If you’re like most people in the workforce, one of the most valuable skill sets to learn is managing your time and organizing your work so that you can do a great job with a minimum of anxiety. Managing your time is 90% in how you organize your work. One thing takes care of the other - it’s that simple.
In any job, whether it’s running a household or a global billion dollar business, there are two general types of workspaces:
1. Tidy, well organized, and efficient. Tasks are organized into written lists and each task is dealt with in order, according to it’s priority. Extraneous materials are out of the way but readily available. Paperwork that isn’t required for the current task is set aside and put away.
2. Reams of documents are mentally organized in piles or scattered all over the place. Everything is on the desk or counter so nothing is accidentally forgotten or ignored. Supplies are also strewn so that the owner doesn’t have to take extra time retrieving them. Many things are worked on at once in an effort to multi-task and get more work done. It looks like a bomb went off in the middle of this work area.
Mentally organized workspaces are prone to failure and breakdown.