Quotes About Organization

The best way to maximize storage in a small space is with custom cabinets.

I don't really have a domestic inclination. Even my apartment has a semblance of a storage facility. It's just stacks, there are no bookshelves, just books and piles of stamp collections and weird little sewing and knitting projects.

A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.

I'm organized, but receipts tend to mess up my system. They're barbarians! So I store them in a notepad.

I am someone who puts their takeout or leftovers into the Tupperware and stores it in the refrigerator overnight.

I have more than 100 legal pads filled with handwriting. Eight novels, two books for children, countless stories and essays.

I don't storyboard like some. I mean, all directors are different. I plan meticulously - really meticulously.

Partly because of the way I write - I don't work with an outline or in a straight line. I work where I can see things happening, and so I get lots and lots of little bits to start with, and I'm doing the research at the same time.

My only phobia is untidiness. My hair has to be neatly kept; my shoes are always clean. Everything has to be in a straight line, in its place.

I see a picture right now that's not parallel, so I'm going to go straighten it. Things must be in order.

I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house.

I live with a calendar strapped to my butt. Seriously, I never go anywhere without my calendar, because I have to make sure I don't miss anything.

Many who know me or have worked for me are aware of my penchant for strategic planning. I consider it a critical component of the success of any organization and believe in the value of planning for a company's needs over multiple time horizons, as well as reviews against that plan at regular intervals.

Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best.

the story, and the conviction it carries, are part of the teller's way of organizing his own life.

at the end of 1922, nearly one in four residents had taken an oath to a cryptic organization dedicated to the dehumanization of fellow citizens. A majority would soon elect a Klansman as their mayor.

Simon received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for his contribution to organizational decision making: It is impossible to have perfect and complete information at any given time to make a decision.

Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.

The first ten minutes of sorting through clothing was like choosing which child of mine should live or die.

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate. —DAVE BARRY, Pulitzer Prize–winning American humorist

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days." –Annie Dillard

Out of clutter, find simplicity. —Albert Einstein

THE KEY TO having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to getting there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a to-do list and (2) define a not-to

In my case, I use spam filters, autoresponders with FAQs, and automatic forwarding to outsourcers to limit my e-mail obligation to 10–20 e-mail responses per week. It takes me 30 minutes per week because I used systems—elimination and automation—to make it so.