HOW TO CONQUER THE CHAOS AND GET ORGANIZED

Tips on how to conquer the chaos and get organized with Kerry Thomas 

To conquer the chaos its all about the flow. You want to walk into your office or sit down at your desk, and it's all about the information flow.
I define "productive environment" as being able to accomplish your work and enjoy your life. They're both equally important.
I'm giving them permission to work with their strengths instead of fight against their strengths.
There are only three choices you can make about any piece of information. Ask yourself "File, act, toss?" So, the acronym is FAT, it's not pretty, but it's easy to remember.
I have a lot of people ask "Should I use a digital calendar, should I use a paper calendar, day timer type of thing?" And the answer is it doesn't really matter. It's not what you should do, but what will you use?
One of the elements that you need to have nearby, very close to you are a trashcan, recycling, and shredding. Within arms reach.

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Doug: Well, welcome back listeners, to another episode of Real Marketing Real Fast. Today, we're going to talk about conquering the chaos in our lives. Your life, my life, and just the way that we're working in our business as entrepreneurs, business owners, and marketing types. My guest today is going to share a really interesting story. So, if you're interested in learning how she helped a client uncover $2500 in cheques, $800 in cash and a $250 gift certificate in less than four hours, I suggest that you tune in.

So my guest today I met at an event put on by a friend of mine, Justin Schenck, at Growth Now Movement in Reading, Pennsylvania, and that's Kerry Thomas. Now, Kerry is the owner of Conquer Chaos. She attended the University of Florida where she received her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Special Education, and she taught that for eight years before a career change brought her to professional organizing, and her business was launched in 2007.

In 2014, she completed a rigorous training program, became a certified Productive Environmental Specialist. So, I don't want you to think "Oh, wow, that's a lot of information." What I want you to think about is how can you find the time, find margin to do the things that you like to do, be more productive, have less waste, and increase your sales and marketing and not miss opportunities, by the tips that she's going to share. So, Kerry's educational background has given her a very unique perspective on how different learning styles impact organization, time management, and productivity.

So, what she does is she helps her clients to create and maintain systems that address their individual issues. So, it's not a one size fits all. She's very passionate about helping her clients streamline and optimize and organize their environments, both professionally and personally, for productivity and peace of mind.

So Kerry has spoken and taught workshops at companies such as Hewlett-Packard, North Virginia Birth Services, Long & Foster, American Disposal and numerous others. But she really had the honor of speaking at a TedX talk and 600,000 people have downloaded and watched her video.

Kerry implements the same systems that she uses with her clients in her own workspace to keep her busy schedule flowing, so this gives her time to do things, her favorite things, such as spend time with her family, hiking,