We all know that an organized office creates a better work environment, but it also takes a toll on productivity, which translates into dollars.  Here is some good advice in an article from Fellowes.com.

“An Organized Office Works Smarter

In today’s competitive market, nobody can afford to waste time and effort at work. We’re all looking for ways to be more efficient and effective, decrease stress, streamline a process or just make life easier.

Organization is a smart way to accomplish all of that and more. Look around your workspace. Do you feel and look like you’re in control? If not, it’s time to start getting it together. The benefits pay dividends every single day when you can find things easily, save time and prevent important information from getting lost.

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Check out this great article from www.marketwatch.com:
“Wells Fargo Offers Tips on How to Decide

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 22, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — To save money in a tight economy, more people than ever are expected to file their own tax returns this year, bypassing CPAs and professional preparers. When can you complete your own tax return and when should you turn to a professional? Today, Wells Fargo & Company released the checklist below to help consumers decide. And it doesn’t matter which method you use, your chances of audit are still the same: 1 in 100, according to the IRS.

100% Do-It-Yourself

The IRS and most states allow you to file your income taxes online. It provides all of the forms and software for your convenience, and it’s free. All the federal forms are available at IRS.gov.

Consider preparing your tax return yourself if:

– You have the time to find the forms and websites

– Your tax return is easy and straightforward with no need to itemize

– You rent your home and have no children.

– You are single, with one or two regular jobs paying a W2 income or married filing jointly and each partner has a W2 income.

Do-It-Yourself +

Commercial software programs will guide you through the maze of deductions and options to minimize your tax liability, provide support for audits, and have a tax preparer professional review your return. While they do charge for this, the fee is typically less than having an accountant or CPA prepare your return.

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Everyone experiences stressful situations at work.  Here is a great article from www.helpguide.org about reducing workplace stress.

How to Reduce and Manage Job and Workplace Stress

Here’s a great article I found with some basic organization tips. Check out our store for great office organization supplies.

Creating an Organized To Do List

“Creating an organized to do list is one the best things you can do to make sure that your daily tasks are getting completed. You have many different tasks, papers and forms to deal with and creating an organized to do list can be done in just a few simple steps.

GET ORGANIZED FOR ACTION

If you want an organized to do list you must keep paper moving through your system (instead of stagnating on your desk). The first step to creating an organized to do list is to “verb” each action. That means sorting according to the action required. Start with the nearest pile, ask yourself what you need to do with each item and create a folder for each answer. You’ll probably come up with categories like:

• “to pay”
• “to file”
• “to contact”
• “to buy”
• “to read”
• “to enter in computer”
• “to reconcile”
• “to give to _________”

Set these folders up in a file box or rack, placed in plain view. The goal is to break that pile down into just a few action categories and to give new paper a place to live until you have a chance to tackle it. Each day, take just a minute to go through the new to-do’s and you will have an organized to do list!

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Considered the most prestigious race in NASCAR, the 200-lap Daytona 500 is also the most popular with more than 200,000 fans in attendance and millions watching worldwide. Racing for approximately 3 1/2 hours, where hundredths of seconds count, the race is often determined by the winning team’s “pit strategy.”

Pit strategy – determining when to stop and what functions to perform – has become an increasingly important feature of a race. That’s because during a ten-second pit stop, competitors will gain about one quarter mile over the stopped car. The car that made the stop, however, may have an advantage because it is lighter, carrying less fuel, and have less wear on its tires so it can go faster on the turns.

Teams consider several factors in developing a pit strategy like rate of fuel consumption and tire wear, pit road length and speed limit, weather and lighting as well as competitors’ pit strategies.

Efficiency can win or lose a race

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Excitement builds as The Big Game Day approaches. Parties are planned, food is prepared and speculating begins about who will emerge as this year’s winner. Held February 7 in Miami, two of the best professional football teams duke it out for the biggest championship in the sport. Whether you’re a die-hard gridiron fan or just enjoy watching the commercials, you can impress and enlighten friends with these fun football facts:

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Back pain can cause a host of annoyances.  Here’s an article from spine-health.com about how to choose a good chair. You owe it to your back. Check out Write Now! for our selection of ergonomic office chairs.

Choosing the Right Ergonomic Office Chair.

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I hope that this story is fictional…

“A young executive was leaving the office late one evening when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.

‘Listen,’ said the CEO, ‘this is a very sensitive and important document here, and my secretary has gone for the night. Can you make this thing work?’

‘Certainly,’ said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.

‘Excellent, excellent!’ said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. ‘I just need one copy.’”