Organized Person: 21 Habits to Become More Efficient

Embarking on a journey towards efficiency? Discover 21 habits that can transform your life. These practices, adopted by highly organized individuals, can help streamline your routines, enhance productivity, and foster a more organized approach to daily tasks.

Pending Place

Things that come up but you don’t have the time or ability to deal with on the spot, designate a specific place for these things

The 15 Minute Pick-Up

Establish a designated time for strictly picking things up and putting them in their designated places.

Multitask Mind

Double up and do several things in one trip

For example, if you need to pay a bill, go pay it and stop at the store on the way back to pick up the gallon of milk you need.
When you get up to use the restroom, check the room. Is there anything that needs to be put away? Take it with you

Incorporate Teams

It is nearly impossible to achieve any great success all alone. Know how to create cohesive teams that catapult you toward success

Belief: There’s no ‘I’ in team. I can form teams that make me stronger
Teams are one of the essential success habits

Work Hard/Don’t Slack

Take breaks to recharge, but never give up. Work harder.

Never give up, and never give in. Work through obstacles, and don’t give up easily. Work until you make it, then take a step back and assess your progress.

Two Things

Pick 2 things daily to get rid of or eliminate

Avoid Negative Thoughts

Belief: I’m an amazing person. I can do anything I set my mind to. You have everything you need to become who you want to be. Say these beliefs in your head every day. Believe it…and back your belief up with actions that support your belief.

Your ‘True Colors’

Identity-based habits are more successful in the long term

They originate from within
You begin to establish success habits from the inside out
In other words, your core beliefs that play like tapes in your head, are all based upon the person you actually want to be
Back those affirmations up with small daily actions (habits) that help you to become that person

Financial Awareness

Develop a system for tracking profit and loss and returns on investment

Knowing exactly where money goes allows you to identify where you can cut back in the case of an emergency or unexpected expense
Here are some ways to start: better money habits, budgeting, savings, etc.

How do they do it?

Organized people are extremely attuned to their thoughts

What you do and the habits you have are directly proportionate to whom you believe you are
They have the mental strength to create solid, motivating core beliefs
The major advantage to identity-based habits is that they’re based upon who you believe yourself to be
It all begins and ends with inner core beliefs

Organize Healthy Food Lists

Have a list of foods that are common to the restaurants you frequent so you’re familiar with the nutritional value of them

Diversify & Multiply

Take all of your past regrets and failures and find the lessons you learned from them

Plans of Actions

Create systems, manuals, plans of action and step by step processes for as many aspects of your work as possible to enable you to easily repeat processes.

Compartmentalization

Prioritize tasks and box the rest

De-clutter Your Work & Living Space

The more your work and living space is de-cluttered, the clearer your mind is.

A de -cluttered work/living space produces a de-luttered mind.
Belief: A de-categorized space equals a more clear mind.

Write everything down

The act of writing down tasks clears your mind so that you can remain creative

To help you get started, create SMART goals for your organizational skills
Some of the best organization apps are: Scrivener, Organizer, Keep Track, Organize, KeepScrapbook

Face Your Goliaths

If you want to succeed, you need to first acknowledge and then face your fears

Know Who’s Who & What’s What

Don’t allow stress or overwhelmed emotions make you believe it’s easier to just do it yourself. Know when to delegate and whom to delegate what to.

Successful people know when they need to do something themselves, but they also understand that success is not about doing everything on your own. It’s about empowering those who work for you to do more.