Q: Discuss with your employees how public transportation, driving a hybrid vehicle, or biking or walking to work can make your company greener (and reduce the individual carbon footprint of each employee as well!) The easiest way to go green during commuting is to avoid driving whenever possible.  If you have a particularly high percentage of employees who use alternative methods of transportation to commute to and from work, it will help demonstrate your commitment to environmental care.  If public transportation isn't available in your area, encourage carpooling. You can also incentivize carpooling by creating carpool-only parking spots. In order to truly become a green business, you will need to get your staff on board with your green goals. To get your staff on board, you need to make green thinking a part of your company culture.  By doing this, you'll have both a motivated team and some evangelists who will take the greening further than you can do alone. Staff engagement is vital for long-term success and they can help to spread the word to other staff, clients and through networks.  Explain to staff what is hoped for by way of continual improvement. Make sure that they all understand the commitment to continual improvement and agree to contribute in any way possible. Encourage participation in community activities that make the surrounding area a more pleasant place to live (this can include activities such as river clean-ups, establishing a community garden, or planting trees along a stretch of highway) and recognize those employees who choose to participate. Choose people already interested in this change along with those who have the power to implement changes. Ideas need to be tested in this environment, so even a few naysayers can be useful as sounding boards. Encourage this committee to meet on a regular basis to track progress and discuss future greening practices.  Encourage brainstorming on ways to make your business greener. Incentivize the best ideas with awards or accolades. Appoint one green evangelist per department or area of your workplace communicate the committee's ideas, information and decisions and to generally rally support for greening the business. Listen as avidly to the complaints as the praise. This will help you know what is and isn't working. Set tangible goals that should be reached in a reasonable amount of time in order to stay on track with your green business strategy. Consider providing a green fund for specific areas to use when implementing their own departmental solutions. However, be sure that the idea benefits the whole company in a way you consider appropriate.
A: Encourage use of public transportation. Get your staff on board. Create a committee for greening your business. Get feedback from staff about green changes. Assign specific greening tasks within a set time frame. Provide a green fund.

Q: On most DirecTV remotes, you'll find a switch near the top; push this switch over so that it sits next to the "TV" label.  If you want to program your remote for a component other than your TV, change the switch to one of the "AV" positions instead. If your remote is a Genie remote (models RC-73, RC-72, RC-71B, and RC-71), skip ahead to programming a Genie remote instead. The SELECT button is usually in the middle of the remote, while the MUTE button is usually in the lower-left side of the remote. Do so at the same time, and don't release them until prompted. Once your remote is in program mode, you'll see a green light at the top of the remote flash twice in a row. You can now program your remote. Using the remote's number pad, type in the code that you wrote down earlier. If you see the green light flash twice, your remote should be programmed for the TV. Press the remote's "Power" button to see if the code that you used works with your TV. If your TV turns on, you have successfully programmed your DirecTV remote.  If you programmed the remote for a component instead, manually turn on your TV and then test the component. If your TV or component doesn't respond to the remote, try programming the remote automatically instead.
A: Change your remote's switch to the "TV" position. Locate the SELECT and MUTE buttons. Press and hold SELECT and MUTE. Wait for the green light to flash twice. Release the buttons. Enter your code. Look for two green flashes. Try turning on your TV.

Q: You can skim while you read too!  Reading avidly can sometimes mean that you find any way to make things easier for yourself.  Read the first few pages of the first chapter rather than reading the summary on the back of the book. This way you get a better understanding of the author’s writing style. You may find yourself in the middle of a book you really enjoy, but has taken a dry turn.  Read topic sentences and final paragraphs so that you get the general idea.  Read quickly until you reach a part that holds your interest. You might like the feel of having an actual book in your hands and turning real pages. If you don’t like carrying around and keeping track of too many things, you may like the convenience of using an e-reader device.  If you use productivity apps on a tablet, you will probably like the convenience of e-books. Downloading your books mean that you have many books in one place.  If you already carry a tablet, you won’t have to carry a book as well. If you prefer to go to the library and browse actual books, and enjoy the feeling of turning pages, you probably want to stick to real books. Having books around, whether electronic or real, to browse and choose from will inspire you to read.  Use your library. Take advantage of the fact that you can check out multiple books and return them if nothing grabs you. If there are books that you have that you’ve been meaning to read, leave them out! They will serve as a reminder, and you are more likely to pick them up if you are looking for something to do. Purchase books for your tablet online or check out an eBook from your local library. You don’t want to waste time reading something that isn’t for you, and struggling through a book just to get it done might derail your efforts to become an avid reader altogether.  Gather a few possibilities and read the first chapter or two of each one, then choose the one that grabs you.  If you feel stuck or bored, try something different! Just because you like biographies doesn’t mean you wouldn’t enjoy some light fiction with a little less substance. It might just provide the break you need to go back to the weightier stuff later.  Use the fifty page rule. If you’ve started a book and don’t like it, you might still feel weird about stopping cold.  Fifty pages is usually enough of the book to figure out whether or not it’s worth it for you to keep reading.  If it seems like a chore, don’t do it.  There are plenty of books out there for you to enjoy. A reading log is a good way to look back on what you’ve read and to keep track of things that you want to read.  A log can be a list on your phone, a Pinterest board, or a physical notebook.  Just make sure that it’s something that you’re likely to keep around or remember. Keep an ongoing list of what you’ve read: a simple list of titles and author’s names.  If you particularly liked a book, mark it.  Also keep a list of recommendations and things that you want to read. If you’re the note-taking type, keep summaries and memorable quotes in the notebook as well.  This will provide you with concrete examples of your progress and remind you of the knowledge and information that your reading has given you.
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Skim before reading. Read in different formats. Keep multiple books around. Move on if you’re having a hard time. Start a reading log.