How to Clean out the Clutter and Pump Up Your Profits

John had an airconditioning business which he ran from his home office.
He found that whenever he didn't keep his office tidy, his cash-flow would slow down.

When he did his invoicing to clients, he would lose money because he couldn't include all the costs associated with each job. The paperwork would get buried under all the clutter.

It's such a simple thing to do ...clean up. However many business owners get lazy about doing it. They think it's unimportant and when they've got nothing better to do then they'll do it.

Being constantly surrounded by clutter causes you to:

* Lose things

* Waste time searching

* Waste money buying what you already have because it's buried under the mess

* Causes stress

* Makes you look disorganised and unprofessional

Many years ago when I used to go onsite as a professional organiser and help my clients organise their office, I remember one of my clients who was a litigator in a major law firm.

His office looked like a bombsite. There was clutter everywhere. His assistant said she refused to go in there. Why the directors let Gary work that way was ridiculous. He'd been working there for several years and they had let him get out of control. If something happened to Gary there was no way anyone else could find anything.

The company overall must have been losing thousands of dollars in lost productivity because not only was Gary's office a disaster zone, so were many other areas of the business.

As a small business owner you cannot afford to waste your time and money on clutter. So here's a simple and easy plan to follow when decluttering your office. Start with no. 1 and continue clearing out each area until completed:

1. Floor
2. Filing Cabinets
3· Bookcases
4· Cupboards
5· Desk
6· Walls

and after you've completed the above, clean out your computer.

Make sure you finish cleaning out one area at a time. And by the way ...ensure you have a big bin or lots of garbage bags on hand.

The Final Word

People often think that to boost their profitability they need to work harder or get more clients. If they made small improvements to the way they work and how they are currently 'doing business' they could easily pump up their profits without working any harder.