The Efficient Office

If you are feeling overwhelmed by all the mail you receive, here are some tips to help you sort it out.

Good paper management techniques mean less identity theft! So, it’s time to make that office more efficient.

The truth of the matter is that it’s those critical thinking tasks and attention to detail that truly make us truly indispensible in business and life not the number of strike-throughs on our task lists. Without focus, we never drive past the tasks to arrive at the critical thinking part of our work. Learn ways to start single-tasking to stay more focused and achieve more in business and in life.

Do what you do best and delegate the rest.

What distractions do you encounter and what solutions have you come up with to avoid these?

What keeps us stuck in the piler role is that it is often difficult to know HOW and WHERE to begin filing

While these five tips will get you started on your path to creating a Zen-like atmosphere in your office, remember that it’s OK to make changes and to keep playing around with the décor and processes as you develop an office space that soothes and inspires. After all, the more at peace your mind and body are, the more productive and efficient you will be in your job!

When checking emails (or opening your mail), use the FADD system.

Use this process for getting more of the important tasks crossed off your To Do list each day!

The irony here is that as I was getting lost on the web, the book that I want to share with you is called Focus: A simplicity manifesto in the Age of Distraction by Leo Babauta.