Ever felt cluttered? I hate to feel cluttered, feeling cluttered is like feeling stuck, feeling that something is weighing you down and feeling out of control. Is it psychological? I hope not, but it might as well be, I used to have my little mess well stacked one on top of the other, it wasn’t working out, until I came across a system that helps me get organized and rearrange my workload.

If you’re not using a blackberry or a palm, one thing I’ve learned is you need to organize your work according to priority, the most important to the least important, then divide them into sub-categories, it depends on what system you want to use, you need to see the end first, what feelings do you want to have at the end of the day? feel that you have completed something, you want to have that sense of accomplishment.

As an entrepreneur, I know how challenging organizing your day, events, agenda, and contacts can be, that’ s why I suggest that you evaluate your needs carefully when it comes to organizing your business, and your work. If you want to use a professional go ahead, be my guest, cause at worst clutter can be stressful and unmanageable.

Another important factor to remember when it comes to manage your customers, if you don't have a good CRM system in place, you will end up with an overflow of information and not efficient enough to manage your customers, it is a risk you don't want to take which I will cover in my next article.

Whether you are looking for office space rentals, or managing some, or are already working in one, you have your own reasons for liking the space - or not. What if you could do one enhancement, and like your space even better, like the job even better, and feel more well-being in general?

Rachel Kaplan, PhD, and husband Stephen Kaplan, a professor in both psychology and computer science, are leaders in research on what they refer to as "restorative environments". The results of their studies show that individuals who can see a portion of green nature, from their place of work, do better. So it appears that what one can see from one's desk, or one's window, really matters.

Terry A. Hartig, PhD, MPH, is another researcher who also concludes that nature helps people recover from what he expresses as "normal psychological wear and tear".

In a research paper "The Surprising Connection to Green Play Settings" by Andrea Faber Taylor, and Frances E. Kuo, their introduction begins with the following statement:

"Attention Restoration Theory suggests that contact with nature supports attentional functioning, and a number of studies have found contact with everyday nature to be related to attention in adults."

So, back to office space, office rentals - and last but not least - your home office space - it seems that there could be a very simple way to enhance our environment to support our drive to produce and succeed, optimizing our energy and moods at the same time!

For example, if you have an office space at home or in a business building of offices, and you do not have a window (never mind the coveted "corner office") studies show that you would do well to add at least one attractive plant. It doesn't even have to be a real plant, but it should be where you can see it, and it should be worth looking at.

If you have a view of real greenery, appreciate it, notice it, drink in the scenery...but if not, you could add a wall calendar with gorgeous photos or paintings of nature, or an art print. Many offices provide some art work and plants because their managers and consultants have read these studies too. Then again, some don't.

If you have a window behind you with a view of tree tops or landscaping, put up a mirror wherever you can. Failing all else, you can put a tiny convex mirror on your computer monitor, the kind you get for your rear view mirrors.

Just turning around and taking a few deep breaths while you view the available greenery, is a very restorative quick break.

Speaking of breathing, I will digress shortly for a comment on real versus fake plants. There are volumes written on indoor air pollution - particularly relative to office space, though the same data is true for our homes. Many green indoor plants remove noxious fumes generated by everything that is in the typical office space - from the paint, the carpeting, the furniture, the machines - everything! Fresh air created by air purification machines is a bonus of course, but plants in your office space area do a tremendous job in cleaning the air.

Greenery in urban office spaces is important. In a home office, or corner of a room, (as that is what many of us have), we have direct control over what we look at - real greenery, or reasonable facsimiles.

It seems a simple way to add to our techniques of manifesting success - managing internet marketing means managing a lot of detail. Adding greenery would be one of the easier ones! So whether you sit in a huge office in an urban commercial office space, or you sit at the corner of your kitchen table, it matters. Everybody matters, you matter.

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!

The Cardscan Executive is a new type of desktop card scanner which also comes with a contact management software package. What it does is it scans and reads business cards in seconds and then places them into a database and is then able to create a digital address book for the user.

Because you are able to not only capture but also consolidate, sort, and search as well as use all the contact information in one easy to use system it makes it much more efficient if you run a sales orientated business. Plus it provides you with a great CRM system so that you are able to know exactly all your customers wants and needs yet no longer do you need to sit in front of your computer with the business cards by your side entering the details supplied on each card one by one. All you need to do is feed the business card into the Cardscan Executive and it will do all the work for you.

The Cardscan Executive is not fool proof, some of the data that gets feed into the system will end up in the wrong location. So will need to check to make sure that everything is in the correct data field. The Cardscan Executive can also have a difficult time with cards that have weird fonts and different backgrounds.

Unfortunately for many companies with a large sales force most of these people are away from the office a large part of their working lives and so by having a database set up using a card scanner they can easily gain access to all their customer or clients details just as long as they have an internet connection and the right passwords in order to gain access to the company's site.

Plus the software that is provided with the Cardscan Executive can easily be synchronized with both Outlook, PDA Smart Phones, ACT, Lotus Notes and Goldmine. Plus the scanner used is color and it takes around 3 seconds for it to scan a business card so no longer does staff need to waste time having to enter details of their new customers, clients or contacts themselves.

Working in an office can be a disorganized mess or a breeze depending upon the type of filing system you are using. There is a wide range of high quality lateral filing systems available online, along with many other office storage options including vertical files, office desks and chairs and storage cabinets. You should make sure furniture pieces are always shipped fully assembled in order to ensure that they are ready for use immediately following arrival.

We have reviewed some of the most popular lateral filing cabinets that are available online. They come in four different finishes: putty, black, light grey and charcoal.

The HON 600 series Lateral Filing Cabinets: The HON 600 series of lateral filing cabinets offers files which are 30", 36" and 42" in width and 19-1/4" in depth. These filing cabinets were created in order to accommodate both letter and legal size filing, and leveling glides are adjustable. There is a three-part slide suspension which telescopes and is operated on a suspension with steel ball bearings. Whether you need a two-drawer lateral filing cabinet system, or a five drawer, HON's 600 series has exactly the filing cabinet to suit your needs.

The HON 700 series Lateral Filing Cabinets: The HON 700 series of lateral filing cabinets offers filing systems in 36" and 42" wide, with files which are 19-1/4" deep. All file drawers in the HON 700 series have drawer pulls which are full-width. The 700 series shares the same three-part, telescoping slide suspension which operates on ball bearings made of steel. The 700 series cabinets also have counterweight in filing systems with two or three drawers. The lateral filing cabinets in the 700 series are available with as few as two drawers, and as many as five.

The HON 400 Series Lateral Filing Cabinets: The HON 400 series of lateral filing cabinet solutions offers filing systems that are 30" wide, with files which are 19-1/4" deep in both two and four drawer styles. These lateral filing cabinets offer "one key" interchangeable core removable locks, and have a mechanical interlock in order to prevent tipping by allowing only one drawer open at a time.

The HON 500 Series Lateral Filing Cabinets: The HON 500 series of lateral filing cabinets offers cabinets which are 30" and 36" in width with file drawers which are 19-1/4" deep. These filing cabinets feature a flush case and monochromatic drawer pulls in addition to drawer-front stiffeners in order to provide an extra level of sturdiness to the cabinets. These cabinets are available with as few as two cabinet drawers and as many as five cabinet drawers.

The HON 800 Series Lateral Filing Cabinets: The HON 800 series of lateral filing cabinets offers cabinets which are 36" and 42" in width with 19-1/4" deep cabinet drawers. These cabinets are available in four and five-drawer styles with a shelf that rolls out and a receding door. Units with five drawers are also available with a posting shelf which is full-width and rolls out as well. These filing cabinets are available with as few as two drawers and as many as five, along with the option for up to two roll-out shelves.

The Hon 10700 Waterfall Edge Series Lateral Filing Cabinets: The HON 10700 series of lateral filing cabinets are high pressure laminate accented to be both stain and abrasion resistant. Rounded corners and a waterfall edge allow for a contemporary look, and the cabinet systems are available in three different finishes: Henna cherry, medium oak and Mahogany. HON's Waterfall Edge lateral filing cabinets feature HON's "One key" core removable lock, and come with a HON limited lifetime warranty. These cabinets are available in two or four drawer versions only.