Archive for 2007
Focus on Filing, Part 3: The Finer Points
In: Paper Management
1 Jun 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, June 2007 Focus On Filing, Part 3: The Finer Points For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the Enemy, all for want [...]
Focus on Filing, Part 2: User-Friendly Filing
In: Paper Management
1 Jun 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, May 2007 FOCUS ON FILING, PART 2: USER-FRIENDLY FILING The AVERAGE executive wastes one hour a day looking for lost or misplaced items. That’s six weeks a year! -The Wall Street Journal Last month I discussed the File Cycle, the lifecycle of a file in four [...]
Focus On Filing, Part 1: The Filecycle
In: Paper Management
1 Apr 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, April 2007 FOCUS ON FILING, PART 1: THE FILE CYCLE “80% of papers that are filed are never referenced again.” Small Business Association Do you sometimes feel like you don’t know where to begin when your desk is covered in papers? If it was simply a matter of tossing [...]
Spring Clearing
In: Clutter Control
1 Mar 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, March 2007 Spring Clearing “Getting rid of clutter eliminates 40% of housework in an average home” -Ottawa Citizen, 1/03/03 Before the last snow storm I had already managed to enjoy two beautiful spring-like days. As I opened the windows to let some fresh spring air IN, my thoughts turned to [...]
Perfectly Disorganized
In: Time Management
1 Feb 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, February 2007 PERFECTLY DISORGANIZED It often takes 50% or more of the total effort to squeeze out the last 10% or so of quality or whatever it is perfectionists want out of a situation. Not a good investment of time. -Jeff Olson, The Agile Manager’s Guide to Getting [...]
About Matt Baier Organizing
Professional Organizer Matt Baier and his team declutter and organize homes and offices in Stamford, New Canaan, Greenwich, Westport, Darien, Norwalk, Fairfield, Westchester County, and New York City.
Topics
- Clutter Control (49)
- Floor Planning (5)
- Paper Management (25)
- Systems (65)
- Closet (10)
- Time Management (16)
- Uncategorized (1)
- Compelements
- To File Is To Find
- The Weekly Round Up
- My Case Against Paper Clips
- What’s Making Your Tasks So Difficult
- What A Waste?
- How Dedicated Zones Work
- Making Multi-purpose Work
- “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat!”
- The Right Sort
- Lisa Corrado: Matt, you are so right when you say many of what we consider tasks are actually projects. And I real [...]
- Steven: Tasks are simple. If you try to finish the tasks then think that you have completed the project. You [...]
- Elaine Hoffmann: I want to thank you and your amazing team for the great work you have done organizing my basement,at [...]
- Linda Kuppersmith: What a brilliant concept. As a business owner that wears several hats (Sales, marketing, accounting [...]
- Matt: Karen, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to your inquiry. I have used several different smart [...]