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Why is so hard to let go of those business things…you know the stuff that we have acquired over the years from trade shows and companies…logo’d and all? “Swag”, that’s the name for this stuff.

Get rid of it NOW!

Pens, thousands of pens. Fanny packs, luggage tags, portfolio covers (leather no less), calculators, mag-lites, key chains, PDA covers…come on you know what I am talking about. You have tons of this stuff. And when Mac World or whatever convention or seminar comes to town, you are going to get more. Really, do you need all this logo’d stuff?

Here’s the deal. Keep the best of the best and get rid of the rest. Maybe someday the corporations will really get green and stop giving this junk out, but for now it is up to you to let go, de-clutter your own space and donate it to someone who might really use these things……

Here is another tip to help everyone manage their piles of paper….Remember, piles are delayed decisions.

Articles, Magazines, Catalogs, Trade Journals…and more that you want to read

How do you keep up with all the things you want to read? So many of us tear out articles from the newspaper and magazines to read later. But instead of reading them they turn in to piles, clutter and just a plain old mess.

It is too hard to commit to the reading if you can’t find the articles (or remember you saved them).

Keep all the reading material together in the place you are most likely to read it. A basket next to the sofa, a box near the kitchen counter, on your nightstand, a magazine holder in your office.

Commit to reading something everyday. I like to read while I eat lunch or have dinner in the oven.