If you’re surrounded by piles of papers on your desk, floor and any other flat surface in your office, chances are you’re a piler, not a filer. Don’t fight your instincts, work with them. For example, instead of adapting to a traditional lateral filing cabinet, go horizontal with a literature sorter that can be placed on a desk or installed on the wall above it. Label each slot in the sorter with the categories you use most, like ‘file’ and 'act'. It will be easier to adapt to filing papers when you don't have to change your piling habit.

Suggested Filing Categories:

• Pay
• Read
• Act
• File
• Data To Enter
• Photocopy
• Call

This tip is from episode 12, Click to view the Episode Summary