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Episode 422: Unlock Better Decisions & More Productivity By Becoming Clutter Free with Barbara Hemphill

Amplify Your Success

Release Date: 01/13/2025

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Do you ever feel like the clutter in your life is holding you back from reaching your productivity potential? While many of us grapple with chaos in our surroundings—be it a desk buried in papers or an inbox overflowing with emails—Barbara Hemphill, the famed Paper Tiger organizer and author, believes there’s more to the story. Barbara sees clutter as "postponed decisions," affecting not just our physical environments but our mental clarity and decision-making skills.

There is a way to transform your cluttered spaces into zones of productivity, better decisions and accelerated success. In Amplify Your Success Podcast episode 422, Barbara Hemphill joins me to share a structured path to clear the chaos, through addressing not only the tangible mess but also the emotional and energetic clutter that clouds judgment.  

Her approach encourages intentional decision-making, helping people overcome the obstacles that clutter places in their productivity space. She emphasizes the power of systems over sheer effort, highlighting methods to combat both the physical and digital clutter pervasive in today's world. Barbara asserts that with the right frameworks, anyone can conquer clutter and unlock their true potential. 

 

Key Takeaways:

06:41  Barbara’s fascinating story on how she started her organizing business by listening to playground conversations which identified a need for helping mom’s manage clutter.

12:09 Why clutter is a symptom of emotional and spiritual postponed decisions that create internal barriers to productivity.

15:57 How your ability to accomplish goals directly relates to finding what you need when you need it.

16:47 The 5-step organizing process that focuses on purpose-driven organization.

22:14 Why you can’t clear clutter randomly and how systems save you space, time, energy, and money. 

24:54 Flexible frameworks enhance productivity through personalization.

27:13 How a LEGO tower challenge and subtraction will help solve clutter faster. 

32:13 What defines a productive environment: an intentional setting where you can accomplish work and enjoy life.

34:48 Why most companies haven't measured the cost of clutter on their productivity and profitability, creating hidden organizational inefficiencies.

 

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

  • Get your productivity score and Office Transformation Blueprint:
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  • Authority Accelerator 6 month Cohort: Discover your Lighthouse Message, and your hottest selling offer, then amplify the reach of your message by borrowing other people’s audiences. Check out the details here

  • Are you ready to stop being a “best-kept secret” and start creating waves of impact in your industry? Take the Ripple Makers™ Readiness Quiz here and find out!