I was on a plane last week coming from Virginia, where I was hired by a company to help their employees do major decluttering and setting up all new systems BEFORE their move to their new facilities. Smart CEO! The gal next to me on the plane said that she was a Facilities Manager for …
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One Way to Know that you are Wasting Time
One Way to Know that You are Wasting Time Do you want to discover instantly if you need to reorganize any area in your office? Ask yourself the question, “Am I going through my work to get to my work?” Whenever I ask this question in my seminars, I get major groans from the audience. …
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For Heaven Sake, Organize Before You Remodel or Move
For Heaven Sake, Organize Before You Remodel or Move How many of you have ever remodeled your kitchen, home office, or bedroom? How many have thought about remodeling or moving your professional office due to lack of space? Hundreds of people have, and guess what they don’t consider before they remodel or move? Organizing the …
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Creating a Paperless Office
“Creating a paperless office can be a difficult challenge when the electronic directory is not organized…” So says K. J. McCorry in his excellent article linked here. Organizing your computer documents Are you like the average worker that loses over two hours looking for lost or misplaced articles and emails? I encourage you to …
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Streamline Your Life
What do you think of when you hear the term “streamline”? To streamline is to make an organization or system more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods. I think we can all agree that this is an end-product that would be enviable, though it might be challenging. This …
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Nine Organizing Tasks: Nine Minutes
Nine Organizing Tasks in Nine Minutes or Less If you are like most people, your work day roars past like a freight train. The day is crammed with meetings, tasks and emails. You might think, “If I only had a moment to do __________…” , fill in the blank! And before you know …
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Get organized! Principles to live by and to enjoy life more fully.
I hope you have enjoyed and applied the practical guidelines in this series, “Principles to live by and to enjoy life more fully.” These simple nuggets of wisdom will help you get organized so you can enjoy your life more fully and give you time to spare at work or at home. In this series …
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Four life-changing habits
The first of “Making Promises Become Practices” series, the Five Steps, explored the idea of how to make the promises that order and organization declare a reality in our lives. Today’s post tackles our habits. In my thirty years of being a professional organizer, I have found that long-held habits are often the bump in the road, or …
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Finish Each Project Completely
When I was young, my mom insisted that I get involved in 4-H, a rural school organization that taught Christian character through projects like entomology, raising cattle, sewing, home improvement, and so forth. The one thing that she always insisted upon was that I finish any project that I started, and she meant it. Each …
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When more is less
My clients are absolutely the most wonderful people you could ever meet. I have had 35+ years of this wonderful ride, and every client has been a joy. They are also funny, especially in how they think and how they organize their surroundings. I could tell you story after story about their personalities and what …
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