Comments on: Working Through MDS (Messy Desk Syndrome) http://www.burg.com/2009/09/working-through-mds-messy-desk-syndrome/ Bob Burg's Official Website Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Vizi http://www.burg.com/2009/09/working-through-mds-messy-desk-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 Joe Vizi Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:27:47 +0000 http://www.burg.com/?p=1274#comment-1526 Great Job Bob! My desk's are (yes, two of them) so messy that I can't even find stuff. Now, I am not the only one who adds to the clutter but they are my desks. I would like to say that this is the only area of my home that is messy but I can't, like Nancy, I must have MHS. LOL, wait a minute! I do have really clean carpet! I have started to take action tonight! Joe Great Job Bob! My desk’s are (yes, two of them) so messy that I can’t even find stuff. Now, I am not the only one who adds to the clutter but they are my desks. I would like to say that this is the only area of my home that is messy but I can’t, like Nancy, I must have MHS. LOL, wait a minute! I do have really clean carpet! I have started to take action tonight!

Joe

]]> By: DrMollieMarti http://www.burg.com/2009/09/working-through-mds-messy-desk-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 DrMollieMarti Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:38:26 +0000 http://www.burg.com/?p=1274#comment-1525 Thanks for sharing this, Bob. I applaud you going beyond an affirmation to a commitment to yourself and your productivity - committing to how you're going to show up in this world. Well done. Monica - I usually use a circle divided into 3 (think, feel, do) to simplify and also use a 4-prong that includes sense or experience. Staying in the driver's seat of your own car is a powerful visual! Thanks for sharing this, Bob. I applaud you going beyond an affirmation to a commitment to yourself and your productivity – committing to how you’re going to show up in this world. Well done.

Monica – I usually use a circle divided into 3 (think, feel, do) to simplify and also use a 4-prong that includes sense or experience. Staying in the driver’s seat of your own car is a powerful visual!

]]> By: nancy http://www.burg.com/2009/09/working-through-mds-messy-desk-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1524 nancy Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:34:41 +0000 http://www.burg.com/?p=1274#comment-1524 Wow!!! MDS. Since I work from home MDS has become MHS (Messy House Syndrome). Stacks of books, magazines, files, business cards etc everywhere. I keep oozing out of my office and the kids have to send me back so they have a place to sit. I feel overwhelmed with all the clutter and don't know where to begin because each stack takes so long to sort through and very little disappears. Enough said. Keep up the great work Bob! Wow!!! MDS. Since I work from home MDS has become MHS (Messy House Syndrome). Stacks of books, magazines, files, business cards etc everywhere. I keep oozing out of my office and the kids have to send me back so they have a place to sit. I feel overwhelmed with all the clutter and don’t know where to begin because each stack takes so long to sort through and very little disappears. Enough said. Keep up the great work Bob!

]]> By: Gina McNew http://www.burg.com/2009/09/working-through-mds-messy-desk-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 Gina McNew Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:18:46 +0000 http://www.burg.com/?p=1274#comment-1523 Good for you Bob! Enjoyed this blog very much. I don't know if you remember my sharing the story of the facebook office clean up challenge. I actually had a FB friend challenge me to an office clean up where we posted before and after photos for all our network to see. Talk about pressure! I had allowed my office to get so out of control that I stopped working in it. My lap top became a permanent fixture on the kitchen table to keep me from having to walk in to that messy space. When I posted this on FB one night, one of my friends responded that her office was in total disarray and that's when the challenge and the timer began. Since that night well over two months ago now, my office has remained clean and very organized. I make it a habit each evening to put away everything so I can greet the following day organized and with clarity. What a huge difference this has made for me in my ability to stay on task, remain focused and most of all enjoy an environment that I must spend a great deal of time in. It has lifted my energy level and I am so much more productive. Now....I need to tackle MCS...messy closet syndrome, but I can guarantee you, there will be NO photo proof of that. : ) Safe travels my dear friend! Good for you Bob! Enjoyed this blog very much. I don’t know if you remember my sharing the story of the facebook office clean up challenge. I actually had a FB friend challenge me to an office clean up where we posted before and after photos for all our network to see. Talk about pressure! I had allowed my office to get so out of control that I stopped working in it. My lap top became a permanent fixture on the kitchen table to keep me from having to walk in to that messy space. When I posted this on FB one night, one of my friends responded that her office was in total disarray and that’s when the challenge and the timer began. Since that night well over two months ago now, my office has remained clean and very organized. I make it a habit each evening to put away everything so I can greet the following day organized and with clarity. What a huge difference this has made for me in my ability to stay on task, remain focused and most of all enjoy an environment that I must spend a great deal of time in. It has lifted my energy level and I am so much more productive. Now….I need to tackle MCS…messy closet syndrome, but I can guarantee you, there will be NO photo proof of that. : ) Safe travels my dear friend!

]]> By: Bob Burg http://www.burg.com/2009/09/working-through-mds-messy-desk-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 Bob Burg Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:01:33 +0000 http://www.burg.com/?p=1274#comment-1522 Hi Bill, those are some excellent points! Hi Monica, good that we have another person who can relate. :-) Excellent points, as well! And, thank you for your kind compliments. Hi Bill, those are some excellent points!
Hi Monica, good that we have another person who can relate. :-) Excellent points, as well! And, thank you for your kind compliments.

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