Smart thinking from Dr. Mike Murdock:
“Order protects your focus.”
It dissolves distraction from disorder.
It requires decisions, assistance and time.
1. Decide on a place for everything.
This includes car keys, cell phones, glasses.
Passport, papers, warranties and guarantees.
One place only … for each of them.
2. Hire a professional organizer.
They’re worth the money.
They teach you the three Ds:
Do, delegate or discard.
3. Set one day a week to get organized.
One drawer at a time. One room at a time.
4. Use see-through plastic boxes and trays.
This eliminates wasted time looking for things.
5. Label boxes clearly.
Print boldly with a black felt-tip pen.
6. Discard anything not used in six months.
7. File anything with personal emotional value.
8. Play music while organizing.
That lightens your mood.
9. Reward yourself after every session.
A walk. A glass of iced tea. A nap.
We all need incentives to keep working.
Check out Dr. Murdock's website at
http://www.mikemurdock.com
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“Order protects your focus.”
It dissolves distraction from disorder.
It requires decisions, assistance and time.
1. Decide on a place for everything.
This includes car keys, cell phones, glasses.
Passport, papers, warranties and guarantees.
One place only … for each of them.
2. Hire a professional organizer.
They’re worth the money.
They teach you the three Ds:
Do, delegate or discard.
3. Set one day a week to get organized.
One drawer at a time. One room at a time.
4. Use see-through plastic boxes and trays.
This eliminates wasted time looking for things.
5. Label boxes clearly.
Print boldly with a black felt-tip pen.
6. Discard anything not used in six months.
7. File anything with personal emotional value.
8. Play music while organizing.
That lightens your mood.
9. Reward yourself after every session.
A walk. A glass of iced tea. A nap.
We all need incentives to keep working.
Check out Dr. Murdock's website at
http://www.mikemurdock.com
To comment, click on Post a Comment below.
For more on success, click here.
2 comments:
I think I'm going to need that professional organizer!
Great article Jerry. Since we teach the Priority Management programs including Working Smart With Outlook and Working Smart With Blackberry and Other Smart Phones, I'd be derelict in my responsibities if I didn't share that we teach there are 5 D's...2 more in addition to the ones in your Blog. The 4th D is "Date Activate". If you can't do it now, can't delegate it and don't want to discard it, what do you do with it? You decide when you will do it, make a note on that date to get it done on that date, then file it in a system such as folders in outlook, paper files or in your Priority Management system (not left in your email inbox or put in another stack on your desk).The 5th D is "Dumb":-) ...if you don't follow the 4 D's every day. The other keys are the 3 W's.
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