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Have you ever worked in a cluttered environment and found yourself getting easily distracted, wasting time searching for information or just feeling overwhelmed?
Well clutter has that effect. A messy environment creates a messy mind.
In fact The Wall Street Journal did a study some time ago and found the average 'white collar' worker spent 6 weeks a year looking for things around the office!
As an entrepreneur, you cannot afford to be so unproductive!
Jenny who is a coaching client told me that since removing the clutter from her home based office she is calmer, more relaxed and can concentrate on getting much more done than ever before.
Prior to the clean up her filing cabinets, cupboards and desk were overflowing with paperwork, files and folders, and other family member's unwanted junk. Jenny became immune to the mess and didn't realise how much it affected her productivity until she removed it. Without realising it, the clutter left her feeling depressed and demotivated.
Jenny would constantly mislay important information amongst the piles, including records she needed when compiling invoices to send to her clients. She would often purchase items on her clients' behalf and these accounts would be buried 'somewhere'. Her time would get chewed up looking for them.
Because she didn't respect her own office area, neither did the rest of the family. They followed her example.
So before you even begin to make plans
for your business success, get cleaned up! There's
no way you're going to function effectively if your 'office'
looks like a typical teenager's bedroom. |
