My Organized Biz

As we look through books, research the Internet, and listen to friends and colleagues, we’ll come across numerous methods of organization.  Then we try to decide “what’s “best?”
However, is there a “best” way to organize?  Is there one method that will miraculously clear the clutter and keep us on a fast track toward productivity and profitablilty? 
We all long for that one miracle cure to our clutter and keep us on track, but what works for one person may not be the total answer for another.  Also, our situations vary, our space varies, our ability to utilize technical organizers is different, …read more

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After reviewing Time Management in an Instant, 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day, I decided to incorporate some of those tips into my 20 minute organization sessions.  When I reach a point where I seem bogged down, even though I know there is much to do as I look around me, perhaps having tips to guide me or a plan would help.
Take one of the 60 tips for each session.  Or if I see I’m making progress and have more work in a particular area, continue with that tip until more is completed.
What do you think?

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Part of organizing is getting rid of “stuff” you don’t need.  You’re either hanging onto it for possible future use.  Or you don’t know where to dump it.  Often it’s perfectly good, or at least has usefulness to someone else when you no longer need it.
A yard sale is one possibility.  But you may not have the time nor facilities for organizing one.  You may be restricted by zoning where you live to hold a yard sale.
What do yo do?  Explore the possibilities with Freecycle. 
Here people give away, for free, items they no longer need.  Those who join the Freecycle …read more

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What do you use for better organization?  Each person develops their own methods, sometimes getting ideas from others, incorporating them into their business or lifestyle.
Here are some of that you might be using or could consider:

Notebook and pen or pencil
Lists on your iphone or blackberry
Computer list programs
Filing cabinets
File boxes
Banker boxes
Plastic file boxes
In and out trays on the desk
Piles on the floor around your desk!!
Planners or day books
Rolodex
Calendar on the wall
Journal

What type of filing/organizing tools do you find most useful and effective?

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I often think of a friend’s remark when her four children were small.  Her house always seemed so organized and neat, even though the youngsters were scurrying around with their friends.  My house with one daughter and my sewing business often seemed cluttered..
When I asked Kathy how she did it, she replied, “Don’t look in my closets,” she answered with a grin.  “The stuff will fall out on you.  Also, I have toy boxes in their rooms and a long windown seat trunk in the living room.  We simply stuff the stuff in those till I have time to sort through.”
Do …read more

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I shall be running a series here on organization in business and asking other busy businessmen and women how they manage to juggle all facets of their life and keep their businesses running effectively, productively and profitably. 
 I’ve sent e-mails to some already, asking them to give me 5 Tips on Organization they find effective in their business.
If there are any readers out there, who have a business…small, home or even working for a business…write and let me know you have some tips.  Or you might post those tips in the comments section below.

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Once I set myself on the 20 Minutes per day plan to organization, I find myself doing something before I go to bed if I’ve had a busy day and haven’t gotten to my quota.  It’s something like a fear of falling off the cliff if I don’t keep the clutter at bay.
Maybe that’s a reason for sticking with it.  This becomes a habit, a mindset, so that you’re continually thinking about keeping the disorganization out of your life. 
I found, as I awoke the other morning, an idea popped into my mind about a place to store my accumulation of family …read more

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With some people, organizing becomes an excuse for not moving forward in their business. I’ve met several people who say, “When I get my files organized….When I get learn more about my products…When I get my web site set up….”However, they never get anything to the standards they feel their business merits, thus organizing becomes an excuse for business inactivity.  Why does this happen?

They are compulsive people who think they must have everything in order before they can be productive.
They actually think organizing, filing, indexing are productive aspects of a business.
They have a fear of the actual productive activities if it involves  tasks …read more

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I shall be blogging here at My Organized Biz and helping you with your business organization and planning. I’ll take you through some of my organization as I try to better utilize my time, thus becoming more productive and profitable.
I also blog at b5’s Home Biz Notes and write at Blisstree’s Parenting and Arts/Crafts sections. I’ve begun blogging at Small Business Boomers as well.  In addition, I do substitute teaching during the school year and work at a supermarket deli in the summer, while keeping up with my writing and helping my husband with an Internet based business. 
I live in a …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – I stopped by the local bookstore today, to browse and see what’s new in the organizational and productivity arenas. And I was disappointed to find that there’s not a section specifically for our topic. If you want to find books on getting organized and managing your time, you’ll actually waste time trying to find them.
Chew on that one for a moment.
The books are generally in a couple of sections: self-improvement and business. And in those sections, there is no sub-section. You almost have to know the book title or author that you’re looking for.
I was really disappointed to …read more

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