es, 2) customer files, 3) product samples, 4) tax and legal - contracts and receipts, 5) reading, 6) tools - assessments and articles, and 7) future projects.

2. Sort

Do you run late for meetings, misplace keys, files, important documents, or other items, run afoul of deadlines, or forget appointments? If so, you're not alone. Americans lose/waste nine (9) million hours per day looking for misplaced items, according to the American Demographics Society. If this is an area of challenge for you, follow the 10 simple steps below and get your work environment organized once and for all!

1. Think at a helicopter level and identify the major categories of items to be kept in your office/workspace. Limit the number of categories to a maximum of 7 or 8. For example: 1) operational items - phone numbers, expense reports, instructions and procedures, 2) customer files, 3) product samples, 4) tax and legal - contracts and receipts, 5) reading, 6) tools - assessments and articles, and 7) future projects.

2. Sort

lose/waste nine (9) million hours per day looking for misplaced items, according to the American Demographics Society. If this is an area of challenge for you, follow the 10 simple steps below and get your work environment organized once and for all!

1. Think at a helicopter level and identify the major categories of items to be kept in your office/workspace. Limit the number of categories to a maximum of 7 or 8. For example: 1) operational items - phone numbers, expense reports, instructions and procedures, 2) customer files, 3) product samples, 4) tax and legal - contracts and receipts, 5) reading, 6) tools - assessments and articles, and 7) future projects.

2. Sort

0 simple steps below and get your work environment organized once and for all!

1. Think at a helicopter level and identify the major categories of items to be kept in your office/workspace. Limit the number of categories to a maximum of 7 or 8. For example: 1) operational items - phone numbers, expense reports, instructions and procedures, 2) customer files, 3) product samples, 4) tax and legal - contracts and receipts, 5) reading, 6) tools - assessments and articles, and 7) future projects.

2. Sort

your office/workspace. Limit the number of categories to a maximum of 7 or 8. For example: 1) operational items - phone numbers, expense reports, instructions and procedures, 2) customer files, 3) product samples, 4) tax and legal - contracts and receipts, 5) reading, 6) tools - assessments and articles, and 7) future projects.

2. Sort

es, 2) customer files, 3) product samples, 4) tax and legal - contracts and receipts, 5) reading, 6) tools - assessments and articles, and 7) future projects.

2. Sort every item, every piece of paper, every file in your office/workspace into the piles that represent the major categories identified in step #1. Start with all visible items, then move to the items stored in drawers, file cabinets and overhead bins. If you have an extraordinary amount of material to categorize, you might want to get a large box for each category so your piles don't get mixed up.

3. Cull each category. Be determined to eliminate everything but the absolute necessities. Dispose of old and unwanted items by pitching them, giving them to someone else, selling or donating them, or sending them to storage.

4. Organize the balance of items in each category. P