Extraordinary Results June 2005 Newsletter

>> Personal Note

I hope you all had a wonderful May! I’m always amazed at how fast each month passes. This is my favorite time of year as we head into summer. I love the hot weather especially since we don’t get a lot of it in South Dakota!

If you haven’t already done so be sure and visit my blog. You can subscribe to the blog and whenever I post an article you will receive an e-mail letting you know. I just posted the article “What Does Clutter Cost You?” Go to organizedresults.blogharbor.com. Do not type www in front of the address. In the upper right you’ll see ‘Subscribe’ and you can sign up there. Look through the articles and entries that I have posted. On the lower left you’ll see categories and you can jump right to entries that interest you. You can also post your own comments about the articles.

I will be keeping my updated speaking schedule there instead of in my newsletter. This will keep you informed regularly about speaking engagements that you might be interested in attending.
Have a wonderful June!!
 

>> Feature Article

I love the quote from Mark Twain that I have in this month’s newsletter. Wise advice!

It’s so important when you feel overwhelmed to STOP and regroup. That feels counterintuitive to us since when we feel stress the logical thing is to try and work harder. But that’s not what you should do. Take time to think about all that has to be done.

Go out and purchase some really cool colored 3x5 index cards. My favorite color for the cards is lime green! Then when you feel overwhelmed take out the cards and write down one thought on each card. Perhaps one says go to the grocery store, another says call Mary, and another says clean out e-mail inbox. Keep going until you feel like your brain is completely drained. Then look at all the cards and ask yourself “What is the most efficient use of my time right now?” Take that card and turn it over. Then ask “What’s the 2nd most important thing to do?” Take that card and turn it over on top of the 1st card. Keep going until all the cards are turned over. Then flip the pile over and you have your thoughts in a logical order and in the priority in which they should be done.

If any of the cards is a large project take the project and break it down into small tasks with a card for each task.

Try it! You’ll be amazed at how your stress will disappear and you will be in control of your day.

>> Quick Tip

Get out one of those canvas bags you have accumulated and assign it to be the ‘family beach bag’. Put sunscreen, goggles, summer reading books, etc. in it and you’ll always be ready to hit the beach or pool!

>> Computer Tip

Want to save time? Use these commands when working at your computer:

Control + X = Cut selected text
Control + V = Paste selected text
Control + C = Copy selected text
Control + U = Underline
Control + I = Italicize
Control + B = Bold
Control + W = Close a document
Control +S = Save a document
Control + P = Print a document

Start using these commands and you’ll wonder how you ever lived without them!

>> Announcement

In case you missed my announcement last month I have just written my first FAMILY CEO™ Toolkit. This will be the first of a series of toolkits to help the Family CEO™ take charge of their life. The title is "The Family CEO™ Toolkit: Organizing Your Kitchen for Extraordinary Results". You can receive it absolutely free ($39 value) by signing up for this newsletter! Since you already receive the newsletter you can download the toolkit here: http://www.elizabethhagen.com/pdf/toolkit.pdf. I hope you enjoy the toolkit! Use the ideas from the book totally organize your kitchen.

I will be writing more toolkits on paper pile-up, office organizing, closet/wardrobe management, children’s papers and memorabilia, etc. If you have an idea for a toolkit please let me know.

>> Workshops/Teleclasses

See my workshop schedule at my blog – organizedresults.blogharbor.com.