And now the fourth and final post in the series on my latest favorite book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, by Chip & Dan Heath. A recap is right here, but if you want to read the previous posts in the series first, links are below. Here's the quick recap: Two… Read more »
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Spare Me: The Seven Rules of “Spare”
I woke up somehow this morning with thoughts of spares… spare stuff, spare time, picking up the spare, spare ribs, spare some change, spare parts, can you spare a square… Welcome to my randomness! Let's spin it into organizing gold, shall we? 🙂 Spare stuff means having extra… having an alternate or auxiliary item…being prepared… Read more »
How to Finally Change Your Ways, Part 3
Here we are at the third post in the series on my most recent primo favorito book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, by Chip & Dan Heath. I am at the NAPO conference this week– how many people have I mentioned this book to so far?? I love talking about it…. Read more »
Earth Day is Coming! 3 Ways to Organize “Green”
Just a brief post this time before I head out to the annual NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers) conference in Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow morning! I am looking forward to sharing with you what I learn when I return– always great new products and new insights from my colleagues. Friday will continue with my series… Read more »
Good Housekeeping Magazine: Five Minute Clutter Cures
April 20, 2010 Happy 125th anniversary Good Housekeeping! Lorie gives some great advice on quickly and easily taming clutter in her own byline on page 36. Need help getting organized? Here are 3 ways we can help: Get our FREE report, “30 Ways to Find Time to Get Organized“ Get 14 days of… Read more »
How To Finally Change Your Ways, Part 2
Continuing my series on my delicious favorite-book-of-late, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, by Chip & Dan Heath. You may want to read last week's post if you need to catch up– will also be posting links at the bottom of each series post as I go. Here's the quick recap: Two… Read more »
FEAR is Not The Boss of Me!
A couple of weeks ago I went to New York, and I was fortunate to catch a StorySLAM event put on by TheMoth.org. I was so excited–I have always wanted to go! The Moth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of live storytelling. I am a fan of This American Life on NPR,… Read more »
How To Finally Change Your Ways
I am in love with a book again. This time it's called Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, by Chip & Dan Heath (they also wrote another very cool book, Made to Stick). I like it SO much I am going to write a series about it here on the blog for… Read more »
7 Ways Disorganization is Costing You BIG MONEY
Today I was answering our member message boards and one of our members mentioned she had a "find that paper" crisis this weekend that almost cost her $300. Whew! Dodged that bullet! This story brought to mind the enormous cost of disorganization. I hear examples of loss like these all the time: Late fees paid… Read more »
Top 5 Common Household Objects You Can Use to Get Organized
While there are many excellent specialty organizing products out there (including our own!), don't always feel like you have to trek down to a specialty store to get organized… there are plenty of household items you have around already! Here are my top five favorites: Rubber bands. I was just sorting some map colors with… Read more »
