- 1). Remove all distracting reading materials, including magazines and newspapers. Unsubscribe from publications you "don't have the time" to read and seek out higher quality publications in your professional field. You can use these publications as professional resources and file them in a drawer all their own.
- 2). File unorganized papers on your desk. If it is September and you still have papers from March on your desk, you are probably not the most organized person on earth and certainly not the most professional. Get these papers to their proper filing system as soon as possible to free up space in your work area.
- 3). Remove items from the top of your desk that don't belong there. A good rule to keep is to remove anything that can serve as a potential distraction, such as a bobble head or even a photograph of your family.
- 4). Store loose items in a drawer all their own. These items should serve some professional or office function, and may include a flash drive to transfer work documents to a home computer, thank-you cards for that office birthday you always forget and a notebook for jotting ideas and notes from meetings.
- 5). Place only the items you use frequently in relation to your work on top of your desk, such as pens and pencils, stapler, computer, mousepad and a printer.
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