The Costs and Causes of Clutter: What is your clutter costing you?
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THE COSTS AND CAUSES OF CLUTTER
How is clutter costing you?
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The impact of clutter
• 90% of disorganized Canadians report negative effects from clutter1
• 70% of disorganized Canadians who work say their workplace is disorganized 1
STRESS
FRUSTRATION
FAILURE
Disorder sabotages mental health and
damages relationships
1 Professional Organizers in Canada, 2009
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The impact of clutter• 30% of all employees’ time is spent trying to
find lost documents 1
• 15% of all paper handled in business is lost 1
• Nearly half say disorganization causes them to work late 2-3 times/week 2
• 21% miss crucial deadlines because of disorder 2
Sources1 Delphi Consulting, Boston consultancy, 20062 Esselte Ltd. Office supply company
WORKING LATE
MISSING DEADLINES
POOR PERFORMANCE Productivity suffers.
Work is less gratifying.
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Causes of clutter
SNAIL MAIL
TEXT MESSAGES
INSTANT MESSAGESCELL PHONE VOICE MAIL
PAPER INBOX
OFFICE PHONE VOICE MAIL
FAXES
PEOPLE
Too much incoming!
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Causes of clutter
Lack of organizing skills.
TIME MANAGEMENT
PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING
PRIORITIZATION
SPACE MANAGEMENT
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Causes of clutter
Lack of functional storage space
NO ALLOCATED STORAGE SPACE
HARD TO ACCESS STORAGE SPACE
NO OWNERSHIP OF STORAGE SPACE
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LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
STRESS
PROCRASTINATION
PERFECTIONISM
Indecision and difficulty editing.
Causes of clutter
Get organized. Cut the cost of clutter!
Life is complex. With increasing time pressure organizing is often neglected.
Rest assured, you can learn to be better organized.
People have different ways of thinking about organizing. There is no one way.
Just as you spend money to make money, you can spend time to make time.
It is a foundation for greater personal and business success.
Being organized requires an investment of time, thought & energy.