Why Hire An Organizer? Part II Feeling the blues about having to organize all on your own? You don't have to face the challenge of decluttering your home or office by yourself. Hiring an organizing consultant will help you to eliminate, categorize, and systematize faster, easier, and smarter. Plus, working with someone who has a passion …
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Improve the quality of your life – five benefits from getting organized
Why Hire An Organizer? Part I Have you ever organized an area of your office or home? Maybe it was a drawer or one small cabinet or a bookshelf. How did you feel? Many of my seminar attendees answer that question with “relieved,” “more in control,” “lighter,” and “freer.” Most everyone has experienced that feeling …
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Elusive email management
Fifth and final post in a series on FileMAP®: Strategies for Email. Too Many, Too Often In wrapping up this short series on my FileMAP® strategy, how we manage and filter our emails comes to the forefront of the discussion. It's not uncommon to find professionals with 700 or 1000 emails in their inbox. Perhaps it's a …
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The elegance and efficiency of a shared filenaming strategy
Fourth in a series on FileMAP®: Filenaming Strategies. wrap yourself slim body wraps exposed Riding the wave… I can't help but think about the many thousands of clients I've worked with over the years. It's really hard to visualize the hundreds of tons of paper that I've helped them dig through and discard, the millions of …
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If I file it, can I find it?
Third in a series on FileMAP®: File naming strategies. The Problem of Big Data Last week I shared a surprising statistic that framed our critical need to archive our paper and digital information: 80% of what we keep we never use again. We’ve all heard the typical response when asking someone for information, “Just give me a …
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APICS and a meeting of the minds in amazing Estes Park
At the end of May I will be traveling to Estes Park in the heart of the Rocky Mountain National Park. I will be presenting my Creating Order Out of Chaos workshop for APICS, the Association for Operations Management. The audience: executives from six surrounding states and Mexico. What a great location, what a fantastic opportunity. computer repair …
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The problem of chronic multitasking
Throughout my career helping individuals and teams get organized, I’ve witnessed the disorder and chaos that comes from a professional trying to do way too much at the very same time. This article from Priority Management’s monthly Learning Link Newsletter hits the critical problem of chronic multitasking on the head, no pun intended. Enjoy, learn …
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80% of what we keep we never use again
Second in a series on FileMAP®: Archive Solutions Why We Need to Archive Everyone who works in an office setting knows just how quickly piles of paperwork can form on a desk, credenza, and worktable. Or on a nearby window ledge, if you’re lucky to have one. Or, ironically, on top of a nearby file cabinet. Same …
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Serving Colorado Springs Administrative Professionals – IAAP
Kudos to IAAP, the International Association of Administrative Professionals, Pikes Peak Chapter. What a great organization, serving administrative assistants, office coordinators, executive secretaries, office managers and other administrative professionals. I really enjoyed giving my special presentation, Clutter’s Last Stand, taken from my Secrets to Living an Organized Life to over 150 men and women at the 2013 Administrative Professionals Day. …
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Got stacks, piles, pyramids or mounds?
Earlier this week I heard a recent industry report claiming that 80% of what we keep we do not use. I witness this every time I help someone organize their office or desk — less than 20% of the documents and paperwork within arm’s reach of their chair ever see the light of day again! …
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