Getting organized will make your life easier and more enjoyable. Getting organized will also require you to set goals. I love Hyrum W. Smith’s definition of a goal: Goals are dreams with deadlines. Goals, then tell us what we need to do, and when. Without goals, we won’t know where we are or where we …
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In Order To Succeed
I am sure you have heard that saying many times in your life. Your parents told you that in order to succeed, you need to eat your vegetables or in order to succeed you need to get a good education, and so forth. But I believe that the saying” in order to succeed” could stand …
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Unraveling, Uncovering, and a New Kind of American
Pastor Steve Holt, M.A., D.D. Charles Dickens wrote, “It was the worst of times, it was the age of foolishness, it was the season of darkness, and it was the winter of despair.” 2020 saw an unraveling of American culture. We are a nation reeling from this past year. We are a shaken society. The Unraveling The …
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Don’t Just Settle for “Stuff”
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” ~Psalm 37:4~ As a professional organizer, I deal with people’s “stuff”. I help them eliminate it, rearrange it, analyze it, organize it, store it, sell it, give it away, and manage it. I have seen a lot of “stuff” in …
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Using a Productivity Consultant Before You Move
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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It’s All About Paradigms
As we hunker down this winter and start thinking about spring, I wanted to challenge you about some of your paradigms and thought patterns. An ancient proverb states, “As a man thinks, so he is.” This proverb reminds us that our thoughts produce actions, and actions produce consequences, and consequences contribute to character. Putting this …
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Thorns in Your Flesh
A profound and revealing story is provided for us in Matthew 13 in the New Testament, which is both convicting and very inspiring. It is about a farmer who sowed seed among four different types of soil and how the seed responded to its surroundings. Space here can’t do the whole story justice, so I …
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Lasting celebrations through family traditions
The very best use of time is to invest it. One great way to wisely invest your time is by creating lasting family traditions. And now, with Thanksgiving approaching, all the better to maintain those long-held traditions, and even create some new ones. Smiles and laughter balanced with reflection and celebration. Our Nation celebrates traditions, …
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Lots of Stuff: A Slippery Slope
I am going to say something that goes against the grain of modern society, especially at the holidays! Stuff can be a Slippery Slope to Slavery Sound ominous? It can be. Stuff can eat your lunch, bury you in your home or office, inflict damage to your soul, and cost you in space, energy, money …
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Kids, Christmas and Money
During this holiday season, I often reflect on how I was raised. My father never bought a thing on credit; he even paid cash for his house in 1968. I’ve followed in his footsteps, and everything else I buy, I buy with cash, with the exception of upgrading my car every five years. Even then …
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