The messy your work station is, the farther is your promotion – Part 3

She recommends setting a reoccurring reminder on your calendar to tidy up your workspace for 15 minutes once a week. Toss any trash or items you no longer need, gather personal items that need to be taken home, and sort loose paperwork.

The one thing that makes problems for those who have a messy surroundings is the documents and files in clutters. The one thing that they do afterwards is to pile up the documents in towers, but that is the most amateur mistake that these people make. The more you make these kinds of piles the more it becomes difficult for you to find the things because you lose the bearings of which thing was where.

Don’t fool yourself. Making piles does not reduce clutter. Organization guru Peter Walsh, author of Lighten Up: Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier with Less, says, “The issue isn’t space; it’s too much stuff.” He recommends establishing zones in your office for different functions: a workspace for your computer, a library area for your books, a storage area for supplies and a filing area for your archives. Give everything a place, and then set limits on the amount of items in each. Once you’ve filled your book shelf, remove a book for every new one you add. When you’re filing cabinet starts to overflow, throw out or digitally archive anything older than a year.

Compartmentalization is of essence and you like it or not, the more segregated the stuff around you is, the better. It becomes easy for employees to access the files and folders that need immediate attention or are required at the utmost priority.

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