I visited a colleague’s home office recently and was amazed at how she could manage to work in it. There were papers and files scattered everywhere. You could hardly walk through the mess. Seeing this made me feel concerned about working with her in the future.

How would you rate your work environment? Do you feel good when you walk into your office? Or does it depress you?

Did you know that by making a few changes you can transform your office into a productivity powerhouse.

Simple things like having good lighting, pictures and music can make a huge difference to how energised you are.

Had a friend’s daughter come over yesterday and relabel my filing system.  She did a great job.

Been procrastinating on this task since Christmas.  Had tried to get my son to do it but he wasn’t interested, even though I would pay him.

Think about who you can utilise to do some of the simple jobs in your office.  From stuffing envelopes to tidying up your filing system. 

I’m in the process of refurnishing my office and have to replace the current flooring. I rang the company who originally installed the floorboards and was able to provide them with full details of the type and colour of the existing floorboards so that I could get a quote to have the office flooring matching the rest of my home.

The flooring was installed 5 years ago so how was I able to remember all these details? Well I had kept the records. I have a filing system for my personal life as well as business.

As part of your daily routine, set time aside to do the filing. Use our Weekly Planner to allocate the time.

If your filing system is in a mess and you need to set up an effective one, email us for a complimentary module of “How to Have a Filing System That Works” which is part of our online program “How to Survive and Thrive at Work“.