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What can you take off of your “To Do List” plate? Look high, look low, dig deep, soul search, do whatever ya gotta do to find tasks that can be passed off. Pretend like you’re in a race and you’re passing on the baton. Go, go, go!
BUT before you even go there with delegation, start with elimination. What tasks can you eliminate that really don’t benefit you, your business or your office and that really aren’t worth anyone’s time & energy? Sometimes we just fall into a habit of doing something and sticking with it even though there aren’t enough benefits to warrant it. Is twitter good for your business or a time suck? Do you really need to overhaul your brochure again? Do you need to blog 7 times a week or will 3 times be sufficient?
Eliminating tasks will take them completely off of everyone’s plate and open up more time and energy for tasks that truly are beneficial and meet your criteria as must do’s in your business or office.
Then next step is to look at which tasks can be delegated to someone else to get them off of your plate and allow you to focus your time and energy where your talents lie. In my business I use a virtual assistant for all of my website updates, many times they only take 30 minutes or less. If I had to learn how to get in the backside of my website, I can’t imagine how long it would take me and ick, I don’t want to know how. Currently I’m working with a printer to have custom notecards made for my business, they are tweaking and changing and making them prettier than I would. I have someone prepare my taxes and I have an IT guy to fix my computer owies.
Remember to delegate tasks to someone who can do the task at least as well as you can or who can do them even better than you can. It’s OK to let them go. You are not expected to be good at every task that comes your way, you’ve got your own strength-so keep working those muscles!
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Have you ever heard of Parkinson’s Law? To summarize, Parkinson’s Law says we will use the amount of time we are given (or give ourselves) to complete a given task. Have you ever been without a specific deadline on a project and dawdled around? Have you ever felt like you are more productive when you actually have more to do and put your nose to the grindstone? I know I have done both. It seems like if I have office time without clear goals and deadlines, I can twitter away (literally) way too much time and still feel like I didn’t get all that much done. Then there are other days when I know I need to work quickly before a meting, a client or to have a free weekend and I just knock shtuff out left & right.
A great tool I have recently discovered to light a fire under my arse is a free tool-yeah for free tools! E.ggtimer.com provides a free online timer, just set the time, get to work and be sure to beat the clock! Only want to spend 10 minutes on twitter? Set the clock. Want to check your email in 30 minute batches? Set the clock.
It’s amazing how something so simple can make a difference. But isn’t it great that it doesn’t have to be complicated? Simple is smart!
Tags: DIY organization, email, Home Organization, Home Organization Blog, Parkinson's Law, productivity, time management, twitter
I want to create products that will help you get more organized-YEAH! Please tell me which (or all) options you would find value in paying for and what you think is a good price. No ego here, just be honest-thank you!!!
1) 5 week (1 hour/week) course as a webinar (you watch power point on computer and listen to me speak). One topic per week fully explaining how to get organized in your home, paper management, time management, self-care/life balance topics.
2) 3 week (1.5 hour/week) Productivity Training (also webinar) on Paper/File Management, Time Management (multitasking, procrastination, creating new habits, etc.) and Email Management.
3) Group coaching program on the phone.
4) Individual coaching program on the phone.
Any and all comments and suggestions are welcome, either here in the comment section or email me: monika@diyorganization.com
THANK YOU!
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Imagine your child saying to you, “Mom, can I help around the house?” How do you encourage your kids to pitch in and pick up? This complete system empowers children age 4-18 to do their fair share — while teaching essential life-skills like responsibility, self-sufficiency, confidence, and a sense of belonging and value within the family.
Each kit comes with a 136-page spiral-bound parent workbook — chock full of forms, templates, and step-by-step instructions for setting up your family’s chore system. Filled with real life examples, expert recommendations, and practical advice — you will know exactly what works and doesn’t work with your age and personality of your child.
You also get a comprehensive inventory of more than 80 common household tasks, age-appropriate chore lists and guidelines for skill development– plus tons of blank forms and templates for developing your home’s inventory of household tasks, family mission statement, house rules, a behavior agreement, guidelines and expectations, and more.
SALE: $31.46
Keeping up a family’s busy schedule can be difficult, unless you use Franklin Covey’s Family.agenda™ by Buttoned Up.
Each month has one page for capturing basic schedule information, a second page with a month-at-a-glance for marking so you can see how busy (or not) your month will be, and a weekly agenda to ensure you never miss an appointment – from the board room to the soccer field.
This durable, agenda-sized, perfectly bound notebook has rounded edges and ribbon placeholder to mark and easily find a specific page. The book has 150 pages, with 12 undated months so you can start to use it anytime of the year! Each month has three sections to keep the entire family organized: Family schedule (for recurring appointments), Month-at-a-glance, and Week-at-a-glance. The Family.agenda™ also includes weekly organizational and sanity saving tips from Buttoned Up® as an added bonus.
Features:
• 12 undated months (150 pages)
• Durable, agenda-sized, perfect bound notebook with rounded edges and ribbon placeholder
• 3 sections per month: Family Schedule, Month-at-a-glace, Week-at-a-glance
• Weekly organizational and sanity saving tips from Buttoned Up®
SALE: $6.47
- children’s art supplies or toy collections
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tools, nuts and bolts
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craft supplies
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bath and beauty supplies
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pet supplies
- gardening supplies
SALE: $24.26
Getting kids to do chores can be difficult without clear direction, and with the Chore.pad™, you can give each child their own list and specify what you would like them to do, just by checking off a chore from one of the four categories: Inside, Outside, Pets, or Everyday. There are even blank spots to write some of your own.
This great pad also contains a Thank You category to show them you appreciate their hard work. SALE: $3.47
Today I’d like you to walk around your house like you are a visitor. Go to each door and peek in like you’re getting a tour of the house. How does your home feel? Does it feel comfortable? Is it embarrassing? Do you have white walls or warm, inviting colors on the walls? Is there a comfortable amount of clutter or is the clutter piling up?
Then, I want you to sit down and write out how you would like your house to look and how you would like your house to feel. Do you want it to feel cozy and inviting? Do you want it to feel neat and calm? Do you want to have systems in place to find things easily? Do you want to have guests over? Do you want your home to feel like an oasis after a long day at work?
Now use this list as your motivation to make change happen! Keep this list as motivation as your energy levels lag over time. Because you can make things happen! You can start working on your home one room at a time and just one space at a time. You can do it for 1 hour, you can do it for 15 minutes, whatever you have in you!
If you are feeling overwhelmed, please click on my post about organizing through a toilet paper tube. Sound weird? Then check it out! 
Tags: DIY organization, home, Home Organization, Home Organization Blog, house, Motivational Monday
