Welcome to Mission #51 of our 52 Get Organized Missions! If your week invariably feels chaotic and at odds with your natural energy, personal preferences, and practical considerations, then you’ll love this mission. Over the next 30 minutes we’re going to create an ideal weekly schedule template – a baseline planner you can use for […]
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Welcome to Mission #43 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. An unrealistic to-do list undermines your effectiveness in two ways: Having too many tasks distracts, overwhelms and confuses you – taking focus away from items that matter Inability to complete items de-motivates you and reduces your self confidence. Give your productivity and motivation an instant […]
Welcome to Mission #42 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. If your life is overstretched and you feel out of control, then use this organizing mission to cull your commitments. If you’ve completed the previous mission Get Organized Mission #41: Simplify Your Life Possessions, congratulations! This mission will help you simplify your time wasting activities. […]
Welcome to Mission #36 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. If you wish you could vaporize your paperwork, then you’ll love this mission. It gives you a chance to put into practice some of the decision making skills you picked up in the last mission Get Organized Mission #35 – Say Yes To Priorities and […]
Welcome to Mission #35 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. I hope you had fun completing the previous mission Get Organized Mission 34: Donate 50 Things. It’s a good mission to remind us to keep things simple and prioritise. One of the common obstacles to an organized life is having too many priorities. If you […]
Welcome to Mission #33 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. Remember when it used to be fun to receive new email? These days the inbox is more a pain than a pleasure for most people. If you’d like to reclaim a sense of control over your cyber-intray, just follow the 4 email-management steps in this […]
3 Steps To Getting More Done By Saying No More Often Graciously decline requests that don’t fit your priorities. How? 1. Instead of ‘No I can’t’, try No thank you Sorry, I’m already over-committed My strengths are in [insert area of priorities]. 2. Role play your response to build confidence. 3. Remember – you […]
Here’s something you can do to get better organized – and it’ll take you just 5 minutes! Establish an Errands List Find a notepad or piece of paper and a pen. Place somewhere convenient – beside the phone, on the fridge door, or beside your bag or briefcase. Create 4 sections in columns, rows or […]
Welcome to Mission #29 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. In the last two missions we took stock of your: Business tasks, in order to improve time management at work, and Home organization tasks, for better time management at home. This week we’ll do the same for your personal tasks – like grooming and exercise […]
Welcome to Mission #28 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. Last week we took stock of your business tasks, in order to improve time management at work. This week we’ll do the same for your home organization tasks, and find ways to be more effective with domestic time management. This will be our final mission […]
Welcome to Mission #27 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. You may not be thrilled with the way you manage time in your business life. On the other hand, you may not want to invest precious money, energy, thought and – yep, even time – into finding a whole new time management system. If you’d […]
Last week the Wall Street Journal test-drove three time-management systems: Getting Things Done The Pomodoro Technique Franklin Covey’s Focus. The article concluded, unsurprisingly, that each technique had benefits and drawbacks. More interesting though, was author Sue Shellenbarger’s insights from focusing on time-management techniques. She found: An overlong to-do list was a set-up for failure To […]
Welcome to Mission#25 of our 52 Get organized Missions. Procrastination is a pain. Not only does it stop you from getting things done, it also drains your energy and leaves you feeling bad about yourself. No doubt you’ve been super motivated by last week’s mission Get Organized Mission #24: Create A Chore Chart. So […]
What are your goals? Do you spend lots of time reading or learning about weight loss, starting a business, or getting your finances sorted, but never make any progress? Information as Procrastination Could you be using information as a form of procrastination – a way to trick yourself into thinking you’re doing something productive? Some […]
Last week we created your personal Organized Life Bedtime Routine. This week we’ll create one for the morning.
Having an Organized Life Morning Routine will help you face each day – and the world – with a sense of confidence, order, and motivation.
Remember: you only need 30 minutes for the basic mission. Extended Options are below.
Here are some cool articles on aspects of happiness, productivity and personal organization that I’ve found around the web in the past couple of weeks. I hope you find something helpful here. 🙂
Business & Career
* When a Colleague’s Mistakes Affect You | Harvard Business
* How are you going to Crush It in 2010? | Escape From Cubicle Nation
* Focus on Strengths, Not Correcting Weaknesses | Dumb Little Man
* 101 Small Business Mistakes (and What You Can Learn From Them) | Wise Bread
One of the best things you can do to feel organized throughout your day is to prepare well the night before. So in this mission we’ll create your personal Organized Life Bedtime Routine.
You’ll absolutely love the difference completing this mission will make to your daily stress management, time management, and home organization.
Remember: you only need 30 minutes for the basic mission. Extended Options are below.
‘Decluttering is a way to identify what’s obsolete in your life,’ says Julie Morgenstern in the Woman’s Day article 12 Reasons to Unclutter Your Space. ‘Getting rid of stuff creates a sense of energy, giving you room to think, which frees you to do more with your life.’ Julie’s so right. People constantly tell me […]
This week I had the pleasure of being interviewed about organizing your office on the Small Business with Prue MacSween show on Sydney’s Radio 2GB 873AM. We chatted about: How to avoid piles of paper and inbox overflow. Solution: make quick decisions. How to organize your desk for better productivity. Solution: use my ‘real estate’ […]
Welcome to Mission #19 of our 52 Get Organized Missions. If you want to increase productivity, motivation and mental clarity, one of the best things you can do is to create an effective workspace. So in this mission, we’ll follow 3 steps to transform your work zone into an organized office. If you’ve completed the […]