or good. Plans come to fruition when advice is sought. Do not take revenge on evil, leave it to God. Reflect before you give your word. The young prize their strength and beauty, the old prize their wisdom.

Proverbs 19/31 Desire without knowledge is bad. A generous person finds many friends. Glory for one who can forgive offenses against them. Idleness puts you to sleep and you grow hungry. Listen to advice. One who reveres God rests satisfied.

Proverbs 18/31 Fools take pleasure in expressing only their own opinions. Humility comes before honor. It is shameful to give an answer before one hears. Giving gifts will bring you into the presence of the great. The one who states their case first seems right, until examined by another. Words have the power of death and life. Better to have one friend who sticks close than many friends.

I just finished installing the pull-up bar and rings. Now the hard part… actually using them 😬

Proverbs 17/31 (Poor + peace) > (rich + strife). Judging the poor insults your creator. Be careful offering bribes, lest you come to depend on them. It is loving to forgive, you will lose friends if you rehash old wounds. A reprimand to the wise penetrates further than a beating to a fool. Friends love through highs and lows. Joy is good medicine, but a crushed spirit is crippling. Those with a calm spirit have understanding.

Kudos to our team for putting out a new public web page for the Apollo 13 mission, summarizing the mission, accident, and investigation.

Apollo 13

Lots of the work I touch is internal-only, so it’s nice when I have something I can share out with the public! Kudos to Michael Ciannilli, Michael Bishop, Jeremy Fleischer, and others that put this together!

For more lessons learned, take a look at our Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program page

Proverbs 16/31 Every person thinks themselves right, but God weighs the spirit. Commit your work to God and it will be established. Everything is for a purpose, even the wicked. One turns from evil through reverence to God. When a man follows the ways of God, he is at peace even with his enemies. People plan, God establishes. You will discover good things if you ponder the word. Gracious words are sweet to the soul. One’s appetite urges them on. A whisperer separates close friends. One who rules their own spirit is better than one who rules a city.