5 Steps From Clutter To Control

Are you overwhelmed by clutter wherever you turn? Here are 5 practically painless steps to a clean slate.

1. Begin by identifying the areas which are most impacting your ability to function effectively. Then place 2 cartons at each offending “station,” labeled TOSS & SAVE.

2. Each time you walk by, place one item in each - no excuses, one item in each carton.

Clutter-Clearing and Your Authentic Self

Have you ever felt so discouraged, your life so out-of-control, the universe so unresponsive to your needs and desires, that you couldn’t help it: you just had to clean up? By paying attention to these impulses we recognize the deep connection between our personal environment and our innermost selves. It’s as though by shifting the arrangement of our belongings we hope to rearrange the molecules of our emotional lives as well.

Can Someone Step Into Your Job Or Role And Function Effectively?

Working for one of the top Marketers online (David Ledoux) I’ve been lucky to learn many tips and tricks that can be used in cases of emergency. Like today when I still have the remnants of the flu. One of the first things I learned from David was planning. He plans for just about every or any situation possible.

Stress Management: 10 Universal Laws to Get and Stay Organized

1. The Law of the 1st Step

A good first step in getting organized is to 3-pile everything:

pile one is for those things to throw away

pile 2 is for those things that need immediate action

pile 3 is for those things that can be taken care of later, or filed, or both.

2. The Law of the Past

One of the curious things that seem to hold people back from getting organized is wanting to avoid dealing with things left over from the past.

5 Reasons to Organize Your Home Today

Home organization isn’t just for neat-nicks or those drawn toward organized living. Even if you don’t fall into those two stereotypes, you should consider learning and implementing some home organizing techniques. Why bother? Here are five good reasons to organize your home:

PEACE OF MIND - When you have a closet packed full of miscellaneous items, don’t you sometimes think “I’ve got to put that on my to-do housekeeping list”? Or you think “I’ve got to go through that closet to find those missing papers, shoes, whatever.

Do You Have Scatter-Brain-Itis?

In your quest to get ‘up and running’ so to speak with your online ventures do you find yourself getting distracted by things that have nothing to do with whatever it is your trying to accomplish?

I call this “Scatter-Brain-Itis”

It’s not your fault though.

There are so many well written, headlines, sales letters, articles, clickable links, and just plain outrageous stuff here online that it’s nearly impossible to focus on the task at hand.

A Personal Action Plan for Change

There are eight distinct steps to constructing and executing an action plan for effective and lasting change.

Item 1: Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses.

In the “Betterchange” workbook there’s an exercise contributed by the late Dr. David Viscott. We’ve reproduced it (with permission) at the end of this article. It’s a self-evaluation, and we believe that it’s the best one we’ve seen.

Overwhelmed? Try the Red Zone Tactic

Some people seem to be born organized. You probably remember them from school: the ones who always had well-organized pencil cases equipped with erasers, sharpeners, pens, scissors and glue-sticks (probably in duplicate). Their hair was always neatly done; their clothes ironed and bearing a full complement of buttons.

Grown up and in the work force, The Organized Ones highlight the deficiencies of the rest of us.

Compartmentalize

The word “compartmentalize” means to separate into distinct parts. I am intrigued with the fact that the word “mental” is in the word. For me, it illustrates the need to separate mentally what we are doing. One of the tricks I am learning is to separate tasks and do one at a time.

Organize Your Desk ? Live Longer!

It may seem far-fetched, but by organizing your desk, your bedroom, your kitchen, and all of the spaces where you spend time, you could be adding years to your life. In essence, stress can shorten your life. A hormone called cortisol is released into your body as a reaction to external stress.