Being an organized person is something that can be very beneficial to you, especially at work. The more organized you are at work, the more you’ll stand out to your employers.
Standing out to your employers for the right reasons can help you to get a promotion.
Getting a promotion will probably also mean getting a raise, which is more needed than ever when you consider the cost of living crisis, which is affecting millions of Americans.
This post will tell you what you can do to become a more organized employee.
Custom Stamps
The use of custom stamps can be a very good way of distinguishing your mail from other people’s in your office.
If you are a senior employee, then by ordering custom stamps you won’t ever have to worry about your mail being confused for anybody else’s again.
Your mail will also be given priority, probably, if you hold seniority in your company. Custom stamps are very affordable and can be ordered online.
Make sure you put a lot of thought into what your stamp is going to say, so you can ensure your mail looks as professional as possible.
Setting Goals
If you want to become more organized, then set yourself achievable goals, like ordering your own stamps, for example.
Ensure that the goals you set for yourself are realistic, however. If you set yourself a bunch of unrealistic goals then you aren’t going to have much success turning them into a reality.
Do not be too hard on yourself either; give yourself a reasonable amount of time to achieve your goals.
The process and act of setting goals will, in a way, actually make you a more organized person.
Tracking Progress
Once you have set yourself goals, get into the habit of tracking your progress. The world’s most organized people all meticulously track their progress.
Tracking your progress helps because it keeps you thinking about your goals. When you are constantly thinking about your goals, it makes you more organized and helps you to work towards them.
The best way to track progress is to keep a spreadsheet, listing all of your goals and the time it took you to achieve them (and the time you predict it’ll take you to achieve them).
Tracking your progress will help you to become more productive and organized.
Limit Distractions
If you have too many distractions at work, you’ll never be able to focus.
People who are disorganized tend to surround themselves with distractions, like mobile phones, radios, and even televisions.
When you are at work, you need to focus. If you can’t focus then you’ll never become organized. Limit or completely remove distractions from your office.
If you have a personal phone with social media accounts on, turn it off. Do not bring any personal effects into the office if you think that they are going to distract you or get in the way.
Practice Accountability
Organized people also tend to take accountability for their actions. If you want to be more organized, then practice accountability.
When you make a mistake, own up to it. If your supervisors at work ask you about a mistake you made, then be open and honest about how you made it. Taking accountability for your actions will motivate you not to make the same mistakes again in the future. When you take accountability for mistakes you are significantly less likely to make them again, because you will make a concerted effort in the future to avoid them. This, in turn, will make you more organized.
Clean Environment
A clean working environment will help you to focus on whatever it is that you’re working on. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that they can work productively in a dirty or cluttered environment, but this rarely works out.
A clean environment will give you fewer things to worry about or distract yourself with.
It will also make you stand out to your employers since most people’s desks and office spaces are in complete chaos.
Your employers will recognize that you take cleanliness and tidiness seriously and respect you for it.
Time Yourself
When you are completing tasks, time yourself.
Unless you are working under a deadline do not pressure yourself into completing things sooner than they need to be completed though.
When you time yourself, you get an idea of how fast you can complete specific tasks. Then, in the future, if you are ever assigned a similar task, you will be able to give a realistic prediction as to how long it’ll take you.
Giving your employers timeframes for specific tasks will make you stand out as an employee. It’ll make them feel more confident asking you to do things for them.
Radical Honesty
Radical honesty (or transparency) is essential at work. If your employers ask you to explain something, explain it as effectively, and honestly, as you can.
Over time, your employers will begin to see you as somebody who prides themselves on their honesty and integrity.
Honesty is a very desirable quality. Most people try to hide their mistakes or lie about things when they are wrong.
Being recognized for your honesty will make you a lot more appealing to your employers, and when they are considering handing out promotions, you will probably be the first person they turn to.
Regular Communication
Learning to become a better communicator will make you appear more organized. Very few people are good communicators, sadly.
The main reason for this is that they never take the time to learn to improve their skills. However, when you are working with other people, good communicative skills are essential.
If you cannot convey a point to other people, then you won’t be able to give instructions regarding projects or tasks that need to be completed.
Nobody is ever going to give you a promotion if you do not communicate well.
If you work for somebody else’s company (or even your own), you need to become more organized.
Becoming more organized will make you stand out and could even get you a promotion. You can use this post’s guidance to become more organized.