Chapter 5. Organization: How To Get Your Act Together

The legendary blues singer Pearl Bailey once said, “I've been rich and I've been poor—rich is better.” Well as far as we are concerned, we've been organized and we've been disorganized—organized is much, much better.

Organization is the nylon cord that holds both your home office and your home life together. It is pure chaos trying to run a home office without being organized. It's like trying to climb up a mountain of sand. Establishing a reliable system of organization under one roof is one of the most important acts of kindness you can do for yourself because a good system will change your life. Creating a dependable system is much easier than you may realize—and a whole lot faster.

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