Good organizational skills can prove beneficial in many areas of life, including personal and business areas. Organization can increase a person’s general productivity, project management, and can even affect his memory and retention skills. These skills are not acquired overnight – it will take a lot of hard work and practice. But with a little guidance and the right tools, anyone can learn how to stop hunting for missing things and become better organized.
To effectively learn better organization skills, a person must first learn efficient training tools and tips to help him reach his goal. With this help, everyone can take a better look at their current habits and form a new plan to become better organized in life. Throughout this course, you will be able to:
- Examine current habits and routines that are not organized
- Learn to prioritize your time schedule and daily tasks
- Determine ways of storing information and supplies
- Learn to organize personal and work space
- Learn to resist procrastination
- Make plans to stay organized in the future
Remove the Clutter
- Just Do it
- You Don’t Have to Keep Everything
- Three Boxes: Keep, Donate, and Trash
- A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place
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Prioritize
- Write It Down
- Urgent/Important Matrix
- Divide Tasks
- 80/20 Rule
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Scheduling Your Time
- Have a Master Calendar
- Setting Deadlines
- Remove or Limit the Time Wasters
- Coping With Things Outside of Your Control
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To Do Lists
- Use a Day Planner
- Finish What You Start
- Focus on the Important
- Do Quick Tasks Immediately
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Paper and Paperless Storage
- Find a System that Works for You
- Make It Consistent
- Make it Time Sensitive
- Setting up Archives
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Organization in Your Work Area
- Keeping Items Within Arm’s Reach
- Only Have Current Projects on Your Desk
- Arranging Your Drawers
- Organize to Match Your Workflow
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Tools to Fight Procrastination
- Eat That Frog!
- Remove Distractions
- Give Yourself a Reward
- Break Up Large Tasks
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Organizing Your Inbox
- Setting Delivery Rules
- Folder and Message Hierarchy
- Deal With Email Right Away
- Flag and Highlight Important Items
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Avoid the Causes of Disorganization
- Keeping Everything
- Not Being Consistent
- Not Following a Schedule
- Bad Habits
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