There are clear benefits to being
organized. Several studies point to disorganization as being one of the main
reasons people suffer from anxiety at work and at home.
When people feel so busy, they feel as if
they cannot function and that it is not suitable for them - for their home life
or for their jobs. As you simplify your life and become more organized, you’ll
reap all these benefits.
You’ll Be Able to Focus More
When you are organized, focusing on a task
at hand is always more comfortable because you’re giving yourself the time to
focus. No one is good at multitasking.
Studies have proved time and again that
people just think they’re good at multitasking, but no one is.
You’ll Become More Productive
When you plan, organize, and systemize
every aspect of your life, you’ll become super-productive. You’ll get more done
than most people because most people don’t plan or organize in a way that makes
them more productive.
You’ll Have More Power over Your Time
While you’re given the same 24 hours in a
day as every other human being is given, the fact that you know how to use the
time given is going to be a huge advantage. You’re going to feel as if you have
more time even though you don’t, due to the organization of the time you have.
For example, if you take a shopping list to
the store, you’re less likely to have to waste time going back again.
You’ll Experience Less Stress
The appearance of less clutter around your
environment, at home and at work, will automatically reduce your stress. The
main reason is that you’re avoiding time wasters looking for things.
You’ll Feel More Positive Every Day
A funny thing happens when your life is
organized; you just start feeling happy. The main reason is that you have fewer
stress hormones running through your veins.
The other thing that happens is that you
begin to feel successful in life. That makes everyone happy.
Your Creativity Will Increase
It might seem counterproductive at first
glance that organization and planning can make you more creative, but it’s
true. Your mind cannot get into a creative flow if you are being interrupted
all the time by other things.
By setting up your environment to be
creative, you will succeed.
You’ll Have More Energy and Excitement
for Each Day
Waking up and knowing that you can get
through your day and feel accomplished is going to make you feel more
excitement and energy for your life. You’ll want to tackle the day because you
know you will win.
You’ll Experience More Work-Life Balance
It’s easy to be overworked these days. Most
jobs don’t have as rigid work times as they used to have. In fact, a lot of
jobs want you there as much as possible.
However, when you get organized and
increase your productivity over everyone else’s, no one is going to complain
when you go to your son’s ball game instead of working.
You’ll Get Better at Setting and
Achieving Goals
When you are organized, it helps you notice
what is important and what is not as important. That means that you can set
better goals because you know what is most valuable to you and your life.
Plus, due to your organization, you will be
able to implement and take action better.
You’ll Experience More Freedom
If you are currently feeling as if all you
do is work without any fun in your life, and then you set up a plan to simplify
your life, you will automatically experience more freedom.
Time freedom is a great thing because once
you realize you have time freedom, the next thing you will realize is that you
have money freedom too. That’s powerful stuff.
Just think about how your mornings will be
different if you’ve organized everything the night before. Think about how
different dinnertime will be if you’ve organized and planned. How fun will it
be to take a Sunday to play golf instead of doing laundry because you decided
to outsource it?
Your day may look different from this one,
but it will be simpler when you’ve taken the time to bring organization into
all aspects of your life.
Mastering the art of delegation is one of
the skills that can totally change your life. The problem with most people,
especially women, is that they tend to think they’re the only one who can do
something and do it right.
The thing to remember, though, is that
"right" is often subjective. Maybe someone else can do it perfectly
fine.
Let’s look at some factors that can help
you master the art of delegation so that you can simplify your life by
leveraging other people’s time.
Hand Off the Right Type of Tasks
First, get a handle on all the tasks that
you do. When you can organize and categorize them, you can look at ways to make
each task easier to accomplish. In some cases, you can automate them with
technology, in other cases, you’ll need to find a person to handle that task
for you.
Give the Tasks to the Right Person
In addition to handing off the right type
of tasks, you’ll want to find the right person for that task. If you know
someone who is already good at that thing you need to be done, they’re the most
natural person to hire because they already know how to do it.
You just give it to them and let them do
it. If you find someone who hasn’t done it before, you’ll have to train them.
That is an idea if your budget is lower but hiring an expert will make
everything simpler.
Get Out of Their Way
Once you pass the task on to someone else,
get out of their way. Don’t micromanage. Sure, give them some expectations for
the task.
For example, if you hire someone to clean
your home, make sure to let them know about the things you deem important for
the cleaning to be considered sufficient to you, then let them do it.
Most service providers already have a
specific method for doing that task based on their expertise, so it’s always
best after you’ve agreed on deliverables to let them get on with it.
Use Your New-Found Time Productively
It’s not enough to just delegate a task to
someone else, and that’s that. Instead, use the time you gain to do something
productive.
If you use that time to do something
important to you such as spend time with your kids, your partner, friends – or
to do money-making tasks, you’re going to feel so much more productive and
enjoy delegating more.
If someone else can do something faster,
cheaper, and the same quality (or close) as you, why wouldn’t you delegate? If
you are feeling overwhelmed because you are doing too much, there is no point
in continuing.
Instead,
invest in training and delegating to others because you’ll not only improve
your own life but maybe theirs too.