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Help! I Want to Get Organized - Where Do I Start?
By Karla Droege

As a personal organizer, I'm often talking with people who want to be more organized but just can't figure out how to make it happen. Many times, looking at a messy office or a crowded garage or closets jammed with stuff can feel like being at the bottom of a mountain knowing you'll never make it to the top. You know the view is spectacular, you know you'll feel great once you've reached it, but it just seems to be an impossible task.

The first thing I tell my clients is to start with the little things. Every journey begins with a single step, so concentrate on taking just one step. Ignore the mountain, look to the small plateau just ahead.

Chose one very specific place to begin, such as your desk. Schedule one hour to decide where things should go - not to tackle all the tasks piled there, just to organize them. Be honest with yourself and throw away anything that you know you are never going to get to. Find a place for everything, and then simply make it a priority to always put things back in that place. For one month, stick to it. Then celebrate your victory!

In the next month, add one more. Perhaps one closet? You will find that as you make it a habit to put things away, it won't be as hard to do. Not only that, you will discover that as you remove the clutter in your surroundings, you are also removing it from your life.

The second thing I encourage people to do is begin planning. This is the one that everyone balks at, and yet will make the most difference. Once again, start simple. Schedule one hour on Saturday or Sunday to look over the week. Make decisions about meals, when you'd like to exercise, spend time with family or working. If you don't make decisions about where to spend your energy, you will end up living reactively instead of proactively.

This is not to say there won't be times when something comes up, and you have to deal with it. But if you have a framework for your week, there will be less of those instances. Also having the plan in mind, you are less likely to just flip on the TV to fill time.

Then spend just 5 minutes either the night before, or first thing in the morning to brush up on the day. Look to see what you need to take with you when you leave. Can you get to the bank on the way back from dropping the kids? While you are waiting to get the oil changed on your car, do you have phone calls to return? This 5 minutes can help you maximize your time, and give you the needed extra for family, friends and fun.

Lastly, at least for this beginning, plan to be on time. You can. It's a choice. Planning the extra time to get ready and out of the house, or the extra time you need in case of traffic will de-stress your life more than I can explain. The rushing and frustration with traffic on an on-going basis takes a toll on your psyche. Not only that, when you are late it is disrespectful to the other person or people you are meeting. You are blatantly saying, "My time is more important than yours. Therefore, I am better and more important than you." But when you chose to be on time, when you are consistent with this, your colleagues, family and friends WILL notice. It establishes respect, trust and esteem. I guarantee it.

I will warn you though, prepare to wait for the other person who is late. It takes some time before others catch on. Live by example. Be the change. It's empowering.

So let's recap. Here's what you can do right now:

1. Chose one specific, small area to find a place for everything and schedule one hour to do it. Then put everything back in that place for one month.

2. Schedule one hour this weekend to plan your next week.

3. Over that next week, spend 5 minutes either the night before or first thing in the morning reviewing that day. Figure in the extra time needed to be on time.

Start there. Celebrate each win. You CAN do it!

Karla Droege is co-owner of Temporary Personal Assistants, staffing part-time personal assistants in the Los Angeles area. http://www.my-tpa.com

 

 
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Office Desks - Not Just an Office Supply - More Than That PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 04 July 2010

In earlier times people had to give their little efforts in tasting the fruit of success. It was comparatively very easy to mark its image in the market for any company. Simply in those days a small group of companies was presence in the corporate world. Hence, they had not put their strong efforts in maintaining their strong presence in the market. There was a less competition. Hence, business owners and proprietors did not want to spend their money on adorning the interior and exterior set up of the company. This set up includes the selection of the modern and stylish furniture. However, if we talk about the present time we consider that the availability of this office supply has become a basic need for any business. It means that until you do not install the right kind of office furniture, you will not get the success in your respective business. Whether it is office desk or office chair, every furniture needs to be installed in a proper way so that it can create positive vibes throughout the entire office environment.

Office desks can be seen as an asset that really means a lot for any commercial project. If succeed in placing the furniture that matches the needs and requirements of your employees then you can expect a result you have fixed for them. Your workers will enjoy the work if your office environment is soothing and is quite compatible to their needs. You will really gain a long term benefit once you equip your corporate house with the furniture that makes a sense of professionalism. It is really a good experience to be a part of the office where the requirements and needs of the employees are considered on a primary basis. If a company ignores the employees' needs and does not behave in a right manner while the task of selecting the furniture lies on its shoulders then it suffers a problem in the future in a form of the loss of its employees.

To avoid such kind of situations you need to hire a professional who can suggest you the best solution about choosing the office desks that can make a big difference while giving a tone to your office environment. You can get the required item through online or offline shopping methodology. These days more and more people are tending towards the usage of online shopping where they can also avail with the price comparison feature of the products they want to purchase.

Sophia is one of the many writers who creates interesting and thought-provoking content on all ranges of furniture. She is a complete source for any piece of information regarding furniture. Get the latest updates on Office Furniture, Meeting Tables, office desks, Reception Counters etc.

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Colleagues Not Tidying Up After Themselves? PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Colleagues Not Tidying Up After Themselves?

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Dingy Kitchen, Lots of Dishes in the sink? Do you discover that staff members leave their refuse around the kitchen area? Do you get bothered that you're forever the one that has to clean up after them? Do you begin wondering if they treat their own home the same way?
 
You are not alone. Someone asked for some tips on addressing bothersome co-workers that do not throw out their afternoon tea bags, leave used paper towels around the sink area or just leave their dirty dishes in the dish rack.
 
Here are three propositions that I remember hearing about from other sources that have been demonstrated to be effective:
 

   1. You are able to send out an e-mail to everyone calling for them to clean up after themselves and not leave refuse in the dish tray. Make sure that you do not point fingers at anyone, just to lighten the blow.

   2. Put up a sign that articulates something like, "Please do not put refuse in the dish tray", "Your mother does not work here, clean up after yourself" or "Press this button and if no one comes to assist, please clean up after yourself".

   3. You can get rid of the dish rack completely and people would be responsible for cleaning their dishes, throwing out their refuse, etc. Immediately.

Do you know of any other formulas to get your staffers to clean up after themselves? Share your ideas by leaving a comment.

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Until next time,

Take care - of your clutter!
 
5 Tips For Small Business Consulting - Franchise Marketing Made Easy PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 04 August 2008

5 Tips For Small Business Consulting - Franchise Marketing Made Easy
By Gene Adelson Platinum Quality Author

If you are an internal or external small business consultant for a franchise organization, you are constantly looking for ways to help your clients improve their marketing efforts in order to increase revenues.

The value of marketing efforts for franchises should be measured by both their cost-effectiveness and their results in terms of increased sales for the organization. Improved cost-effectiveness can be achieved by implementing better marketing systems. Such systems need to be designed to minimize the time required by the corporate office to oversee the management of local franchisee marketing campaigns, while at the same time they need to contribute towards an increase in the corporate office's visibility into the campaigns and towards increased brand consistency across the organization.

Here are 5 tips for small business consulting franchise marketing made easy:

Tip #1: Unify your brand image across all franchise locations by using consistent collateral: Fast-growing franchise organizations often find themselves quickly outgoing their own marketing systems that worked so well during the early stages of growth. The modus operandi for marketing within a franchise organization must necessarily change when the organization goes from 10 locations to 50 or more, but unfortunately many organizations fail to keep pace with their own growth. One of the riskiest consequences of this type of rapid growth is the loss of control over the organization's brand image due to individual franchisees taking on the task of managing their own campaigns using inconsistent marketing collateral. Therefore, it is important to advise your client to find ways to unify the company's brand image across the entire organization.

Tip #2: Put the power of ordering direct mail and promotional goods directly into the hands of franchisees: By letting individual franchisees control their own, independent direct mail campaigns, you give them the power to mail to whom they want, when they want. However, at the same time by doing so you may be giving up the economies of scale associated with centralizing your direct mail and promotional goods sourcing. The best bet for your client's growing business, then, is for them to continue to empower their franchisees to remain in control of their own direct campaigns, but at the same time you need to help your client find to streamline the fulfillment of direct mail through a single source.

Tip #3: Contract directly with vendors at the corporate level in order to leverage volume buying opportunities: By advising your client to contract directly with vendors who will fulfill promotional goods and print-related orders, you are helping your client to lower operational costs by giving them the ability to leverage volume buying opportunities.

Tip #4: Centralize mailing list generation for maximum quality control: Many individual franchisees have very specific ideas about how and to whom they want to mail coupons and other offers. And, by all rights, they should retain control of this process. At the same time, franchisees tend to have varying degrees of aptitude for list management. And, often mailing list data that is locally sourced is of poor quality, full of errors and outdated. By centralizing the generation of mailing lists but at the same time allowing franchisees to choose their list quantities and demographic selects, your client's organization will enjoy better ease of list generation and higher response rates.

Tip #5: Automate the entire ordering process to minimize the delays and errors associated with human interaction: Finally, your client will also benefit from setting up an Internet-mediated, automated system that enables franchisees to execute customized direct mail and promotional goods campaigns the features only corporate-approved collateral. Such a centralized system gives your client's corporate office full control and visibility into the ordering habits of individual franchisees, but it also safely leaves the decision-making authority about the specifics of each local campaign in the hands of franchisees.

When conducting small business consulting for franchise organizations in the area of marketing, it is important to advise your clients on how to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of organization-wide marketing. At the same time, your recommendations should find ways to empower franchisees at the local level to run their marketing campaigns on their own terms.

Visit http://www.venturemanagersolution.com to view an online demo that shows you how to implement a custom online ordering system for your franchise network.

 
Home Office Storage Organization Guide PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 31 July 2008

Home Office Storage Organization Guide
By Kether Evans Platinum Quality Author

A critical component in successfully organizing your home office is to pay close attention to your storage. Home office storage organization is very important for any home office, and there are a number of things that you will want to take into consideration. Some of the items that you will want to consider purchasing include boxes and filing cabinets, as well as shelves.

For your documents which are extremely important, I advise you to consider purchasing a storage safe that is fireproof. If you have an additional closet that you're not using, you can get creative and use it as a storage room.

If you have a substantial number of important documents or supplies, another good idea is to construct bookshelves which extend from the floor to the ceiling. This is a great place to store items you hardly ever use. It would also help to keep a ladder nearby which can help you easily reach items that are hard to get. Also, if you're going to set up a large book shelf, make sure it is held in a strong position, and will not easily tip over and fall.

When it comes to home office storage organization, having a sufficient amount of space for your goods is crucially important. Before you purchase anything from a store, I advise you to carefully evaluate the current space you have.

By evaluating the current storage options you have prior to shopping for storage products in a store, you will achieve a number of things. First, you will maximize the existing storage options you have, and this will help you avoid wasting money on products you don't need. As you can see, this is highly efficient. Even things as simple as shoe boxes can play an important role in your home office storage organization.

If you're going to run a business out of your home, you must be resourceful. This is a crucial part in the success of any business, and long before you begin running your operation, you must start by organizing your home office in an efficient manner.

Kether Evans is an interior designer who writes on many home office design and decorating topics for more office desk and home office design, visit: http://homeofficedesks.org

 

 
Your Small Business Home Office - Organizing The Organization PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 31 July 2008

Your Small Business Home Office - Organizing The Organization
By David Faulkner Platinum Quality Author

 

One of the greatest appeals of working at home, for those who are considering leaving their nine-to-five careers to start doing it, is the idea of working from a small business home office. Having a small business home office in which you are the boss, and decide when to check in, in your pajamas if you please, and when to break for lunch--all the way down the hall or stairs to the kitchen--seems almost too wonderful to believe.

But if you do take the plunge, your small business home office will become as familiar to you as back of your hands, of which you will also be seeing plenty while pounding away at your keyboard. And as you become more acquainted with your small business home office, you will begin to notice its shortcomings.

You put a great deal of thought into the layout of your small business home office, but what looks great on paper does not always translate as intended into three dimensions. Two of the obstacles with which you will have to contend as a home business operator are a loss of focus and lack of organization. Staying organized seems to be the real challenge.

A home business will demand that you keep track of countless passwords, documents—both hard copies and computer files--and financial records. Nothing will get away from you faster than paperwork; and if you start falling behind on orders or payments you will be looking at a disaster. While you’re trying to get caught up on one project, another one will be slipping away.

Your small business home office should have everything necessary to help you stay current with all your accounts. Prepare your next day’s to-do list right before you close down each evening, and stick it on your monitor screen. Get into the habit of completing one project or filling one order before beginning the next.

If your small business home office needs more space for files, or a bigger computer desk so that you can keep everything you need handy, spring for them. And take advantage of the many amazing free online resources which provide all sorts of home business advice; both the Office Depot and HP Home and Home Office Store offer online workshops about various business topics on a weekly basis.

Your small business home office will be the seat of your empire, so make sure every thing about it is top quality!

You can also find more info on Home Office Design and Home Office Desk. i-homeofficefurniture.com is a comprehensive resource to get help in home office.

 
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