How To Create A Productive Environment in Your Business

Healthy Business Healthy Family Show with Leslie Hassler

Guest Name & Title

Barbara Hemphill – Create a Productive Environment in Your Business

BIO:

Barbara Hemphill is passionate about helping people eliminate the physical, digital, emotional and spiritual clutter so they can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives.

Frequently referred to as “The Paper Tiger Lady,” Barbara started her company in 1978 with a $7 ad in a New York City newspaper. As her business grew, so did her vision. She wanted to be able to offer other women the same opportunity that she had: a business of their own that could provide a lucrative income with flexible hours, doing something they love. Today, Productive Environment Institute includes an international team of Certified Productive Environment Specialists whose mission is to help individuals and businesses transform how they work and live.

Barbara’s books include Taming the Paper Tiger series, Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever, and Organizing Paper @Home: What to Toss and How to Find the Rest. She has been featured on Today Show, Good Morning America, in Reader’s Digest, Fast Company, and New York Times

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SHOW NOTES

[Time Stamp 02:15]: Listen as Leslie gives Barbara a great introduction on her different aspects of life! Barbara starts off the episode by talking about how common over-stressing is, and how being unorganized is one of the main causes for the problem. Barbara explains how being unorganized hinders our responsiveness, which can highly effect both our personal and business lives.

[Time Stamp 10:00]: Barbara discusses how to work the independent system for entrepreneurs and why outsourcing your work is worth the time saved, and the money spent. Barbara also talks about how to find the root of your problem when it comes to organization and how her company aids with both physical and digital clutter. Barbara shares on how to create a filing system to help with different types of clutters, where everything is organized and accessible at the same time.

To help with your organization, find & be aware of your decision making system. @barbhemphill shares more here CLICK TO TWEET

[Time Stamp 17:30]: Barbara explains her SYSTEM acronym they use in the program, which stands for Saving You Space Time Energy and Money. Barbara mentions the different types of programs, such as the 8-hour miracle (for cluttered desks) and the magic six. Barbara explains how organizing should be looked at as an art, and not a chore.

[Time Stamp 20:20]: Barbara gives a full overview on what the magic six is, and how it works. Leslie and Barbara discuss how the freedom of choosing your own organization methods help people stay more invested. She talks about the importance of using the right tools when organizing, and how sometimes the obvious tools may not always be the best for your situation (such as binders/filing cabinets).

Having a specific place for your business tools will help you focus @barbhemphill shares #businesstips CLICK TO TWEET

[Time Stamp 25:00]: Barbara gives specifics on what type of organization issues she helps resolve, from finding the right tools, to helping clients re-do their work spaces. Barbara talks about clients in the past that she was able to aid by choosing the best organization method based on their business and personal situation.

[Time Stamp 29:40]: Barbara talks about how much time you can really save by being organized. She mentions how you can balance your data on both digital and physical paper, and still be organized. Barbara discusses some of her personal methods she uses for staying organized in business, and how she is treating the transfer method of switching from physical paper to digital.

[Time Stamp 32:48]: Barbara shares the 4 questions you can ask to test if you are organized; 1) Does your method work? 2) Do you like it? 3) How does your method affect other people (family, friends, and business associates)? 4) Can I recover quickly? These 4 questions will help you stay aware of your current organization techniques, and how they are effect your life.

[Time Stamp 38:10]: Barbara shares the services she offers from her short and long term coaching session as well as the upcoming retreat; Less Clutter, More Business.

Find YOUR balance of digital copies and physical copies of data. @barbhemphill shares more here. CLICK TO TWEET

Barbara’s Parting Words [Time Stamp 46:35]:

“I encourage you to ask yourself does this method/tool/object help me accomplish my work or enjoy my life? If that method or item does not benefit your business, or does not fulfill your enjoyment needs, then I would define it as clutter. However even though it may not benefit you, it could benefit someone else in your community.”

“One man’s trash, is another man’s treasure”

LINKS:

Less Clutter More Life

Barbara Hemphill