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How clutter can hinder your productivity (and what to do about it)

Productivity Bits

Without time and effort dedicated to your environment, productivity and motivation can diminish. Physical obstructions In an office, physical obstacles can come in the form of archive boxes, files, and general clutter. Working in a messy environment is not motivating. Please grab my free productivity ebook!

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Steps for Creating a Paperless Home Office

Productivity Bits

Going paperless is not only better for the environment, but it can make you more productive. While many home printers have a scanner function, there are scanner options available that will send your scanned documents directly to your computer for easy filing. It is helpful to have a scan, discard, and file system.

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How to Reignite Your Enthusiasm for Work

Office Dynamics

Optimize Your Environment. The physical environment can have a dramatic impact on your mental perspective. Switch up the location of your computer, your phone, and your work-in-progress files. Chrissy also has an amazing book called The Proactive Professional and some incredible ebooks and guides.

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Kingston urDrive Infuses Your USB Drive With Life

Productivity Bits

UrDrive is simply a file management application that does more than sorting your file according to type. urDrive offers engaged, active storage that allows you to easily access and organize your files, photos, videos and music. urDrive features easy-to-use file management. Please grab my free productivity ebook!

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7 Tips for Decluttering Your Desk

Ian's Messy Desk

If your desk harbours mounds of papers, books, files and personal accessories, you may be adding unnecessary stress to your day. Set up a good filing system. Colour–coded files are especially helpful — they show you at a glance where something should go. Put items that must be looked at in a special folder or file.

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Manage Your Paper With a RAFT

Ian's Messy Desk

Files can be kept in open piles on a desk or in folders, according to your style. If a clean visual environment is important to you, use boxes and folders as you RAFT. Use the RAFT template: refer it, act on it, file it or toss it. File it, if necessary. Eighty percent of filed papers are never looked at again.

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How To Create A Blog Posts Ideas Incubator

Brilliantly Better

After a few frustrating episodes (in which I even tried some mild self-hypnosis in order to recall “that brilliant idea” I had this morning in the car) I gave up trying to remember those bits and pieces and set up a capturing environment. I soon realized that I need capturing devices for only two environments: mobile and computer.

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