Many times when working with organizing clients we will hit an issue that goes like this: “But, I paid a lot of money for that and it IS top of the line” Top of the line more than 3 years ago in electronics means it has little or no resale value left and needs to
How are your actions making your customers feel?
How are your actions making your customers feel? Last week I mentioned that I was less than satisfied with my television provider, then had switched to an even worse situation before ultimately discovering my new happy solution of live-stream television. The story of how that happened provides some entertainment value, but moreover it provides an
How hard would you fight?
How hard would you fight for your happiness and life? In fall of 2010 I was hired by my clients children to help her downsize. She had lived in the same house for 20+ years, raised all her kids in that house and along the way had acquired a lot of possessions from all
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare
What’s in a name? Well, in my case a whole lot of stuff. I’ll explain. I have been told that I was supposed to be a boy, all the first borns on both of my parents families have been boys, so my parents were going with the statistics and had my name picked out
If Mother Nature Can Do It Why Can’t We?
I love fall, the crisp fall air, the fresh smell of the leaves that have fallen to the ground. This fall as I was driving around Central Minnesota from one client to the next I was noticing all the trees showing off their beautiful colors. Then I realized, trees are a great example of organizing.
Who moved that?! $*#@^!!
Ok, I’ll just come right out and ask: On a scale from 1 to 10, ten being not at all, how well do you adapt to change? I used to be an 8, maybe 9 kind of person. Change scared the heck out of me. I liked to be in control of what was going
Goals and Actions-Bugs Between Your Teeth
I don’t know about everyone else, but once a year in early January I write out my goals for life, for the coming year, sometimes many years. I like to see where I want to take my life and to make sure that should an opportunity arise, I don’t miss it because I didn’t recognize
Would you marry an organizer? Think about it.
It started out as a normal Saturday. We had obligations later in the day, but we are able to take it slow in the morning. So my husband heads off to the gym on his Goldwing and I hit the gerbil track at home (my term for the treadmill). While I am on the treadmill,
Planning to Prevent Failure
“Planning to Prevent Failure” Jeffrey J. Fox page 68 of How to Become a Rainmaker That is all organizing is, planning to prevent failure. Trying to stay on top of my reading for the book club is not always easy. I seem to give away that time to eating, finishing a work project or driving