How can neatness lead to greater success?

A tidy workspace, room, or locker can lead to a positive culture, greater efficiency, and improved morale.

It can accomplish this by:

1. Alleviating distractions - A cluttered area makes you more vulnerable to distraction by pulling your focus away from what you should be doing.

2. Reducing anxiety - A messy workspace can raise stress by making you feel more anxious, frustrated, or overwhelmed.

3. Decreasing motivation - An organized area leads to an organized mind, making it easier to focus on the task at hand.

4. Absence of tidiness - If your room or office has essential items scattered about, you'll waste time looking for the tools you need to be successful.

Neatness reduces distractions and stress, improves concentration and enthusiasm, and boosts your effectiveness in the classroom, at home, or at work.

Spend a few minutes at the end of the day cleaning up your space so you can start the next day ready to be successful.

Please comment on your thoughts on the importance of having a neat and tidy space. 

Please check out my latest YouTube recording from the 50 Tastes Of Gray Podcast with Matthew Gray. You can watch the podcast by clicking on the PODCAST & SPEAKING VIDEOS button at the top of this page and scroll down and click on the 50 Tastes Of Gray Podcast tab.

​As most of you know, I rarely post anything about my infusion treatments. However, during a recent session at the University of Colorado Hospital Cancer Center, Colorado Rockies 1st baseman Michael Toglia, and his fiancée, Jenna, visited some of the patients receiving therapy, including me.
It was a pleasure to spend a few minutes with Michael and Jenna, and we appreciate their consideration and kindness to cheer us up. 

How often do you get what you want?

I was recently asked to provide my thoughts on how to go about getting a raise.

I commented that many people use the wrong metrics when asking for a raise. They tell their supervisor that they deserve a raise because they have the most tenure, have the most experience, or would be the most difficult to replace.

Despite what you think, asking for and receiving a raise isn't about you, it's about the value you bring to the group, department, and organization.

If you want to receive a raise, you need to demonstrate the value, in terms of sales, management, or customer service, that you bring to the company. You must provide quantifiable data to back up your case.

In addition, at your annual review, explain that you want to be part of the group working on the newest projects and strategies. Develop a plan with your supervisor about how you go about being a member of that partnership and get a commitment that you will be given the training and resources necessary to ensure you are equipped to be successful.   

Getting what you want in life is about demonstrating the value you will bring to make other people's lives better and how hard you're willing to work to make sure you have the skills necessary to provide that benefit. 

Nobody is going to do it for you. Don't expect others to give you what you want. It's not that they're against you, they're just for themselves. 

Leave me a comment about your thoughts on how you go about getting what you want in your life.