Greetings from Santa Cruz! I'm back in the office and my head is spinning with all of the new ideas I have from attending the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) annual conference. I was sad to have the conference end, but it is exciting to be back to work on building and improving my consulting business.
Here is the recap of my final day at conference...
My day started with a break out session on creating a lifestyle business. The concepts were based on the Timothy Ferriss book "The 4-Hour Workweek". http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/ One concept that I took away from this session was to consider decreasing the amount of information that comes into my world. I know that I can find the information when I need it, so why do I want to clutter my mind with it constantly. In fact Tim Ferriss says that "a wealthy of information creates a poverty of attention." I left the session with some thought provoking homework. If I had a heart attack and could only work 2 hours per day, what would I work on?. If I had another heart attack and could only work 2 hours per week, what would I work on? That is a big concept if you spend a lot of time working on tasks that keep you busy, but they are not urgent or important. Definitely something to think about.
Greetings from Orlando! Today was the 2nd day of the National Association of Professional Organizers annual conference. It is so exciting to be with 700 other professional organizers! This is the largest organizing conference in the world and all types of organizers come from all over the world.
After the morning general session on how veteran organizers turned their business dreams into reality, I attended 2 technical sessions. The first was on time management and the presenter was Harold Taylor, (http://www.taylorintime.com ) He gave me some new insight on the subject. He talked a lot about the overload that we are experiencing and the speed in which we work and live. He offered several ways to slow down time by adding variety to life, being present in what we do, and creating more meaningful experiences in our lives. I like that advice. It makes so much sense. We are more likely to remember and cherish memorable events than the mundane activities we do day after day.
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