Archive for the 'Organizing Your Office' Category

Getting Control of Email

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Addicted to the internet? Constantly checking your email? Challenge yourself to disconnect for just half a day. See if you can work yourself up to a full day, then an entire weekend. Impossible? Look to novelist James Sturm for inspiration; he went four months without the internet because he felt his addiction was a constant [...]

Conquering Paper Clutter: Piler vs Filer

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

I was on Steven and Chris yesterday talking about the number one reason clients call me for help: paper clutter. The show airs this Monday, January 25th on CBC, but I thought I would share some of my tips with you in advance.
We are all inundated with paper, now more than ever. And it’s no [...]

Out With the Old

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

On a rainy day in August, 2003, I decided it was time to do a complete office purge. I had been running my business for just over 2 years at that time, and the small filing cabinet I was using was so full, it was becoming too much of a chore to file new documents. [...]