Tools should work for you, not the other way around. Must Outlook really check your email every 5 minutes? You might get more done if you check your mail when you choose.Find a system that suits you, and make it work for you.

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Sort through the post and other reading material upon arrival. Only the necessary should enter the house.

Sort At The Source

<ul><li>Sync your to-do list with your mobile phone. </li><li>Write down the three most important tasks.</li><li>Keep to an easy and workable task list.</li><li>Do one thing at a time.</li><li>Do it now.</li></ul>

Create a To-Do List

It eliminates methods and ideas that no longer work and promotes the more important things.

Embrace Change

The easiest way to organize your day is a good paper calendar.Divide it into four sections.<ul><li>The top left section is your running to do list for the day. </li><li>The top right section is the running grocery list.</li><li>The bottom left is for notes such as calls made, who you spoke to and appointment dates. </li><li>The bottom right is whatever you need to move to another day. </li></ul>

Paper Calendar

Organizing unnecessary items is wasting energy. <ul><li>Have less stuff.</li><li>Eliminate outdated articles to read “someday." </li><li>Find an appropriate place for everything and make sure it is easily accessible. </li><li>Choose one tool and stick with it.</li><li>Pack tools immediately after use.</li></ul>

Simplify

It's a rare person among us who doesn't feel the need to get more organized. I consider myself fairly organized, for example, but there are times when I get a little lax about my organizational rules, and there's always room for improvement.

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