With the end of the tax year fast approaching now is an ideal time to focus on your personal affairs. I’m always amazed that so many business owners and entrepreneurs spend most of their time consumed by their business and totally neglect their personal affairs.

Many of my clients want to get their business organised yet often admit that their personal affairs are in chaos. They have no systems for handling this most important area. The household paperwork is disorganised… piled up in a corner of the house… somewhere. They have no idea where they spend their money and often have no plan for their financial future.

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 affect.  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.

Sometimes there comes a point in business when you need to decide to get serious about your business and pull out all stops to ‘make it happen’ or struggle along ‘hoping something will happen’.

Over the years I’ve coached many business owners. Some  had excelled with their results and there were others who had the same information but just couldn’t or wouldn’t follow through to achieve the results they were looking for.

For business to be better it all comes down to you and taking responsibility.

Follow these simple and easy to implement ideas consistently and you’ll feel better and achieve more.

Gary has a business, employing 7 staff. When he contacted me he was at a point where the stress from his business was so bad, that he would constantly wake up 3 or 4 times a night worried about everything …his cash flow, staff, lack of clients and the affect all this was having on his personal well-being and family life.

He didn’t use a diary, had no way of planning and kept everything ‘in his head’.Often his staff were idle because he hadn’t spent time training them. That ensured the work didn’t get done therefore causing Gary to lose clients.

I’ve mentioned this many times, but I am constantly amazed at how the simple things that I take for granted, to other people it’s a great revelation.

Do you feel that you’re snowed under with paperwork and clutter and cannot seem to get a grip on it?  Do you get confused by the vast array of gadgets available to help you manage your time?  Are you determined to use that palm pilot or Iphone because you can avoid having to write things down or you get excited that it syncs to your computer?