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7 Strategies To Stay Super Focused
Create a Supportive Environment
- Arrange your work space to discourage unscheduled visits.
- Plug in your earphones and listen to soothing music or white noise.
- Move to a quieter place if you can’t block out office banter.
- Schedule time blocks to focus on the task at hand.
- Turn off your phone, mobile devices and email and IM notifications.
- Disconnect from the Internet.
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Over 300,000 items...
That’s true even though 1 in 10 Americans (and rising) rent offsite storage and even though the size of the American...
3 common problems...
...most people run into when trying to determine usefulness of an item:
- Exaggerating or over-emphasizing its need in the future.
- Underestimating the cost and space it takes up.
- Ignoring the storage cost.
The RFASR Declutter Formula
- Recency — “When was the last time I used this?”
- Frequency — “How often do I use this?”
- Acquisition Cost — “How difficult/expensive is it to get this?”
- Storage Cost — “How much space and maintenance cost is it tied to?”
- Retrieve Cost — “What costs are associated with retrieving it or it becoming outdated?”
R (Low) + F (Low) + AC (Low) +SC (High) + RC (High) = Not Worth It