Anonymous Testimonial

Anne catered to our specific situation which made the daunting task of organization more approachable.

Testimonial from Jim Hitson, Financial Planner, Prudential

Anne provides simple, implementable ideas that can have an immediate impact.

Testimonial from James La Femina, Prudential Financial Services Associate

Anne made a complicated process easy to understand and simple to implement.

Testimonial from Jack Mitchell, Prudential Financial

Anne offers concrete suggestions that can easily be implemented.   She also offered strategies based on your natural tendencies and personality.

Tip from Keith Berstler

Anne’s program made me realize my unorganized behavior but showed me how I could corect it and increase my productivity.

Do you work virtually and it’s always a hassle to figure out everyone’s time zone?

I found this Google gadget that can help. Simply bookmark this link and you can use it over and over again. Just look for the time zones and it will put them side by side: http://dev.choonkeat.com/js/cleartz/index#

This handy tool was a tip provided by my colleague, Athenee Mastrangelo!

Strategize and Organize

Helping people live a more productive life by improving the quality of their life at work and at home.

In reflection: The power of organizing

Choosing to live clutter free can fill you with a new strength.   When you become honest and determined in this area of your life, your courage and clarity to be more productive will flow into other areas, too. The new order and discipline will be reflected in all that you do.

When you establish order as the most important thing in your life, you will start thinking in order and will be released from the chaos that was caused by not caring.  You’ll become more efficient and function more effectively. Other priorities and values will sort themselves out.  Kind of crazy, but it just kind of happens.    Instead of being torn by piles and distractions of stuff, you’ll have the clarity to  decide which projects and activities are of most value.   Instead of being paralyzed by fear and depression, you’ll have the motivation and energy to do what needs to be done.

Accepting that organization as a way of life will enable you  to say no to chaos and eventually remove it as the center of our life.  Enjoy the process!

(c) 2009  Strategize & Organize. Anne McGurty

New residential website.

Over the years, my clients have asked if I did residential organizing.  I have always struggled with this question, because it definitely takes a different way of thinking and marketing strategy.  But truth be told, yes!  I do work with people in their homes.  So check out my new website, www.ResidentialOrganizing.com.  If the project exceeds my expertise, I know plenty of organizers to refer you to, so I’m happy to help you.

Are you getting stronger or weaker?

Every time I see  someone say, “I’ll put it here for now.”, I cringe.  But every time, they say no to that thought and go the extra step and put away that piece of paper, or deal with that  that email, they become more organized.  Every time you put off by “putting it here for now”, you weaken yourself and make it so much harder to get organized and find what you need the next time you look for something.  Your energy just gets completely zapped when you try to get back to being organized.

Organization is made up of many small decisions.  We gradually develop habits of what we can realistically handle and what we should say no to because our life becomes chaotic when we hit overload.  As we work towards getting organized and make decisions about what is necessary to keep, what is really trivial and can be purged, we become so much stronger. 

Since no one really is perfect, we don’t need to become discouraged when our office or our homes get a little out of control.  We are learning how to do things differently and change will come with slips or mistakes, and enough of those will eventually teach us onto our way to success.  Growth is always slow, but if we keep our eyes on our vision of organization, we will see the results.