Un-Mess to Impress

Imagine if the Time Fairy flew into your office and sprinkled you with magic, three-extra-hours-a-week dust. You could plow through all that paperwork you never have time for. The week after that, you could treat yourself to a long lunch and pedicure. And, so on for all eternity….

Sorry to say, there is no Time Fairy, but you can grant yourself the gift of time. Clean off your desk and take back the average three hours a week you spend looking for things. Nix the clutter, file the filing, un-pile the piles—whatever it takes to turn your desk into the productivity-inviting, clean slate it was meant to be. All those distractions are better off somewhere else, far away from your train of thought. You may even unearth some important items in the process.

And, make a better impression on that certain someone down the hall.