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Vol. 3 Issue 13
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OverHall IT!
Organizing Newsletter for Your Life
Circulation 7, 223
Vol. 3, Issue 13
Publisher: Janet L. Hall janet@overhall.com
http://www.overhall.com
( C ) OverHall Consulting 2002
Administration information located at end of newsletter.
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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. Welcome and Happenings
2. OverHalling and Balance
3. Guest Article
4. Products, Books, and Web Site Reviews
5. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
6. Tips for Professional Organizers
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1. Welcome and Happenings
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We are offering our first home clutter support group starting
this month. If you are interested and committed to getting
control of your life and getting rid of your clutter, please
keep reading!
Thanks for your support and for being a subscriber,
Janet L. Hall, The Organizing and Feng Shui Wizard
******** Stop Saying You Are Going to Get Organized ********
Get Organized TODAY!
Need help with your bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, garage,
paper, time, children, or attitude?
Wiz Through Your Clutter: Home Organizing Audiotapes
http://www.overhall.com/home_organizing.htm
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2. "Raising Cain" or Overcoming?
By: Janet L. Hall
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Are you "raising Cain" with yourself or others regarding your
clutter or are you taking the necessary steps and actions to
overcome your clutter situation?
You can choose to do one of two things when your clutter
conditions become overwhelming - you can fight the clutter
or you can overcome your clutter problems.
To overcome your clutter successfully you must leave
behind and release your old ways of thinking and how you
do things now. You must release your fears about your stuff,
your doubts of what to get rid of, your attitudes towards your
clutter and stuff, your resentments, prejudices, negativity,
and those old tapes in your head.
If what you did yesterday didn't help towards getting
organized or if you didn't like how your day went then you
must NOT do the same things you did yesterday in order for
a change to start taking place in your life.
To change your life or circumstances, to rise above your
problems or situations you might have to disassociate
yourself from friends or family members that bring you down
or that are in the same boat as you. You need to STOP
commiserating with others like you, whether in person,
phone, or cyberspace that continue to complain or whine
about their situations BUT take no action towards changing if
you REALLY want to change.
You can lift yourself up and choose to associate with people
and others of a lifestyle that you secretly dream of by
identifying your dream robbers, planning, and seeking out
others that can help you.
Identifying Your Dream Robbers:
You become like those around you. You take on their
personalities, their attitudes, and their problems. Like
magnets you are attracted to and attract mirror images of
yourself - everyday, all day! Your thoughts and your
environment become like those around you. This happens to
EVERYONE … if they let it….
==>Make a list of your family, friends, co-workers,
associates, acquaintances, and how they act around you.
Are they sad or happy, healthy or depressed, violent or kind,
controlling or abusive?
==>How do they effect you, your thoughts, and your habits?
==>What are they talking about?
Bills, debt, clutter, time, soap operas - real life and television.
==>What are their attitudes?
Negative or positive?
==>What might you say or do when they start "acting" in a
negative or inappropriate fashion? Please be kind, walk
away or completely disassociate.
==>What's in their world?
Clutter, chaos, drama, or organized, calm, and peace?
Planning:
=>Find a quiet place and time when you won't be interrupted
=>Get a notebook or journal and write down how you'd like
to see your life or environment, and answer the following
questions:
=>What would be an ideal day for you?
=>How would you like your day to unfold?
=>What would you like to do throughout your day?
=>How would you like your environment to be?
=>What do you need to do - change - before you can live
that way?
=>What obstacles do you need to overcome?
=>What clutter do you need to get rid of?
=>What rooms or areas do you need to get organized?
=>What outside or inside activities are taking away from your
ideal day?
=>Whom do you need to disassociate from?
=>What issues need clearing up?
=>What negative thoughts do you need or want to replace?
=>What exactly do you need to do in order for you to move
forward with the life of your dreams?
=>Which of the above can you start working on today?
=>Create a timeline to work on the other circumstances and
areas you identified above.
You have the POWER to plan your life, change your
circumstances, and get organized, but it takes more then
planning. You will need to take some action, make some
tradeoffs, and possibly get professional help.
Getting Help:
There are multitudes of people and organizations that can
help you overcome your circumstances but it takes a little
legwork.
You must be willing to:
=>Seek out professionals whom can really help you and hold
you accountable. =>Make the call or send the email.
=>Pay the price (and not just in money).
=>Do the homework.
=>Make the commitment to change.
=>Invest in YOURSELF!
To me getting organized is not just getting rid of the piles or
the stuff that has taken over your life. It's not about getting
everything nice and neat. It's about life management,
overcoming challenges, and changing the energy of yourself
and your environment to reflect the lifestyle you REALLY
want.
What does getting organized mean to you and how will you
overcome your clutter obstacles?
*****************Home Clutter Support Group *****************
If you're ready to FINALLY get organized, we're ready to
help you and get you signed up for our learning
and support groups for home clutter.
http://www.overhall.com/home_clutter_support.htm
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3. Guest Article: Building Solid Foundations
by Michael Angier
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When it comes to erecting a building, few people would dispute
the importance of establishing a strong foundation. It's no
different in building a business, a family or a life.
In 2000, we watched many of the dot-coms become dot-GONES.
One of the reasons for this is that these companies were built
without solid foundations. It's not only brick and mortar
companies that need firm footings.
The emphasis today is on instant gratification. But if we want
to build something of value, something that will last, we must
build a foundation that will support our vision.
The quick fix, the quick buck and the quick solution will not
endure. The individual who shoots to the top of his or her field
only to self-destruct is often the victim of not having
solidified the values and the structure to support the stardom.
It takes effort and it takes conviction, but the rewards are
worth it.
Keep Your Eyes on What You're Building
There was once a man passing by a construction site. He stopped
and asked one of the tradesmen what he was doing. The worker
replied gruffly, "I'm laying bricks, can't you see that?" The
man watched a while longer and then asked another worker what he
was doing. "I'm just earning a living," he replied. A third time
the man asked a worker and the response was much different, "I'm
building a cathedral."
No doubt the personal happiness and the quality of the work from
the last man was much better than from the first two.
And what about us? Are we just collecting a paycheck, doing
drudgery work--laying bricks? Or are we building a cathedral?
By staying focused on what we're building and seeing the task at
hand as accomplishing that purpose, we'll gain greater
satisfaction, our work will be lighter, and we'll create more
excellence.
Foundations Take Time
I recently watched a building being constructed. (I must admit I
was tempted to ask some of the workers what they were doing.)
For months, there seemed to be little progress. There was plenty
of dust, lots of activity, but very little evidence that
anything was really happening.
That's because they were building the foundation--the foundation
to support a grand structure. And that takes time.
The engineers, the architect and the owner certainly weren't
standing around saying, "Where's the building? Why can't I see
more progress?" They knew that a majority of the time to
construct the building would be spent in laying the groundwork.
Once the foundation is ready and cured, the rest of the
construction happens at impressive speed. Even mistakes made in
the superstructure can be corrected without too much difficulty.
But faults in the foundation CANNOT be easily repaired and will
jeopardize the entire structure.
And why should what we build be any different? We need to put
strong foundations under our dreams, our businesses and our
relationships. I believe that this is where many people
struggle. They're too focused on the payoff and don't give
enough attention to the hard work and careful planning required
in building the substructure. They want to start putting up
walls and bringing in the business too soon.
And in the end, most fail because there's not the right support.
Every business, every marriage, every cause will be tested. Just
being a "good guy" and "doing the right thing" will
not insulate
you from the gales, the attacks and the infestations that will
most definitely occur.
But with a strong foundation, built with good materials, with
painstaking effort, your structure will be one that withstands
all assaults and fully supports your endeavors.
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Copyright 1995-2002 Michael Angier
& Success Networks
International. Michael Angier is the founder and president of Success Net,
publishers of SUCCESS STRATEGIES and SUCCESS DIGEST. Success Net
is a worldwide association committed to helping people become
more knowledgeable, productive and effective. Their mission is
to inform, inspire and empower people to be their
best--personally and professionally. Free subscriptions,
memberships, books and SuccessMark Cards are available at
http://www.SuccessNet.org
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4. Products, Books, and Web Site Reviews
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Products for Organizing Paper:
Keep your important papers safe and organized with this
handy guide and special envelopes!
http://overhall.com/safety_deposit_box.htm
File Index Dividers, book, and quick index for your home
files. You will never have to make a decision again of where
to file something or where you filed it!
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Put Your Papers out of sight but not out of mind using a
Tickler File!
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Audiotapes:
November Special: How To Overcome Excuses, Challenges
and Hurdles So You Can Take Control of Your Life!
http://www.overhall.com/organizing_special.htm
E-Books and Books:
My Internet Marketing buddy and friend, Rick Butts has just
started a fabulous new site, Ebook Source where he offers
many different e-books to choose from:
Internet Marketing, Management and Leadership, Self
Help/Personal Development, Fiction, Entrepreneur, Sales,
and Too Cool to categorize. Please check them out at
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Jeffrey J. Mayer, president of Succeeding In Business, and
author of many books, has an E-Book, "Winning the Fight
Between You and Your Desk," that I highly recommend.
This inexpensive ebook is filled with humor; Are you a
Pilamaniac? to step-by-step instructions on Creating Master
Lists, Master Files, and Your Master File Drawer. I urge you
all to download this inexpensive but very informative ebook
at:
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5. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
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>> HELP! I need your assistance in locating jokes, quotes,
or anecdotes for this ezine!
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6. Tips for Professional Organizers
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Do you have a web site? If not you are missing out on a lot
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These people are incredibly nice and inexpensive. You'll be
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web site and more then ONE if you want!
Don't forget to check out Tom Antion's Internet Marketing
BUTT Camp that might be coming to your area!
Many of you have heard me talk about Tom Antion and I
have learned sooo much from him and his invaluable
seminar, BUTT Camp. Tom's seminar is packed with good
quality information that you can put to use that day for your
web site. He tells you so much, step-by-step, and the ideas
that will fly through your head of what you can do is truly
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is that once you attend one as a paying attendee, you can
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teenager for FREE! If you're serious about your business
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Register now for early bird discount.
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Read what veteran organizer Kathy Paauw had to say
about this ebook:
Janet,
Wow! I just reviewed your eBook, and it
is packed with some great
information. I have not seen a more comprehensive and helpful
resource anywhere else for those who are getting an organizing
business established. Your eBook is so comprehensive that I may
recommend it to some of my non-organizer clients who are starting
a business. Congratulations on a job well done! You've obviously put
a lot into this.
I'll be recommending your eBook to the
Professional Organizers I am
coaching in their start-up businesses.
Best wishes,
Kathy Paauw, Paauwerfully Organized
Organizing/Productivity Consultant & Certified Professional Coach
www.orgcoach.net
orgcoach@gte.net
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***** Do Your Employees Need Organized? *****
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their clutter! Janet delivers a one-of-a-kind, customized
workshop or speech. Call 800/687-3040 and book her
today!
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We want your Organizing, Space Clearing, Feng Shui, and
Computer tips, techniques, products to review, and
jokes in 2002, mailto:janet@overhall.com
or send to address
below.
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Smiles, not Piles,
Janet L. Hall
The Organizing and Feng Shui Wizard
Let me work my "spells" on your Clutter, Life, and
Environment!
http://www.overhall.com
"If your current systems aren't working for you... get an
"OverHall"!"
Janet L. Hall is the owner of OverHall Consulting, and
Organizing By Phone, which is based out of Southern
Maryland and can be reached at 800-687-3040 or
410-586-9440, or e-mail her at
mailto:janet@overhall.com
Janet can "OverHall" your office, home, and computer
clutter and can deliver a customized speech or seminar
for your next event.
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