September 16, 2010 by Tanya Hall Achieving a successful career depends just as much on your network as it does on your skills, knowledge, and experience. Though any professional connection you make is important, nothing impacts your career or has as much influence on your success as a group of likeminded women vested in each… Read more »
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New! Clutter Video Tips on YouTube: Be More Productive on the Phone
Each week we are posting a one-minute-or-less quick video tip on something useful and practical that you can apply right away! Here is our first one about being more productive on the phone. (Click here to watch on YouTube if you can’t see the embedded player.) Transcript: Hey, it’s Lorie Marrero and today’s Clutter Video… Read more »
Oh, Fudge: Four “F-Words” to Help You Organize
I have written a regular column for the Connections for Women website for years now, and I just wrote this article below for their September edition. I hope you like it. ========================= One of our constant messages to people is to think about your organizing projects comprehensively… don’t just “clean it up” and expect it… Read more »
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
Recently on a radio interview I was talking about how most of our Clutter Diet® program's members are women, even though men frequently tell me that they need help with organization too. I told the interviewer that despite how far we've come in gender equality, the perception still seems to be that, if the house… Read more »
Rubbermaid Blog: Make the Most of Your Donations
September 09, 2010 Posted by Erin Gentry We all know it’s a good idea to donate the clothing, electronics, and household items you no longer need — after all, it keeps your unwanted things from cluttering local landfills (not to mention your home), and it gives items a second life with a new owner. In… Read more »
AOL Real Estate Blog: Clutter: Methods to Avoid and Get Rid of Stuff
September 07, 2010 by Megan Mollmann Back in her days as a pack rat, writer Betsy Talbot let piles of magazines gather dust, printed out too many paper copies of digital photos, and kept hundreds of obsolete CDs from her music collection even though she had upgraded to an iPod. Talbot was reluctant to throw… Read more »
Sorry, That’s Just My Policy
I'm sure you've been frustrated before by some store clerk who stood behind a "policy," not giving you what you wanted… something like a 14-day return policy or a receipt-required policy. Your teachers in school probably had a policy for make-up work when you missed class, and your employer has lots of policies about vacation… Read more »
The Glass Hammer: The Female Mastermind: Developing a Professional Women’s Network
” by Tanya Hall Achieving a successful career depends just as much on your network as it does on your skills, knowledge, and experience. Though any professional connection you make is important, nothing impacts your career or has as much influence on your success as a group of like minded women vested in each others… Read more »
Doing = Having: Why Being Busy Can Mean More Clutter
I was just telling a reporter that many of the people we serve in our Clutter Diet online program are women who are doing too much. They are working full- or part-time outside the home, volunteering at school or at church (or both), rearing children, sometimes homeschooling, caring for aging parents, running a small business… Read more »
Don’t Put It Off: Fight Procrastination NOW!
A couple of things to remind you of… first, before I put it off any longer, I wanted to let you know that tomorrow (Sept. 1) is "Fight Procrastination Day!" What dreaded task can you commit to doing? USA readers have a long weekend coming up for Labor Day– here's my big question to you:… Read more »
