Keeping a clean work desk

Posted by on August 28th, 2008 at 08:44pm

wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
I work in a heavy paper environment and my department is in charge of keeping all the paper in order.  I have constant paperwork coming into my in-box, paperwork requested to deliver to others and invoices, packing slips, mail and on and on.  I manage to keep everything organized and this helps tremendously with time management and effectiveness at work.
A key factor in keeping a clean desk is NOT multi-tasking.  For day to day tasks that are redundant I try my best to concentrate on only one task at a time.  I set a up a time-frame for each task and finish what I have started.  Once I have completed one task I move on to the next and mentally set up another time frame. 
At the end of every month I go through my desk and purge all of the items that are outdated or not needed.  I am […]

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