Farewell Clutter, Hello Productivity! E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Coaching
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 25

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about decluttering your work life with this practical guide.

Nothing is worse than a messy environment, whether professional or personal, to make you feel overwhelmed with work or chores. Decluttering and organising allows you to make your work and living spaces healthier and enables you to save time. This guide will tell you all you need to know to begin the process, stay organised and watch your productivity improve overnight!

In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Start the decluttering and organising process you have always wanted to do
• Keep on top of all your personal and professional commitments
• Stay organised and productive after making the changes

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Leseprobe

Farewell clutter, hello productivity!

Issue: how can I put and keep my things in order and thus improve my productivity?Uses: tidying and sorting allows us to save time in our everyday actions, but also to free up space in our minds that we can then dedicate to working.Context: time management, project management, organisation at work.FAQs:Is getting organised a waste of time?Why does tidying help productivity?When is a good time to get started?What do I do when tidying is made necessary by an external event or factor?How should I structure my to-do lists?What does good organisation involve?Does tidying mean throwing away?What are the sensible tools to have for optimal tidiness?

While some people have been unable to imagine sleeping in a room that is not perfectly tidy since childhood, others live in a constant state of untidiness that does not seem to bother them.

The ability to get organised is more or less a natural faculty; but even if we are relatively enthusiastic about tidiness, at some point in our lives it often becomes necessary to structure our space. In a professional environment in particular, there is nothing worse than a messy desk to make you feel overwhelmed and as if you can no longer get on top of things! Tidying and sorting allows you to make your work and living spaces healthier, and to clear them out so that you can be more organised and thus save time.

But when tidying becomes necessary for ourselves or others, where do we start? How do we get motivated? What methods do we use? What tricks should we implement to keep on track?

Converting a chaotic life to a tidy life: the basics

You might feel a sense of admiration for your neat and organised peers. You envy your colleague’s impeccably tidy desk every evening, without managing to do the same with yours. Sometimes, you reassure yourself by saying that you have no time to get organised, as you have far too many important things to do. Mistake! Taking the time to think and organise your space depending on its requirements and needs later saves you a huge amount of time in your day-to-day life.

When the time for New Year’s Resolutions rears its head, you always write “tidy up” in your top ten priorities. But very soon, faced with the enormity of your mess and lacking effective methods, you get discouraged and end up eventually abandoning this ambitious yet helpful plan.

Getting motivated

Sometimes an external factor gives you motivation: the arrival of a new colleague, a longer break from work, moving house. Sometimes, it is also the result of personal awareness – yet another hour wasted trying to find that elusive document, and you decide that it’s time to tidy up.