Episode 85 - Clutter is Nothing But an Open-Air Filing System

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Does the top of your desk look like the Rocky Mountains? If you’re a visual person like me, you have a tendency to set things down where you can get back to them easily and quickly in case you need them. My desk used to be piled high with a mountain of stuff. And I secretly enjoyed the signal it sent out, ”Look at me! I’m so busy I must really be important around here!” One day my boss came to see me for something I knew I had on my desk. He stood there impatiently while I fished, poked and prodded the stuff on my desk like a bird hunting a worm under fallen leaves. “IF you find it,” he said, “come to my office.” Yikes! That hurt.

I learned my lesson. I didn’t really know where everything was because if I did I wouldn’t spend 20 minutes looking frantically for, say, an envelope that I had written a phone number on. Those piles were hurting not helping. I got rid of them.

I say, “Clutter is nothing more than open-air filing system.” Since you are “filing” it anyhow, file it out of sight.

Here’s something else. It’s estimated the average messy desk holds 45 hours worth of unfinished business. No wonder so many people feel as bogged down as slogging through waist-deep water. Why stifle your creativity with the oppressive, suffocating presence of a negative visual? Put the stuff away. The result will be you’ll feel refreshed and re-energized.

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Episode 85 - Clutter is Nothing But an Open-Air Filing System

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