I love Post-It's. Is that weird?
How could you not love them? The stick to stuff, and come off! They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors! You can make thousands of lists, take notes, write reminders, leave messages - all on the same little pack of sticky paper!
This Lens will teach you all the great ways you can use Post-It's to make your life and business better, all the new Post-It stuff you can get at your local office supply, and more weird Post-It lore.
Wow, I'm getting a lot of traffic and comments to this page -- you all are obsessed with Post-It's and sticky notes also! If you have a great use for Post-It's, don't forget to leave it in the Plexo List below!
There's a new contest on Post-Its called Sophie Smarts, check it out at http://www.sophiesspace.com/sophiestuff.aspx?b=3M
My Latest Post-It Note Use: Write a Book
I'm current writing a book using Post-It Sticky Notes.Step One: Buy some Super-Sticky Post-It Notes and big poster-size Post-It paper.
Step Two: Find a big peice of wall. I used my garage door, since I loved the idea of writing my book out in the fresh air and sunlight.
Step Two: Start writing ideas that you want to cover on the Post-It notes, and stick them on the wall. After you get a few, start putting them in loose categories.
Step Three: Put up a peice of the poster-size Post It paper up for each category (which will be your chapters). Label each with a Post-It for the draft chapter title.
Step Four: Complete your brain dump, with each topic, subtopic, and idea or point on a Post It note, and put them into categories.
Step Five: Review your work, and continue to categorize, and organize them into subtopics and topics.
Step Six: "Talk" your book. Record yourself talking through all your chapters/subtopics/points. About 24 minutes per chapter will work out to a good 9-11 chapter, 200-250 page book.
Step Seven: Have your recordings transcribed or transcribe them yourself. Now you have a first draft - yay!
The Best Uses for Post-It Notes
Leave a Love Note for Your Spouse
Who does not love a kinky note stuck in your briefcase?6 points
Create Your Daily To Do List
Okay, not that exciting. But don't you use them for this every day?5 points
Take Notes on What You're Reading
Instead of writing in the book, stick a big post-it in the front cover for your notes.3 points
Let Everyone Know a Machine is Out of Order
Don't want to stand there? Let the note give your warning.3 points
Write a Book in a Few Hours
Want to write a book? Get big poster post-its for chapters, and little post-its for all your ideas. Then dictate your brain dump ... and you have a book in just a few hours!2 points
Be Passive Aggressive With Your Boss
Afriad to ask for a raise? Have a women-issue doc appt?2 points
Give your toddler something to do
Kid driving you nuts? Post-Its are cheap and easy and will keep the kid occupied for hours (well, probably more like a few minutes) ...2 points
Torture Cat
Stick a post-it on the cat's hip and watch her go dizzy trying to get if off. I'm serious, it's fun. Only one at a time though, more than that would be cruel.2 points
Communicate with others during seminars/meetings
Write notes to co-workers on sticky notes and pass them during the meeting.2 points
Cover the surface of your co-worker's entire cubicle with Post-It's
Your co-worker is gone? Then the cubicle is free game ...1 point
Brainstorming with Others.
Need to make a decision? Use Post-Its to organize thoughts of the group.1 point
Remind Yourself of the Name of Person Lying Next to You
One night stand? Don't forget the name, stick a post-it on her/his head.1 point
Personalized Notes as a Gift.
Hum, maybe your assistant or wife will not appreciate this as much as you might think.1 point
Be Passive-Aggressive with Your Roommate
Hate your roommate? Leave him/her Post-It notes everywhere.1 point
Teachers - Make a Seating Chart
Write your students' names on post-it notes, then stick them in the arrangement you want them seated. If you move someone, you just move the note...and don't have to make a whole new chart.1 point
Use a stack of yellow post-it notes to get offered a job
Jim Kukral got creative in a job interview & got the job (see his video below or at http://jimkukral.com)1 point
ThePromohut Sticky Notepad
Thepromohut.com offers Sticky Notepad for promotional items - I have used it's great.1 point
Create a Four-Story version of Donkey Kong.
Only takes 6400 notes and 5 hours.0 points
Nag Yourself to Save the Earth
Hum, but that takes a lot of notes to yourself ... is that wasteful?0 points
Take Notes at a Seminar
Write each idea on a post-it, and you can group them into categories and add to each category. When you get home, put them off your wall as your post-seminar to-do list.0 points
Post-It Note on the Post-It Lens!
**When I saw the StickNote module, I just about freaked out!**
Don't forget to add your favorite use of stick/post-it notes to the list above!
~ Elizabeth
Using Sticky Notes to Keep Your Toddler Amused
I needed to pick up a few things from the office supply store, but had my 2-year old Grace with me. Not always the best shopper, especially at a (boring) office supply store.I let Grace pick out some store brand sticky notes in the shape of a flower. She thought they were amazing, a special "prize," and spent the ride home decorating the back seat & window with her new treasures. Wonderful!
What do you think? How do you use Post-It's? Am I crazy?
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- xclr8 xclr8 Mar 4, 2009 @ 8:09 pm
- Twenty years ago I was given a great stack of a rainbow of colored post-it notes.
It has been my favourite gift to date and I still love buying and using post-its.
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- xclr8 xclr8 Mar 4, 2009 @ 8:09 pm
- Twenty years ago I was given a great stack of a rainbow of colored post-it notes.
It has been my favourite gift to date and I still love buying and using post-its.
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- BusyQueen BusyQueen Feb 10, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
- Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It's well done. 5 *****'s
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- mortal-oak mortal-oak Dec 13, 2008 @ 10:54 am
- vistaprint.co.uk gives out FREE custom post-it-notes!
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- Wysiwigs Wysiwigs Oct 28, 2008 @ 9:25 am
- Great lens! I've found that the only thing better than a paper "sticky note" (I'm *cough* financially challenged, so we use the generic kind and not the official Post-It) would be the virtual ones by Google. Why? Well, basically because I haven't figured out how to lose those yet....
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http://www.jimkukral.com. This is a story about how I was able to impress an employer and get a job offer by using an attention getting technique. It's my post-it note story. Meant to inspire you to think creatively and to remind you that attention equals success.
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