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Organization Skills

The best home office organization skills to have and to work on are:

1) Reading. Being able to read fast, skim, think through, absorb information and actually sit and read for many hours at a time without stopping is one of the best abilities for anyone to have. If you don't like to read or can't read very fast then you will be severely limited in what you can accomplish.

2) Knowing what to throw out. Clutter accumulates because you don't know what to keep and what to throw. You either get emotionally attached to your things or you are afraid of throwing something out because you may need it. You don't have time to get bogged with excess stuff. Making a decision to either throw out, file or act on physical paper or electronic paper is critical. With electronic paper such as emails, reports, PDF's, MP3's and videos is much easier to file these things away on your computer. It only takes a few seconds to create a folder for the topic and then file the electronic whatever in that folder.

3) Not being afraid to do things not perfectly. Perfectionism is the enemy of getting things done. It is always better to be working on something, making progress, rather than not doing something because you have to have it just right. Besides, most things you do can be improved later.

4) Being able to work at something without being distracted. There will be a lot more distractions at home. The refrigerator, the TV, chores, errands. Worst of all there is no boss looking over your shoulder demanding that you are working every minute.

5) Being on time. You won't have to punch a clock but you may have meetings, conference calls and deadlines.

6) Knowing how long it takes to do things. Allow time to get things done. It shouldn't take forever but you do need some time.

7) Finding out more about whatever you're getting into.

8) Finding a faster way to do the things you normally do. This is where being organized really helps. As you get better at things you will get more and more organized.

9) Plowing ahead with things even if you don't know what you are doing.

10) Doing the best you can with what you've got.

11) Doing the best you can with the time you have.

12) You have an good way to organize documents that works well for you.

13) Setting up your home office in way that suits you, including having plenty of paper and pens.

Home office organization is not really different than being organized for anything else.

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