Win The Battle Against The Clutter!
We all lose the battle against the clutter because we do not equip ourselves with the requisite tools. What tools, you may ask in puzzlement? The tools that will help you organize yourself and discipline the paper that pours into your office. Oh yeah? What are they? You ask. Well, I had those questions too, till I discovered the wonderful power of using office accessories for doing my job. It helped me win the war against the paper regime and establish total control over my business.
Here is what I did. I purchased two desk trays to help me clean my desk. The first one I labeled inbox and the other outbox. I decided to put everything that came in into the inbox and everything I disposed into the 'outbox'. That took some time to become an established habit, but in the end, I achieved what I set out to do. The paper on my desk became more disciplined and the chaos reduced gradually until there was none. My friends who mocked my efforts soon followed suit and the office began to take on an appearance of neatness and orderliness.
The achievement was all the more pleasing, because we began to realize the peril we had been in. The messy desk was burying all our important documents and forcing us to waste precious time in searching for it. We were attending to trivial work while our important work was gradually getting delayed. Then we were getting into a panic and messing up on the work in our hurry to get things done. The desk tray was an excellent idea.
The beautifully crafted desk trays that I had picked up from SuccessImage added beauty and grace to the room and enhanced the look and feel of the desk at which I worked. We all loved looking at the beautifully polished hand finished hardwood pieces that matched with the paneling of the office. Functionally the pieces helped us clean up our desks and create space for files that were current, reference paper required for information; archive files and papers that had been closed; and so on. We examined every single paper on our desk and took the required action. We threw out irrelevant paper and made an effort file all the loose papers. The desk trays were very useful in organizing this process.
When we had done the preliminary task of cleaning up the desk trays helped us keep track of work efficiently and control the volume of flow of paper. In due course we added a third desk tray to our desks and labeled it pending. All mail that could not be attended to immediately found its way into this tray and stared at us till we disposed them off. In fact we began a race to clear our pending trays so that we could pat ourselves on our backs and claim to be efficient.
All of us are now at a stage where we think we need to augment our desks with a fourth tray called Reference. We shall be getting it in pretty soon. What a boon the desk tray has been!
Here is what I did. I purchased two desk trays to help me clean my desk. The first one I labeled inbox and the other outbox. I decided to put everything that came in into the inbox and everything I disposed into the 'outbox'. That took some time to become an established habit, but in the end, I achieved what I set out to do. The paper on my desk became more disciplined and the chaos reduced gradually until there was none. My friends who mocked my efforts soon followed suit and the office began to take on an appearance of neatness and orderliness.
The achievement was all the more pleasing, because we began to realize the peril we had been in. The messy desk was burying all our important documents and forcing us to waste precious time in searching for it. We were attending to trivial work while our important work was gradually getting delayed. Then we were getting into a panic and messing up on the work in our hurry to get things done. The desk tray was an excellent idea.
The beautifully crafted desk trays that I had picked up from SuccessImage added beauty and grace to the room and enhanced the look and feel of the desk at which I worked. We all loved looking at the beautifully polished hand finished hardwood pieces that matched with the paneling of the office. Functionally the pieces helped us clean up our desks and create space for files that were current, reference paper required for information; archive files and papers that had been closed; and so on. We examined every single paper on our desk and took the required action. We threw out irrelevant paper and made an effort file all the loose papers. The desk trays were very useful in organizing this process.
When we had done the preliminary task of cleaning up the desk trays helped us keep track of work efficiently and control the volume of flow of paper. In due course we added a third desk tray to our desks and labeled it pending. All mail that could not be attended to immediately found its way into this tray and stared at us till we disposed them off. In fact we began a race to clear our pending trays so that we could pat ourselves on our backs and claim to be efficient.
All of us are now at a stage where we think we need to augment our desks with a fourth tray called Reference. We shall be getting it in pretty soon. What a boon the desk tray has been!
We all lose the battle against the clutter because we do not equip ourselves with the requisite tools. What tools, you may ask in puzzlement? The tools that will help you organize yourself and discipline the paper that pours into your office. Oh yeah? What are they? You ask. Well, I had those questions too, till I discovered the wonderful power of using office accessories for doing my job. It helped me win the war against the paper regime and establish total control over my business.
Here is what I did. I purchased two desk trays to help me clean my desk. The first one I labeled inbox and the other outbox. I decided to put everything that came in into the inbox and everything I disposed into the 'outbox'. That took some time to become an established habit, but in the end, I achieved what I set out to do. The paper on my desk became more disciplined and the chaos reduced gradually until there was none. My friends who mocked my efforts soon followed suit and the office began to take on an appearance of neatness and orderliness.
The achievement was all the more pleasing, because we began to realize the peril we had been in. The messy desk was burying all our important documents and forcing us to waste precious time in searching for it. We were attending to trivial work while our important work was gradually getting delayed. Then we were getting into a panic and messing up on the work in our hurry to get things done. The desk tray was an excellent idea.
The beautifully crafted desk trays that I had picked up from SuccessImage added beauty and grace to the room and enhanced the look and feel of the desk at which I worked. We all loved looking at the beautifully polished hand finished hardwood pieces that matched with the paneling of the office. Functionally the pieces helped us clean up our desks and create space for files that were current, reference paper required for information; archive files and papers that had been closed; and so on. We examined every single paper on our desk and took the required action. We threw out irrelevant paper and made an effort file all the loose papers. The desk trays were very useful in organizing this process.
When we had done the preliminary task of cleaning up the desk trays helped us keep track of work efficiently and control the volume of flow of paper. In due course we added a third desk tray to our desks and labeled it pending. All mail that could not be attended to immediately found its way into this tray and stared at us till we disposed them off. In fact we began a race to clear our pending trays so that we could pat ourselves on our backs and claim to be efficient.
All of us are now at a stage where we think we need to augment our desks with a fourth tray called Reference. We shall be getting it in pretty soon. What a boon the desk tray has been!
Here is what I did. I purchased two desk trays to help me clean my desk. The first one I labeled inbox and the other outbox. I decided to put everything that came in into the inbox and everything I disposed into the 'outbox'. That took some time to become an established habit, but in the end, I achieved what I set out to do. The paper on my desk became more disciplined and the chaos reduced gradually until there was none. My friends who mocked my efforts soon followed suit and the office began to take on an appearance of neatness and orderliness.
The achievement was all the more pleasing, because we began to realize the peril we had been in. The messy desk was burying all our important documents and forcing us to waste precious time in searching for it. We were attending to trivial work while our important work was gradually getting delayed. Then we were getting into a panic and messing up on the work in our hurry to get things done. The desk tray was an excellent idea.
The beautifully crafted desk trays that I had picked up from SuccessImage added beauty and grace to the room and enhanced the look and feel of the desk at which I worked. We all loved looking at the beautifully polished hand finished hardwood pieces that matched with the paneling of the office. Functionally the pieces helped us clean up our desks and create space for files that were current, reference paper required for information; archive files and papers that had been closed; and so on. We examined every single paper on our desk and took the required action. We threw out irrelevant paper and made an effort file all the loose papers. The desk trays were very useful in organizing this process.
When we had done the preliminary task of cleaning up the desk trays helped us keep track of work efficiently and control the volume of flow of paper. In due course we added a third desk tray to our desks and labeled it pending. All mail that could not be attended to immediately found its way into this tray and stared at us till we disposed them off. In fact we began a race to clear our pending trays so that we could pat ourselves on our backs and claim to be efficient.
All of us are now at a stage where we think we need to augment our desks with a fourth tray called Reference. We shall be getting it in pretty soon. What a boon the desk tray has been!
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