Clean Desk is a Sign of?
“If you do not know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues’ initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.” Malcolm Forbes
Whitmore’s fifteenth entrepreneurship observation is: Clear Your Desk.
This quote cracked me up. But it does offer some serious wisdom. What should a desk look like? Albert Einstein had a very messy desk. I am sure there a numerous famous examples who kept very neat desks.
So what does a desk full of paper signify?
A pile of papers signals inactivity or too much activity. With either conclusion, when someone walks in your office and they see a pile they immediately know that you are not organized. You might think that you know where everything is but you are fooling yourself.
I find that when my desk is clean and I come in the morning my mood is one of ready to go. If I see a pile I feel like I am already behind in my work. At different times I vacillate between both extremes. But I can tell you that for me a clean desk is the preferred option that makes me more productive.
Today’s question is:
“How clean is your desk?”
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