Finally, It's Easy to Get Organized!
2002 Boaz Rauchwerger
I recently conducted a seminar in Carlsbad, California, for a terrific group. From my many years of studying the work of Dale Carnegie, in particular his book "How To Win Friends and Influence People," I'm constantly putting myself in other people's shoes and asking, "What is it that they want?"
Many of the audience members in that seminar wanted to find a simple way to get more organized, both at home and at work.
The first step in getting organized is the attitude you take toward your abilities to be organized. Most people, unfortunately, let the inner voice in their minds create roadblocks on this subject. They think in the following patterns: Everything around me is a mess. I can't seem to find the things I need. My desk is always cluttered. Those are powerful affirmations - IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!
If these thoughts seem too familiar to you, let's turn that thinking around and begin declaring the following affirmations:
There is order all around me - both at home and at work. It's easy and profitable for me to be organized. It's easy for me to do the most productive thing first each day.
Read these affirmations the first thing each morning and the last thing each night. Those are the two times your subconscious mind is most open to suggestion. Don't analyze the HOW. If being organized is important to you, give your subconscious mind that directive and you'll soon find yourself gravitating toward a more organized and less stressful life.
If you're in the habit of making long TO DO lists, take a few minutes each evening to identify the five most valuable things you should be doing the next day. Write those on a separate list and only look at the short list the next morning. Looking at a long list can make you tired. It can discourage you. A short list of valuable things is empowering and helps keep things organized!
Then, each day, focus on the number one item. If you're momentarily distracted, come back to it. When you've completed the number one item, go to number two. If you don't complete all five, analyze if any of the remaining items should make the top five list for the next day.
If, at any given moment, you're not sure what you should be doing, ask yourself the following question: What is the most valuable thing I should be doing right now? If you've started using the list of five valuable daily objectives, you'll know exactly what to do next.
Being organized is first a matter of the way you see yourself. Highly successful people have learned to focus. They're constantly looking for the most valuable task and doing it. Now you can too! Start saying the affirmations I just shared with you today and you'll see how easy it really is to get organized.
That E-Mail Signature is Valuable
Now that millions of E-mails are flying through Cyberspace every day, why not use the signature line to improve your personal and business relationships.
Being of service to other people is a common denominator among highly successful people. As Zig Ziglar says, "When you help enough other people get what they want out of life, you'll get everything you want."
So, when you send E-mails, why not let everyone you communicate with know that you are there to help in any way. That attitude builds relationships that are supportive and aids tremendously if you're networking to improve your business.
I have begun inserting the following line in all of my E-mail signatures: Please let me know how I can be of help in any way. The line is followed by my phone number.
It's a subtle way of telling the world, and the recipient in particular, that I am not in such a rush that I have forgotten the importance of all of us helping each other.
I suggest you start using a similar line, or those very words, with your signature on all E-mails you send.
An Organizational Daily Affirmation
It's easy and important for me to stay organized each day.
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