When Organizing Becomes an Excuse

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 they are uncomfortable with.
• They don’t like to move out of their comfort zone.
• They don’t like to learn new tasks.
• They aren’t self-confident, so organization makes them feel better.

Take a look at your organizing versus productivity.  Are you using the need to organize (which generally does cause you to work more efficiently) to the extreme so you aren’t accomplishing the necessary productive activities which lead to profitability?