Category: Decluttering
Your Incentive to Organize: The Competitive Advantage
September 18, 2007
”Organization is not an option, it is a fundamental survival skill and distinct competitive advantage.” Pam N. Woods, From Motivational Inspirational Corner I stumbled across this interesting quote, and it got me thinking about the last two words – “competitive advantage”. We all LOVE incentives, which is why everyone from cable companies to car dealers […]
Are You Stuck in Clutter Limbo?
September 12, 2007
Every once in a while, I get overwhelmed by a feeling of disorder. It hit me last night. I realized what was causing it: too many items of questionable use lying around. These things aren’t obviously clutter, because MAYBE they’re useful. But maybe not. That phone toy might be broken, or maybe it just needs […]
Email Hack: Stage Two of My Battle Against Unnecessary Email
September 12, 2007
Two weeks after declaring war on email overload, I am happily on my way to making email fun again. I tried asking nicely. I tried unsubscribing to non-essential email publications. I tried asking people to keep their emails short and only send email when it is important. None of it worked. So now I have […]