Remember the time you had an important appointment but couldn't find your keys? You felt confident as you were ready to go on time. However, when your keys weren't where you thought they were, you were frustrated. As minutes passed, anxiety changed to anger. Feeling a little uncomfortable just thinking about it?
Statistics show that people waste as much as 2 days a week on non-work related activities, like searching for things they have but can't find. There's a simple solution that will eliminate this stress..
Develop a systematic approach that fits into your life and work. The system should support the things you need and want to do...You shouldn't work for the system.
For example, if you put your keys down as soon as you walk in the door, don't designate a place to put your keys in another room in the house. You won't do it. Designate a place by the door that you will use consistently. Here's a way to get started dealing with the paper in your life today...
Begin with today's mail. Find a box, basket, or decorative container to use as in Inbox. Put things you haven't had time to open or look at there. Designate another place for things that need to be filed. Throw out or shred things you don't need. Find something to use as an Outbox for things to be taken elsewhere.
When you pick up a piece of paper...make a decision about it. You'll never know more about that paper than you know right now. Remember..Piles are nothing more than delayed decisions!
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