Don’t allow yourself to get overwhelmed… organize!

Course Introduction

We invite you to develop good organizational skills with this course.  You will make an investment in yourself that you can benefit from for many years to come.  One of the hardest parts of getting organised is ridding yourself of unnecessary clutter.  As a result, many people feel completely overwhelmed with clutter but it can be reduced by establishing a clutter cleaning calendar and also by dividing the clutter into manageable chunks.  Along with the calendar, you will learn how to sort tasks by each specific project.  And tasks which should be completed quickly should be tackled first.

This course will teach participants how to:

• declutter and
• organise their lives
• to be more productive at work and at home.

Course Outline

Introduction

• Pre workshop review

Remove the clutter

• Just do it
• You don’t have to keep everything
• Three boxes: Keep, Donate and Trash
• A place for everything
• Case study

Prioritise

• Write it down
• Urgent/Important matrix
• Divide tasks
• 80/20 rule
• Case study

Scheduling your time

• Have a master calendar
• Setting deadlines
• Remove or limit time wasters
• Coping with things outside your control
• Case study

To do lists

• Use a day planner
• Finish what you start
• Focus on the important
• Do quick tasks immediately
• Case study

Paper and paperless storage

• Find a system that works for you
• Make it consistent
• Make it time sensitive
• Setting up archives
• Case study

Organisation in your work area

• Keeping items within arms reach
• Only have current projects on your desk
• Arranging your drawers
• Organise to match your workflow
• Case study

Tools to fight procrastination

• Eat the frog
• Remove distractions
• Give yourself a reward
• Break up large tasks
• Case study

Organising your inbox

• Setting delivery rules
• Folder and message hierarchy
• Deal with E-Mail first
• Flag and highlight important items
• Case study

Avoid the causes of disorganisation

• Keeping everything
• Not being consistent
• Not following a schedule
• Bad habits
• Case study

Discipline is the key to organisation

• Stay within your systems
• Learn to say No
• Let organisation become a habit
• Plan for tomorrow, Today
• Case study

Topics not discussed

Post workshop overview

Course Duration

1 day

Who should attend

This course is intended for anyone as a self enrichment course.

**Quote does not include Any Exam Fees (if applicable)

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