Chunk It Down

Effective organization has very specific characteristics. I noticed this today as I sat down and realized I had completely forgotten how I organized my information flow.

Upon looking at the plan, I was able to reintegrate myself into my system within a few seconds.

Here are the main characteristics of effective organization:

1. Your organizational procedure should not have more than 3 main steps
2. Each step should have no more than one major action

That’s it, and that’s how you keep it simple. 

Keeping procedures simple allows you to get back into your workflow quickly in spite of interuptions and unexpected emergencies.