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 Training
for Busy People
GET ORGANIZED - BEFORE
AND AFTER
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Anna Scott Gets Organized
and Gets Her Life Back!
This is an
organizing story of Anna Scott. She's a smart, professional
businesswoman. Her identity has been cloaked
to protect the innocent. Study how Peggy transformed Anna into someone who is happier and
who has more time for
a life! What do you want to have more time to do?
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What Being Disorganized Costs
A
moderately disorganized person loses one-two hours every day due to
disorder. Let's see...
If
an income is
$25,000/year, your company loses
$6,000
$40,000/year, your company loses $10,000
$50,000/year, your company loses $12,600
$125,000/year, your company loses $32,000
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What do you
want to spend your time doing?
What do you want to
have more time to do?
The first order
of business was to purge and sort. Eighty percent of papers you keep
will never be referred to again.
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Trash If: You haven't
referred to it in the last
3-6 months; you don't value
it; you don't need to keep it for legal reasons; you can get the
information somewhere else; you can live with the consequences
of having thrown it out if you happen to by some miracle need it later.
P - U - R - G - E! It's OK!
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This is a pile of
organizing trays Anna had purchased in her previous attempts to get
organized. These trays gave her the perfect place to stash more
junk. We got rid of all of them except her
StationMate
that she'll use to hold work she refers to all day, an
In tray for her assistant and staff, and a tray for her
paperwork related to one aspect of her job.
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This is how the
recycling bin looked after a few hours of purging. We also filled
up a couple of oversized trash bags!
Anna was hording junk.
Junk was taking up precious office and drawer space. Junk was
stressing her out every day. Junk made her procrastinate about
important work. Junk made her waste time.
Junk - Junk - Junk!
Why do you keep JUNK?
And Stop Sending JUNK
to Storage!
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Once Anna purged, then
sorted the papers to keep (with like subjects together), we set up a new filing system to give all
the papers a home. Everything in your space must have a home...a set
place it goes when you're not using it.
Each orange tab represents a
major category. Each major category has subfolders, and each
subfolder has a manila folder(s) to create more breakdown. You
always want to be able to retrieve what you need the instant you
need it.
If you'd like a system like this and avoid most
of the work, order my
COPE WorkPak
CD. Or order our Filing System in a
Box, and we'll create everything for you and ship it to you
ready to use.
To keep business cards
from piling up, Anna did what I did. She
purged first, then turned her business cards into digital contacts
with a
business card reader
(Card Scan). Use it to quickly and
accurately turn business cards into sortable, searchable records on
your computer, PDA, or smart phone. You'll love it
as much as we do.
I also showed Anna
some software I use with Outlook called "anagram(TM)."
You can
create digital
contacts from text on a Web page and also from inside an electronic
document or email message.
All you have to do is
select the text, press
your hot key, and watch anagram turn the info into a digital contact (or calendar
item, task, or note). I use this software every day!
Click here to try then buy.
Anna hung in there
with me until we finished Part I (8 hours).
What's Next?
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AFTER
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Anna needs to
finish going through her KEEP pile and file everything into her new
system (I gave her a deadline to be finished). Then we will apply the same organization to her
computer and email Inbox. (If you want a detailed, step-by-step
approach to organizing everything around you and managing your time,
order my book, Put Time
Management to Work right here on my site. If email overload has
you down, order my book,
Conquer Email Overload with Better Habits, Etiquette, and Outlook.)
Then we'll look at
a couple of the processes she uses to do her job and will streamline
that by eliminating redundant, useless work (I used to be a project
manager at IBM and like things to be neat and efficient), and by
incorporating a few computer tips and tricks to speed up the work
(I'm also a computer trainer and teach Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and
Outlook. Check out some of my
books). I'm also a speaker and travel a lot. Check out
my schedule
and contact me if you'd like me to
present at your next big meeting or convention (hire a speaker who
walks the talk, not someone who learned a script).
Stay tuned...
...Anna will easily
save one-two hours a day, and will have more time for the life she
wants to live. Check this site often to see how she progresses to the
next level.
Update
After a few weeks went by, I stopped in to see how Anna was
doing. She still has not completed her filing assignments, and she
had two piles she was already neglecting. When we went through them,
it was all junk! She feels comfortable in her mess, but the boss is
not having it. She has no choice but to change her habits, and I'll stick with
her until she does. Stay tuned...
Second
Update
Anna has completed all unfinished filing assignments. And she's
improved on that nasty habit of keeping everything that crosses her
desk. She feels a lot better and is not working extra hours. She's
well on her way to living the life she wants. How about you? Are you
ready?
Telecoaching Available
Anna has signed up for
telecoaching. We'll set a schedule to
talk on the phone every time she needs it.
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Can We Help?
Ask About
Filing
System in a Box. |
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For one flat fee of $1250.00 USD, we'll customize
your entire filing system (on the phone with you (we can talk for
free
over the Internet*), using the filing
system above as a base), purchase all
supplies, create and affix all labels, and ship** to you all set up
and ready to use. Just take it out of the box, and place
everything in the drawer. Then give all your papers a new
home. Start purging now, getting rid of 80% of those papers you're
keeping that will never be referred to again.
Send an email to worksmart at pscpress.com
to get started or call 770/907 8868.
Do It Today and create time for the life you want!
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Filing System in a Box
Two
Payments of $625.00. 50% Deposit Required.
*We use Skype
and talk via the Internet on international calls (you can download
Skype for free).
**Additional
shipping applies outside contiguous USA.
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"Peggy's
style is attention-keeping."
June Grant
Sales Manager
Owens Corning
"Knowing where everything
is and not having to dig for it is a phenomenal feeling. Even other
people can find things in my office. And your computer tips…thank you!
My presentations are so much more polished and professional. Everything
I do gets me noticed. But the best part is that I don’t have to take
work home anymore, and have so much more time to spend servicing
my
customers."
Therese
Dodds
Genentech, Inc.
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COPE
WORKPAK
Complete Filing System with labels already typed. And includes other
templates to get you organized! |
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When Anna travels without her laptop,
she can now access her computer from anywhere. |
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Attend One
of Peggy's Public Workshops |
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