Greetings!
I'm sure my male readers won't be as interested as my female readers, but I got to spend time with Oprah's expert on organising, Peter Walsh. He spoke at a breakfast in Sydney and at an Officeworks store for DYMO National Organising Week in Australia. I was able to attend both and spend a little time catching up with him. For those of you that follow A Little Elf on Facebook, you would have known about my excitement. Check FB out for the photos.
A Little Elf is now offering a Mentoring Program for newbie Professional Organisers. It's face to face or via phone, so anyone anywhere can sign up. Please spread the word.
Always happy to answer any questions or hear your success stories. Best wishes!
Warm regards,
A Little Elf
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Peter Walsh tips for your workspace
| I've decided to pass on some of Peter's advice on organising your work station. Here you go:
1. Think of your desk as the front seat of your car. Everything that you need to complete you work efficiently should be in arm's length reach. Anything else that you don't need every day should be outside of that space.
2. Use a signal to your workmates to let them know when you can or can not be interrupted. Be consistent in applying this signal. Peter used to have 2 pencils, one with a red flag on it, another with a green flag on it. Put the red flag in your pencil cup in full sight when you don't want to be interrupted, change it to the green flag when it's ok to come speak to you.
3. "Finish the cycle." Just like in doing your clothes washing, you need to make sure that you finish the cycle of your tasks. You couldn't leave your clothes in the washing machine after they've been cleaned would you? Ok, if you have, didn't you have to run the wash again? And the clothes stunk? Same thing with your tasks. Finish the cycle and strive to hear the "ding" in your head.
4. Multi-tasking...NO! NO! NO! DON'T do it!...Enough said.
5. Do not use sticky/Post-it notes.
6. Flat surfaces are not storage space.
7. If you're right handed put your phone on the left. Answer your phone with your left hand, use your right to take notes.
8. Think about what you want FROM your space, not what you want FOR it.
Hope these tips help you out!
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Ask Rebecca How
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A Little Elf is a proud sponsor of
'Ask Rebecca How...' and their goal setting breakfasts for professional women.
If you'd like to connect with like-minded women in Sydney CBD, arrive with a
goal and leave with an action plan, then 'Rise then Shine' breakfasts are for
you! Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday. Next one is on 15th September, 7am - 8:40am.
On the 1st Wednesday of the month, they invite an inspirational and
successful woman to share her experiences with them. Most recently they have
enjoyed talks from Liz Woodgate (an ultra-runner) and Jane Slack Smith
(a highly successful property investor).
On the 3rd Wednesday Rebecca shares various practical tools with
members to help them be more proactive about developing short and longer
term life changing goals.
Simply visit the website to book your tickets. Members from $40/Visitors from $60.
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| About A Little Elf | A Little Elf Karen | | |
It is a well known fact that disorganisation creates stress. And you
carry
this stress around with you everywhere you go. We will help you to get
organized, giving you more time and energy to do the things that are
important
to you and a new found freedom from chaos and stress.
A Little
Elf provides
organising solutions, ideas, information, and teaches you new skills to
keep up the systems we put in place. We will help you create an
organised space
that will increase your productivity and allow you to take control of
your
belongings, clutter, paperwork - or whatever it may be that is stopping
you
from living a full and productive life, as opposed to these things
controlling
you.
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