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Do you feel overwhelmed by clutter? Unbeknownst to most of us, clutter does impact our health, finances and emotions. Think about the time, money and energy you've spent clearing clutter - just the thought of it spells dread. Living a clutter-free life isn't the privilege of those gifted in the ways of organizing things. In fact, everyone can be organized. It is just about having the right systems in place to help you get organized quickly and easily. Clutter happens when being organized takes up too much time. While it may seem common sense, but professional organizing isn't about just common sense. It is apply solid engineering principles and approaches to analyze how we interact with the space we're in and develop the storage design and process flow from there. In these slides, we answer the question of why you should hire a professional organizer.
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Understanding Chaos Therapy Services
#102
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How to increase profits and save money while working less
OBJECTIVE
1. The cost of clutter
2. Chaos Therapy FAQ
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The average
American burns 55
minutes a day
looking for things1
16% of Americans
have been late for
meetings because
of clutter3
14% of Americans
have missed
deadlines because
of clutter3
See last slide for citations
Managing the volume of
clutter increases stress
levels by 41%5
Clutter is
anecdotally
linked to
obesity6
23% of adults say they pay
bills late & incur fees
because they lose them1
TIME MONEY WELL-BEING
The cost of clutter Digging into little known facts (pun fully intended)
A company in Singapore loses
$7,450 profit per employee
per year due to clutter-related
productivity losses4
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DRAWERS
US$2,200
average value of all junk
drawers in a home1
of kitchens have
junk drawers2 ~50% Clutter increases
housework by an
average of4 40% of them only have
room for one5 32%
CLOSETS
25%
of clothing goes unworn3
GARAGES
25%
Of two-car garages don’t
hold any cars5
The cost of clutter Digging into little known facts (pun fully intended)
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After 3 days of cleaning & clearing 5 days later – WTF
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Why hire a prof. organizer - #1 The “a place for everything” myth
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Demo: lifesaver or clutter?
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Why hire a prof. organizer - #2 Getting organized vs. staying organized
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5 mins
everyday
1 hour
everyday
OR
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How do you decide what to throw? We don’t. The client does.
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Staying organized Personalized 5 min routine
1.
Assessment On-site assessment & client
interview
2.
Vision Storage design, organizing plan
& purchase items
3.
Project Sorting, purge coaching &
organizing
What am I paying for? Efficiency + flow (ease of use) = time saved
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Referrals I’m looking for
1. Team Managers, Admin Managers, HR Managers
In paper-intensive industries
• Accounting firms
• Law firms
• Investment firms
• Education centers
• IT/ infocomm
• Logistics
• Heavy industries
2. Retailers of home organizing products
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Your environment is
greater than your will
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BACK-UP SLIDES
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Surface area 25cm x 33cm
(825cm2)
25cm x 9cm
(225cm2)
75% less!!!
# steps to access an
item
2 to 10
(not including flipping through
each stack)
1
5 seconds saved!!
Time trial results
Price $29.90 $3.90
Conclusion Expensive, looks executive,
but useless
Awesome functionality and
value for money
AND saves you $26!!!
A Comparison
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Citations For Slide #2
1. http://napo-gpc.org/about_media.php
2. J. J. McCorvey, “The Real Consequences of Office Clutter”, Inc. Magazine, 29 Jan 2010 (http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/01/disorganized-office-space.html)
3. Number of survey respondents reporting these situations as a result of them not eliminating clutter.
4. Calculated based on Singapore’s 2012 per capita income, Department of Statistics, Singapore
5. The average increase in stress hormone in men and women reported in “No Place Like Home: Home Tours Correlate With Daily Patterns of Mood and Cortisol”, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 36(1) P71-81, © 2010 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
6. Peter Walsh, “Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?”, Free Press 2008
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Citations For Slide #3
1. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?st
oryid=85890
2. http://www.sheknows.com/love-and-
sex/articles/6518/could-a-new-kitchen-get-things-
cooking-all-over-the-home
3. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1614917/traveling-pants-
indeed-the-closet-exchange-program-thredup-adds-
kids-clothes
4. http://napo-gpc.org/about_media.php
5. US Department of Energy
