Don't forget to categorize your contacts. There is a powerful feature in Outlook that allows you to group your contacts. For example, you might want to group your contacts as prospects, customers or key customers. You can then view by each category and use that category to remind you to call each customer or do mail merges to that specific group of contacts.

International Studies is a burgeoning major in a lot of campuses across the country. Believe it or not, some places that offer an International Studies emphasis don't require a language study. You sort of miss something there in terms of the language; you miss the nuances relying on second-hand information and translations.