Are you bogged down with SEP’s? “Wait. What are SEP’s?” you ask. These are Someone Else’s Problems. I recently asked business people I know what their biggest issues were related to getting organized. Over and over, the answer was TIME. And in my experience, nothing steals time faster than those pesky SEP’s that crop up […]
Mindset
Pollypockets and Why You’re in Business
My clients are smart, motivated, and driven. But more than that, they’re clear about why they’re in business – and the why includes both personal AND professional reasons. For instance, one of my long-term clients walked into our most recent meeting and confessed he was having a bad day. A really bad day. He was […]
Goat Rodeos and 31 Days of Organizing
When I first heard the term goat rodeo I got a very vivid mental image…of many people who own small businesses. Now, if a goat rodeo is described as “a situation that order cannot be brought to at any time” or “is a scenario that requires 100 things to go right” in order for it […]
Monkey Mind – Part Deux
Part of my mission at Your Organized Guide (even from way back to 2003 when I started Mattson Business Services, Inc.), my goal was to help my clients get out of overwhelm. Months ago, I wrote about overwhelm and the rewards of letting of letting our Monkey Mind run loose. I want to talk about […]
5 Productivity Secrets You May Laugh At
If you google the word “productivity” you’ll get a gazzillion pages of advice. Interestingly, though, I found that the secret to being very productive isn’t on many of those pages. In fact, it isn’t about doing more, better – it’s something else entirely. And I got a one-two punch reminder recently. Yesterday, I was talking […]
How Your Subconsious Affects Your Ability to Get Organized
You might be shaking your head and asking yourself, “What the heck does my subconscious have to do with getting organized?’ Isn’t getting organized about matching folders, neat labels, keeping like with like, and having a clean desktop? Doesn’t organization start and end with good habits using a calendar, To Do list, and the smart […]