The benefits of decluttering are well recognized when it
comes to making space in your home. But have you thought
about how those benefits can be applied to your business
too? Here are two compelling reasons to adopt a declutter
mindset in the workplace...
How important is it to your business that you are decisive
and purposeful? That you keep driving your business
forward? Most business owners accept that forward momentum
and clear purpose are absolutely key to the success of
their business. So let's take a look at how clutter fits
into the picture here...
When you think about it, clutter plays a distinctly
subversive role when it comes to forward momentum. In fact
wherever you encounter it in your business and in your
environment, clutter is a manifestation of procrastination.
All clutter exits either because you've deferred a decision
about something, or because you've made the decision but
not taken the action. Either way it's procrastination at
play.
For example, if you have a pile of papers cluttering your
office floor, you will either be trying to ignore them in
the vain hope that they will magically disappear under
their own steam and you won't have to decide what to do
about them. Or you will already have decided what you want
(or ought) to do with the papers, but be postponing the
action phase of the operation. Either way that pile of
papers sits there on your office floor, cluttering up your
workspace, draining your energy and making you feel bad for
not having done anything about it yet.
I'm sure you're well aware of the effects of
procrastination, not only on your decisiveness as a
business person, but on your general wellbeing and energy
levels. Procrastination is an extraordinary energy drainer,
capable of stopping you and your business in your tracks if
you let it get a grip.
So by dealing with your workspace clutter, you eliminate an
enormous amount of procrastination and free up large
amounts of energy. Makes sense doesn't it?
The second reason for adopting a declutter mindset in your
business is an entirely practical process of creating the
space for new customers.
If your workplace is stuffed with outdated rubbish, if your
diary is heaving with 'ought to but don't want to'
appointments, if your schedule is full of low grade clients
who aren't paying you full price, where's the space for new
business to come in?
Nature abhors a vacuum. This means that if you declutter
and create space in your business, it won't stay empty for
long. The trick is to declutter and create space at the
same time as setting an intention to attract new clients or
customers to fill that space. Know what business you want
to come your way and set about making the most inviting
space for it you can.
I know a number of people who swear by this technique. When
business is quiet, or when they want to crank it up a
notch, they take a look around their workplace and they ask
themselves: What can I declutter today? Sometimes it's a
bigger clear-out process and takes a bit of planning and a
day or two to execute. But at the end of the process,
invariably, they get that call, offering them the chance of
exciting new business.
So these are the two key ways in which decluttering can
boost your business:
1. It cuts your procrastination guilt and clears the path
to forward momentum.
2. It creates the space for new business to materialize.
It's got to be worth a try hasn't it?
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Mary McNeil of Create a Space is an experienced,
ICF-certified life coach who works with her clients on a
variety of decluttering, success and creativity projects.
Her 30-day home learning e-course: 'Declutter Your Way To
Creativity' is available from
http://www.Create-a-Space.co.uk .
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