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Hate to file? Where’s your file cabinet located?

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

 

At home or at work, a simple, easy-to-use filing system is the best way to keep track of all the paper you accumulate. Unfortunately, even when people have a good filing system in place, filing is often a dreaded task. In one online poll about which office chore people hated the most, filing was the winner, hands-down!

Since good paper management requires filing your papers on a regular basis, if you hate to file, you need to figure out why and what to do about it. A good place to start your diagnosis is with the LOCATION OF YOUR FILE CABINET. A file cabinet situated in an unpleasant, out-of-the-way or hard-to-reach spot in your home is unlikely to be used as often as it should be. That can lead to papers not being filed in a timely way and you not being able to find items you need when you need them as a result, to say nothing of the clutter that piles of unfiled paper can create.

Place your file cabinet in a convenient locale where you can easily take advantage of its storage capabilities and, who knows, you may actually learn to love filing!

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Is it time to sharpen your ax?

Friday, December 31st, 2010

If the axe is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; But wisdom brings success. - Ecclesiastes 10:10 NKJV

There once was a woodsman who had a new ax. He was able to fell many trees the first day. With each day that passed, however, the number of trees he was able to fell grew fewer and fewer. His wife watched him work longer and harder yet achieve less and less each day so she suggested that he stop and sharpen his ax.

“I have trees to fell!” replied the woodsman. “I don’t have time to stop!”

The lesson here? Working harder and longer will not necessarily make you more productive or help you to find more time.

Want to be more productive so you can reach your goals and fulfill your dreams? Get organized so you work smarter not harder!

Want to find more time? Get organized so you waste less time!

And speaking of goals…as 2010 draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to evaluate which goals you have accomplished this year and which ones you still want to work on in 2011. It’s also a good time to let go of projects, commitments or relationships that are not adding value to your life so you can head into the new year with a lighter load.

May good health, happiness that multiplies, peace of mind, prosperity and the joy of living organized be yours throughout the New Year and beyond.

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Save steps and achieve organizing success.

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Taking the fewest number of steps possible to accomplish a task is the key to organizing success. For example, if you’ve got a home office and it’s not well-organized, your efficiency and productivity are likely to suffer. If you have to go across the room to file a piece of paper because that’s where the file cabinet is, I can tell you that nine times out of ten, it probably won’t happen. As a result, papers will sit around on your desk just getting lost in the shuffle and you won’t be able to find them the next time you need them. Definitely not an optimal solution for creating a workspace that supports you.It’s basic human nature that if something is perceived to take too much work or time or is inconvenient to do; that something probably won’t get done or will fall to the bottom of your list of things to do. In the case of filing papers in a home office, the “save steps and achieve organizing success solution“ is to move your file cabinet near your desk – or otherwise rearrange your space – so you don’t even have to get out of your chair to file your papers!

Have an old file cabinet whose drawers are hard to open or don’t slide out all the way, making it hard to reach the back of it? The “save steps and achieve organizing success solution” is to get a new, full extension file cabinet with drawers that glide out easily and completely for total access.

Papers piling up because you’ve run out of filing supplies? The “save steps and achieve organizing success solution” is to make sure that you always keep some surplus on hand.

Like to write with a sharp pencil? The “save steps and achieve organizing success solution” is to keep a pencil sharpener in, on or near your desk and a wastebasket close by to dump the shavings in when the sharpener gets full!

You get the idea.

Think about what can you do to save steps and achieve organizing success in your own life. If you’re having trouble reaching your goals, please let us know. We’d love to help!

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